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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

March 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford

North America

Cox ruling in US clouds contributory infringement claims against AI companies
Trade relations between United States and China. US duties to China. Trade agreements between US and China. US-China trade war. USA flag. China flag

Trade

March 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

US Section 301 trade probes loom over fragile China truce

Antitrust View More

Autotrader, Feefo among five companies probed in UK consumer review crackdown

March 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Autotrader, Feefo, Dignity, Just Eat and Pasta Evangelists are under investigation as part of a crackdown on fake and misleading reviews, the UK antitrust regulator said. The Competition and Mark... (more story)

Beijing regulator trains nearly 100 Chinese platforms on new compliance rules

March 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Nearly 100 Chinese platform companies attended a compliance training session hosted by the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation and the city’s working committee for internet ent... (more story)

South Korea's class action debate returns, with data breaches front and center

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)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US judge blocks blacklisting of Anthropic by US government

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Rita Lin has granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from declaring the artificial intelligence a supply-chain risk. She enjoi... (more story)

US FTC focused on traditional antitrust theories of harm, Ferguson advisor says

March 26, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission is not looking to bring “academic pie-in-the-sky theories” of harm and is instead focused on “day-to-day principles that apply in antitrust law,” a senior advisor to the head of... (more story)

US FTC chair warns about 'rent-seeking' by large content companies

March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Large content companies' attempts to claim a slice of the pie whenever other firms train large language models on their data feels like "rent-seeking," US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday.

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Sinopec-China National Aviation Fuel Group deal being assessed by Australian regulator

March 27, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Australian competition regulator is currently assessing the proposed acquisition of China National Aviation Fuel Group by China Petrochemical Corporation, commonly known as Sinopec. In a stat... (more story)

Singapore shortens merger review timeline, eases filing requirements

March 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore has revised its merger procedure guidelines to streamline reviews and reduce compliance burdens, following a public consultation in late 2025.... (more story)

Colorado AG says restoring trust in US DOJ over antitrust will be difficult

March 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said it is "unsurprising" that the US Department of Justice is now undermining antitrust enforcement on the merits and replacing it with the dispensing of fa... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Former US FTC Commissioner Slaughter praises agency bipartisanship

March 26, 2026 | Claude Marx

North America

Former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Thursday extolled the virtues of the agency’s bipartisan tradition and declined to discuss a “post-apocalyptic world” that could occur if s... (more story)

US launches critical minerals fund under new initiative

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US State Department launched a $250 million fund for overseas critical minerals projects as part of a new fund, called Pax Silica, which has signed several countries to the effort already to ... (more story)

Congress continues calls for social media reforms after verdicts in Calif., New Mexico

March 26, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

With social media addiction in the headlines after juries in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harming users, members of Congress are continuing their calls for r... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Leica challenges Japan ruling upholding Chinese university's microscopy patent

March 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia, Europe

A Japan Patent Office ruling upholding a Chinese university’s patent on high-speed 3D microscopy is under review at Japan’s IP High Court, in a dispute over whether linking scan speed, excitation timing and re... (more story)

Fragmented codec licensing exposes need for clearer rules for Chinese tech majors

March 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Major Chinese technology companies are emerging as active participants in video codec patent pools while also playing a larger part in shaping standard-essential patent, or SEP, licensing frameworks.

German carmakers' cooperation on licensing backed by EU antitrust official

March 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe, North America

A top EU official has defended her agency’s approval of cooperation between German carmakers over the licensing of technologies after the companies drew antitrust scrutiny from US regulators. She appeared to b... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

First Nations charitable group fined by Canada over compliance violations

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Northern Isga Foundation — a nonprofit charitable organization authorized by the Ale... (more story)

Damen says Dutch bribery and sanctions allegations have taken toll

March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Damen Shipyards Group said allegations of fraud and sanctions violations brought by Dutch prosecutors have had a “significant impact” on the company. Units of the conglomerate faces bribery and sanctions claim... (more story)

Former medical device executive's US bribery trial rescheduled to May 2027

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: At the joint request of the prosecution and the defense, a US judge rescheduled the corruption trial of former medical device company executive David Ferrera to May 2027. At his arraignment, the ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Morgan Stanley wins approval from split US Fed for reorganization with German unit

March 27, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

An unusually divided US Federal Reserve voted to approve the acquisition of Morgan Stanley’s German-based securities and foreign trading unit by the banking giant’s New York-based national bank. The internal r... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe warned about 'debanking' by US FTC

March 26, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned four leading payment processors — Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Stripe — about denying financial services based on political or religious views, a practice known as “d... (more story)

UK's transition finance guidelines, policy requests to government published

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Transition Finance Council has released a set of guidelines to unlock transition finance, which is understood as the investment needed to help the decarbonization of high-emitting sectors.... (more story)

Trade View More

China opens probe into alleged US trade barriers disrupting global supply chains

March 27, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China has opened a trade barrier investigation into US measures that it alleges disrupt global supply chains, the Ministry of Commerce said in an announcement on Friday. The ministry cited prelim... (more story)

EU clinches biggest customs reform since 1968

March 27, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU governments and lawmakers have agreed on the bloc’s biggest customs reform since 1968, nearly three years after the overhaul was first proposed. The deal creates a new EU Customs Authority in Lille, launche... (more story)

China, US trade chiefs hold talks on cooperation, dialogue at WTO meeting

March 27, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, C... (more story)

State Aid View More

South Korea warns egg, pork producers of funding cuts, license suspension over cartels

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)

Spain wins EU approval for €50m regional cleantech aid plan

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies and their main components will be eligible for direct grants under a Spanish regional plan wor... (more story)

Romania's creation of monopoly for ship services may be state aid, EU court says

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Romanian law granting the rights to services guiding ships in and out of ports exclusively to public authorities could potentially amount to state aid, an opinion prepared for the EU’s top cour... (more story)

Energy View More

Clean-energy supply chain concentration raises risks, international agency warns

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Concentrated clean-energy supply chains leave key technologies vulnerable to disruption, with China dominating most manufacturing steps and every major chain containing at least one weak link, an... (more story)

Russian fuel phaseout will go ahead despite doubts, EU energy chief says

March 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Plans for the EU to phase out Russian fossil fuels remain on track despite delays and political pressure, the bloc's energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, said as lawmakers clashed in debate over Russian energy depende... (more story)

Lufthansa raised ‘competitive distortions’ concerns at meeting with EU’s Ribera

March 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

German carrier Deutsche Lufthansa voiced concerns over “competitive distortions” between EU and foreign airlines at a meeting with the bloc’s competition chief, according to minutes published on Wednesday. Luf... (more story)

Technology View More

Indonesia lifts restriction on Wikimedia Commons after verification

March 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs said on Friday it had restored access to Wikimedia Commons, a subdomain of Wikimedia, after a temporary restriction. The ministry said t... (more story)

Live Nation touring exec denies at US trial booking concerts based on ticketer

March 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A senior Live Nation touring executive told jurors Thursday at a high-profile antitrust trial that the company will book artists to perform at a venue regardless of which vendor handles the facility’s ticketin... (more story)

FTC chairman warns of 'serious trouble' if US doesn't dominate AI space

March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

America needs to be a dominant player in the global artificial intelligence race, and should it fall behind, the US economy will be in "serious trouble," Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned Thursday.