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Antitrust, Technology
March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Data Privacy and Security
March 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
North America
Financial Crime
March 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Poland’s electricity transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne, or PSE, is under investigation by the Polish competition and consumer authority to see if it might have treate... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The European Commission is moving forward its search for the new director-general of its powerful competition department, agreeing Wednesday to publish an ad for the position, MLex has learned. Olivier Guersen... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Pfanner, a supplier of protective clothing such as helmets and boots, has been fined €400,000 by the Austrian national cartel court for forcing its retailers to stick to minimum price levels for ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Matthew Newman
Europe
The EU energy sector would see a "Common European Energy Data Space" realized early next year to harmonize data access, under proposals in a draft European Commission roadmap. Agreements between public authori... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government is backing a new laboratory for fundamental research into artificial intelligence to address existing flaws in the technology and discover new capabilities. The government is m... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
China's top auto entrepreneurs are urging the government to accelerate adoption of fully driverless cars and scale humanoid robots in factories, proposals that could reshape the global race for self-driving an... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The Netherlands has warned against integrating economic security elements into the upcoming European Commission’s clean industry proposal – the Industrial Accelerator Act – which is set to come out Wednesday, ... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, said it will conduct a preliminary examination of Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo over its alleged late notification of an acquisition. In a st... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Pushback came mainly from small and medium-sized competitors operating in São Paulo and Osasco, the two cities where operations overlap, while major clients foresee a positive outlook for the deal’s completion.
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft guidance aimed at helping companies comply with the obligations of the Cyber Resilience Act, as it steps up preparations ahead of the la... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
US House Republicans in the Energy and Commerce Committee have unveiled the largest package of child online safety bills after parents and activists have pressured members relentlessly in the midst of an awake... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Physical hitting, silent treatment and other conflicts between the plaintiff suing Meta Platforms and her mother and other family members did not cause the mental health issues the 20-year-old woman has suffer... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 04, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court has revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring’s sleep-therapy patent in counterclaim proceedings brought by Philips, clearing its NightBalance device of infringement in three countries. ABM pl... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s top market authority has issued sweeping new rules broadening trade-secret protection to formally cover algorithms, data and even unsuccessful research results, as the country adapts its regulatory reg... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Office of the US Trade Representative released the 2025 edition of its annual Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy. The list identifies 69 markets, including 37 online an... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: John Wood Group has been fined £12,993,700 by the Financial Conduct Authority for publishing inaccurate information in its financial results for 2022, 2023 and half-year 2024 results. Wood Group’... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez moved to strike a government reply to his argument over translations of messages central to his corruption case, saying the origi... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez's arguments regarding translations in his corruption case are argument “completely untethered” from the facts and Fifth Circuit p... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that car-finance lenders will have between three and five months to process the claims generated by a nationwide redress program. The final details o... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
After the US Federal Reserve proposes bank capital rules, presumably by the end of the month, it will then consider “wholesale” changes to bank liquidity regulations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Bef... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU heads of states and governments are set to push for several moves to boost the bloc's competitiveness during a summit planned for March 19 and 20, according to a preparatory document obtained ... (more story)
Trade View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New EU maritime and ports strategies which aim to boost competitiveness and support the clean energy transition, security and resilience have been published by the European Commission. The plans ... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday presented the Industrial Accelerator Act, aimed at boosting investment in the bloc's clean industry while also cutting the EU's dependency on other countries.... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
The US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating emergency tariff powers has reshaped Indonesia’s political calculus over ratifying its Agreement on Reciprocal Tariffs with Washington, as a negotiated 19 percent t... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties interested in Slovenia's transfer of assets from the Ljubljana municipality to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana have now one month to provide input to the European Commission. The state a... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: National authorities in the EU, as well as banks and businesses, can now file comments on the revision of the Guarantee Notice, which describes how the European Commission assesses state guarante... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A 2024 arbitration award ordering Bulgaria to compensate Maltese investor ACF Renewable Energy, and currently under in-depth EU scrutiny over possible illegal state aid, is now open for feedback.... (more story)
Energy View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states have agreed on changes to road-charging rules to clarify and ensure consistent application of CO2-based tolls for heavy duty vehicles, ahead of new emission standards that will a... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states have agreed their stance on changes to the bloc’s law on critical raw materials, aiming to strengthen supply security and boost recycling. The proposal shifts responsibility for ... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
“Late rebidding” by electricity generators Stanwell and CS Energy was a deliberate choice designed to maximize price spikes rather than a routine response to changing market conditions, Stillwater Pastoral tol... (more story)
Technology View More
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Daily internet use among young Europeans has reached near universality, while cyberbullying, grooming, manipulative design and AI-driven harms outpace fragmented enforcement across member states,... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
After veteran lawmaker Jun Azumi was defeated in Japan’s Feb. 8 general election and lost the seat he had held for three decades, he renewed calls for Tokyo to tighten rules governing online content. Days befo... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The US Department of Justice's new whistleblower rewards program doesn't undermine the government's cartel cases and doesn't incentivize witnesses to provide biased testimony because cartel cases are built in ... (more story)