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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 27, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Energy, Financial Services
March 27, 2026 | Helena Freitas
Europe
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
March 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
March 28, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A federal judge in California late Friday granted DirecTV’s motion for a temporary restraining order pausing Nexstar’s integration with rival broadcast station group Tegna. DirecTV and a group of... (more story)
March 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
An executive order on promoting competition in the US economy by former president Joe Biden in 2021 was "clearly wrong" for its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion policies while also punishing companies ... (more story)
March 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Criticisms against the US Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission over their handling of major monopolization and merger cases has been presented in a misleading way in the news media and it has... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation (S 8828) that adds new reporting and registration requirements to the state's RAISE Act, which requires large AI developers to create and pub... (more story)
March 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs filed amended US privacy claims against Meta Platforms and Luxottica of America over new Meta AI Glasses. “Recent whistleblower accounts confirm that when consumers use their Meta AI G... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK financial firms are expected to identify and support customers in vulnerable circumstances, share relevant information where needed, and check if they receive worse outcomes than others, the F... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
A White House official said he is skeptical when US state attorneys general decide to pursue a monopolization case after the Department of Justice, which was driving the litigation, settles and drops out — esp... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
First-party algorithms and the way they function in a market will be a key emerging area in the near future, and antitrust enforcers should think about and learn about potential competition concerns it poses s... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
US state attorneys general have the capability to bring their antitrust and merger cases on their own without relying on the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and should parties receive a... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
A New Mexico jury’s quick, decisive verdict in the state’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company harmed children, shows the strength of laws barring unfair and deceptive practices.
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: MLex Summary: Meta Platforms may be pushed into settlement talks by Germany’s Higher Regional Court in Hamburg in a collective action brought by a consumer group over a 2021 Facebook data leak, w... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Limited access to “high-quality, diverse” datasets is leaving age assurance tools with “critical performance gaps,” a UK government research report has found. The analyzed age assurance technolog... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 27, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
Europe, North America
The Department of Justice is engaging with counterparts in the European Commission over US concerns about “comfort letters” the EU issued to the car industry on teaming up when negotiating licenses for patente... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
Europe, North America
US antitrust enforcers can be a little more skeptical with their tolerance of collaborative standard development by companies in a consortium when there is no fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, or FRAND,... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
South Korean kitchen appliance manufacturer Hurom has lost its appeal at the Unified Patent Court, with judges overturning an injunction against rival manufacturers NUC and Warmcook after finding no patent inf... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission said it cut as much as $94.1 million from its 2025 Comprehensive Audit Trail budget by taking continuing steps — but not final measures — in its effort ... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office said that it hasn’t found any new evidence to cast doubt on previous convictions as part of its ongoing review of disclosure issues resulting from its software. This follows repor... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea is moving to introduce a sweeping general class action regime, putting the Ministry of Justice at the center of an overhaul that could recalibrate both corporate risk and how consumers are compensa... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 27, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
A senior US Federal Reserve official was challenged by lawmakers from both parties over the agency’s approach to “skinny” master accounts to provide financial technology companies more direct access to parts o... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Financial Conduct Authority has clarified what stakeholders should expect from its review of UK listing rules for investment trusts, following recent debate over shareholder voting. Interim e... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
Germany and Italy are proposing to establish an EU equivalence regime to authorize multi-issued stablecoins from both EU and non-EU entities, addressing contentious debates over foreign stablecoin access under... (more story)
Trade View More
March 27, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule, the Renewable Fuel Standard, to set what it asserted were historic levels of renewable fuel volume requirements for 2026 and 2027. The... (more story)
March 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Indian producer ATC Tires Private Ltd. and its affiliates, along with US importer Yokohama Off-Highway Tires America, filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to challenge the Comme... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Asia, Latin America, North America
MLex Summary: Three Chinese producers filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's February review of an antidumping order on wood moulding and millwork products from China.
State Aid View More
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France's planned €144 million state aid for HyforSeeds to produce renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for the fertilizer sector has been approved by the European Commission. HyforSeeds, a subsidiar... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Luxembourg’s €500 million state aid for “cleantech” manufacturing has been approved by the European Commission. The authority said it was the first program by a small member state cleared based o... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The South Korean government has warned that it may cut public funding for egg and pork producers’ associations and suspend their licenses if the country’s competition regulator confirms they have... (more story)
Energy View More
March 27, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Changes to the EU emissions trading system are expected next week, including adjustments to the Market Stability Reserve and free allocation benchmarks. The measures aim to ease pressure on energy-intensive in... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Brazil’s goal to attract foreign investment for establishing data centers runs into the same lack of socio-environmental safeguards presented in recently expired interim relief, critics of the project told MLe... (more story)
March 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government has welcomed a set of industry-led recommendations aiming to unlock investment from the financial sector to help high-emitting sectors transition to net zero.
Technology View More
March 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Most music promoters prefer working with Live Nation’s Ticketmaster service and have expressed frustration with a competitor’s product, a senior Live Nation promoter testified during the company’s defense Frid... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK deepfake detection technology remains in its early stages, and the market itself is still “nascent,” a government-commissioned report published Thursday found. It said companies face “signific... (more story)
March 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Social media platforms should be required to make their algorithms transparent to the public under changes to the Online Safety Act, a group of UK lawmakers urged in a report Friday. The UK Parli... (more story)