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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 16, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Trade
March 16, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Trade
March 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk
North America
Antitrust View More
March 17, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
A court in Paris has ordered US tech giant Google to pay almost €16.2 million in damages to French sports newspaper L'Équipe, for having used its market power to favor its own online advertising services. The ... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The quantum computing sector is being investigated by Italy's country's antitrust regulator to examine possible competition concerns, including economic, technological and knowledge-related barri... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Matsuo Industries, an automobile and home-appliance parts maker, received a corrective recommendation for violating the Subcontract Act. Japan’s antitrust watchdog said Tuesday that the company h... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 17, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China is aiming to establish a system for the proper use of artificial intelligence training data under its new five-year plan, part of a broader push to expand data resources and advance the country's digital development.
March 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Shinsegae Group said it signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based artificial intelligence company Reflection AI on Monday to form a partnership that includes a project to b... (more story)
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Democracy and Technology told a federal appeals court that Anthropic's proposed "guardrails" prohibiting use of its products for the mass sur... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 17, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Italian aerospace and defense company Leonard has received EU approval for its intended acquisition of the defense unit of European truckmaker Iveco. The deal has already been cleared under the EU foreign subsidies rules.
March 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft amendment to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act that will intensify government scrutiny of “foreign direct investment that may pose risks to na... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Intelligent power-management company Eaton’s acquisition of Goldman Sachs’ cooling-components specialist Basilisk Holdings was among five transactions that received unconditional antitrust cleara... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security on Monday released a draft sanctions decree for cybersecurity and personal data protection violations by both foreign and domestic firms. Notable sanctions i... (more story)
March 17, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Companies carrying out age checks should minimize the collection and retention of biometric data and ensure clear consent, Australia’s privacy regulator has warned. The Office of the Australian Information Com... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Businesses need to consider the goals of performing an age check and whether it is necessary before doing so, the Australian privacy regulator has warned. In a statement announcing the release of... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 17, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Japanese court rejected a damages claim against Amazon Japan over allegedly copied product photos used by a third-party seller, holding that a marketplace operator isn’t liable for copyright infringement if ... (more story)
March 17, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Surging counterfeit trade demands stronger global cooperation, with experts at a recent conference in India calling for an international legal framework to enforce cross-border court orders. Digital platforms ... (more story)
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The White House announced the establishment of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, with Vice President JD Vance the chairman and the chair of the Federal Trade Commission to be the vice chair. The... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced that Judge Margaret Ryan, the SEC's Enforcement Division director, has resigned. Sam Waldon has been named acting director.
March 16, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: Bosch was ordered by a Brazilian regional labor court to pay 12.2 million reais ($2.3 million) over a corruption scheme in which the company allegedly paid bribes to court-appointed experts to ma... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, has "reached an agreement in principle" with US prosecutors concerning allegations that he laundered more than $500 million on behalf of sanctio... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A proposed US Securities and Exchange Commission rule change aims to clarify that the rule applies only to equity securities, not to debt securities as well, according to Commissioner Hester Peir... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at promoting access to mortgages through community banks. The order, signed Friday, directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to target mortgage... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK is moving ahead with an overhaul of the financial services redress system to address concerns the Financial Ombudsman Service was acting as a "quasi-regulator." The government said it would legislate wh... (more story)
Trade View More
March 17, 2026
Europe, Latin America
MLex Summary: Colombia has revoked all anti-dumping duties on imports of EU frozen fries from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, the European Commission said in a statement. Full market access to 85% of EU... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: An EU investigation into whether imports of certain cast-iron articles from India and Turkey were being dumped has been closed, the European Commission said Tuesday. The move comes after industry... (more story)
March 17, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Oceania
MLex summary: Ministers from 10 members of the Future of Investment and Trade, or FIT, Partnership endorsed a declaration to strengthen the rules-based trading system ahead of the World Trade Organizations’s 1... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Chinese security scanner company Nuctech will appear before EU judges on April 14 to contest inspections at its Dutch and Polish premises that were conducted in 2024 under powers to vet unfair foreign subsidie... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair has asked the EU General Court to overturn a decision by the European Commission in October last year not to disclose documents related to an ongoing probe into state aid granted to Lufth... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published new guidelines on how countries can support sustainable forms of transport such as rail and inland waterways. The State Aid Land and Multimodal Transport Gui... (more story)
Energy View More
March 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The recent surge in energy prices and global instability caused by the conflict in the wider Middle East have made it clear that improving cross-border energy interconnectivity in the EU has beco... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Improving grid productivity through a legal proposal and expanding long-term power contracts could help shield EU industry from volatile electricity prices, the European Commission says in a lett... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Jean Comte
Europe
A letter from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of an Energy Council meeting outlines plans to assess gas price cap measures, promote long-term power contracts and support energy-intensi... (more story)
Technology View More
March 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: AGCOM, the Italian communications regulator, has adopted guidelines and a code of conduct for influencer marketing, detailing the regulatory regime, from the Digital Services Act to consumer rules.
March 17, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
An EU proposal to establish a “voluntary mechanism” to resolve disputes between European telecom companies and US tech firms over proposed network fees has been dubbed “very timid” by a leading European Parlia... (more story)
March 17, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Live Nation Chief Executive Michael Rapino shot down a venue booking deal worth up to half a million dollars in profit to keep competition out of a California amphitheater controlled by the company, according ... (more story)