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Artificial Intelligence
March 03, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 03, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Antitrust, Technology
February 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May
North America
Antitrust View More
March 03, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: Brazil’s antitrust authority has closed its administrative inquiry into Adyen do Brasil — an investigation launched after Banco Safra and Safrapay accused the payments company of refusing to cont... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Two unnamed food-retail companies in Latvia have received surprise visits on suspicion of coordinating prices for goods. The raids were carried out at the end of February with the help of the sta... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies active in the "road signage and street furniture" sectors are under investigation at the Belgian competition authority, with dawn raids being carried out. In a statement, the regulator ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 03, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU lawmakers are making progress on plans for some less controversial amendments to the bloc's AI law, including AI literacy, sensitive data processing and enforcement, while divisive issues such as legal dead... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China has raised “serious concerns” with the US over reports that the Pentagon is in talks with leading artificial-intelligence companies to use AI to bolster automated reconnaissance of China’s ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's annual legislative meetings starting Wednesday will thrust artificial intelligence to the forefront of policy debates, with lawmakers preparing proposals that zero in on data gaps, smart manufacturing ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 03, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
EU heads of state and governments will stress at their next summit in March that the bloc's merger rules should support consolidation, and help companies to "invest, innovate and compete at a global level," ac... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Patrice Caine, the CEO of Thales, has hailed “constructive” talks with the European Commission over plans to pool the company’s space activities with Airbus and Leonardo. “The discussions are ongoing with a po... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Personal-care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corporation is seeking approval in New Zealand for its plan to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Kenvue as part of a global merger, the New Ze... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 03, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Brazil, Ireland, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Australia are among countries that have translated United Nations guidance on children’s rights in the digital age into binding rules, but adoption... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Meta Platforms challenged a psychiatrist’s diagnosis of "social media addiction" for Kayley, the 20-year-old plaintiff suing the company for harms caused by its allegedly addictive app designs, by contrasting ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
New Mexico’s attorney general called a high school principal to the stand on Monday to illustrate what the state says is the real-world impact of Meta Platforms’ platforms on children: students distracted in c... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Tokyo District Court dismissed a damages suit against Recruit, a major human resources and consumer services conglomerate, over its “Air Cash” merchant funding service, rejecting both a business method paten... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Puma has won a key appeal after China’s top court ruled that a sneaker design patent conflicts with the German sportswear maker’s iconic Formstrip trademarks, overturning earlier decisions that had upheld the patent.
March 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Generative artificial intelligence was compared last week to the printing press — a technological leap that expanded global prosperity while simultaneously destabilizing entire societies. Experts warned, howev... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 03, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK anti-money laundering supervisors are becoming more effective, but continue to perform poorly in terms of enforcement, the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision has sa... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A rule aimed at combating money laundering through the US residential real estate sector took effect on Sunday, even as the government faces a new lawsuit challenging its implementation. The rule effectively e... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Latin America, North America
Cemex said it believes the US government is no longer actively pursuing an investigation into alleged corruption stemming from the Mexican multinational’s construction of a cement plant in Colombia. Its belief... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the barriers that private equity investors face when exiting investments in the EU. Exits — such as selling a stake through a listing o... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU lawmakers reviewing a package proposal to enhance the bloc's capital markets have agreed a timeline for their talks, with a first discussion of a draft stance due on July 2 and a full European Parliament vo... (more story)
February 27, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules carrying out the 2025 Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act that largely subjected overseas private issuers to the same insider ownership and securiti... (more story)
Trade View More
March 03, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
EU leaders will call for “targeted and proportional” European preference criteria in strategic sectors and technologies at their upcoming meeting, according to a document seen by MLex. They are set to discuss ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s top political advisory body has pointed to record Spring Festival consumption as evidence that the country’s vast domestic market remains robust, even as it grapples with external uncertainty following... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Leaders of South Korea and Singapore have agreed to start negotiations to upgrade their 20-year-old bilateral free trade agreement to fully reflect the “evolving trade and economic security dynam... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
March 02, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Rapidus, Japan's state-backed startup that aims to begin next year mass production of highly advanced 2-nanometer chips in the northern island of Hokkaido, on Friday disclosed the list of private... (more story)
Energy View More
March 02, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe, Middle East, North America
Oil and gas prices have surged since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. While well below levels reached during the 2022 Ukraine crisis, prices are expected to continue climbing. Europe's concern is not to see... (more story)
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission and Switzerland on Monday signed a broad package of agreements to ease cross-border supply. A common food-safety area will cover all parts in the food chain. Switzerland w... (more story)
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: AI developers and energy companies are being consulted by the UK government on what datasets would be needed to enable artificial intelligence applications for improving energy security and effic... (more story)
Technology View More
March 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A minor filed a US complaint against Roblox and Discord, accusing them of providing havens for adult sexual predators who use their “negligently” designed apps to gain access to and prey upon tho... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European governments should support the satellite and cloud-service industries to boost demand after companies made substantial investments in their systems, the chief executives of satellite provider Eutelsat... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
US game platform Roblox may soon be designated as a Very Large Online Platform, or VLOP, under the EU’s Digital Services Act, MLex has learned Monday. A confirmation by the EU in the coming months that the pla... (more story)