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Antitrust, Technology
March 20, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Financial Crime
March 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
Europe, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
March 19, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
March 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Anna M. Gomez, a commissioner on the US Federal Communications Commission, said the merger of local TV giants Nexstar and Tegna “was approved behind closed doors with no open process, no full Com... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Dutch competition authority has said it will further suspend enforcement of its antitrust order that Apple reduce its fees for dating apps on the App Store. It cited ongoing negotiations unde... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Upcoming reforms to the EU’s antitrust framework needs to include provision for national watchdogs to mount joint cross-border investigations, senior Belgian Competition Authority official Damien Gerard told M... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 20, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The White House has released an artificial intelligence policy framework for Congress that President Donald Trump called for in a December executive order. The seven-part plan includes sections o... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ofcom, the UK media and communications regulator, has promised to sharpen its focus on online safety rules, including duties for categorized platforms and transparency reporting, alongside new re... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
Europe
In a slew of new probes, the EU antitrust watchdog’s AI strategy is taking shape, targeting key pressure points in emerging ecosystems. The wide-ranging scrutiny of cloud power, data access and chatbot distrib... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Thermo Fisher Scientific has secured EU merger approval to acquire sole control of Clario, the European Commission said Friday. The watchdog's probe focused on clinical research organization serv... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio
Europe
French companies Eiffage, Dalkia and RATP Solutions Ville plus the city of Paris have won European Commission merger and foreign-subsidy approvals to create a semi-public company in charge of the Paris distric... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
UPM and Sappi have filed their plans to merge their graphic paper businesses in a €1.42 billion joint venture for EU approval. The European Commission has set an April 28 deadline to decide on the deal, which ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Austria and Estonia are raising concerns about the European Commission’s digital simplification package, warning that proposed changes to data-sharing rules risk creating legal uncertainty and limiting authori... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Children in the UK widely use multiple digital devices, social media and video platforms — often under parental supervision and subject to family rules — but they display mixed understanding of r... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Meta Platforms, and TikTok have told EU lawmakers that temporary rules that allow them to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, must be e... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 20, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese electronic-components maker Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics has gained ground in its long-running patent dispute with Japan’s Murata Manufacturing, securing a fresh round of favorable decisions invalidati... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
US Patent and Trademark Office commissioners said at an IP conference Thursday that the office will begin deploying prior art search and pre-examination AI tools to patent and trademark examiners in the coming... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss, Charlotte Westphal and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
This week, the Unified Patent Court saw key rulings on infringement, fair licensing defenses in standard essential patent disputes, and jurisdiction clarifications. Judges also issued rulings on procedural rul... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Market Financial Solutions, a UK mortgage company that collapsed amid fraud claims, is under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority. The regulator said on Friday it had opened an enforc... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's Serious Fraud Office will host a London conference with France’s Parquet National Financier and Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General, which will focus on economic crime in May. T... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s National Assembly on Friday approved legislation to create a new Public Prosecution Office, marking a decisive step in the Lee Jae Myung administration’s plan to dismantle the existing prosecutio... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK financial sector must be ready for the behavioral shifts driven by consumers' increased use of technology, including AI, the Financial Conduct Authority has said. “As technology makes peop... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The European Commission will present its highly anticipated report on EU banking competitiveness this summer, President Ursula von der Leyen said early Friday. The financial sector widely expected the report t... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Asia
MLex summary: The Monetary Authority of Singapore has concluded phase two of Project MindForge, resulting in an artificial intelligence risk management toolkit for financial institutions. Developed with 24 ind... (more story)
Trade View More
March 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania
Trade ministers from the 166 World Trade Organization member countries, who will meet next week, should discuss changing the organization's decision-making process to be able to make decisions faster, accordin... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
EU leaders on Thursday agreed targeted flexibilities for the Emissions Trading System — including changes to free allocations and price controls — while stopping short of a structural overhaul. The European Co... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
EU leaders want to see a deal on the bloc's clean industry plan, the Industrial Accelerator Act, agreed by the end of 2026. They highlighted the importance of “establishing a targeted and proportionate ‘Europe... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Marc van der Woude, the president of the EU’s lower-tier General Court, is set to leave the judiciary this autumn, MLex has learned. His resignation will take effect on Sept. 15 and is for personal reasons, a ... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: National governments are set to propose a set of actions to ensure the bloc remains "highly competitive," according to a draft statement obtained by MLex, to be adopted at a summit today. The act... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Japanese Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill to amend the Economic Security Promotion Act for submission to parliament. The bill would add services to ensure the stable supply of critical goo... (more story)
Energy View More
March 20, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Weak voltage control in Spain’s power system was a key cause of the April 28, 2025, blackout affecting Spain and Portugal, the trade association for European electricity transmission system operators has said.... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Barriers continue to hinder demand response, storage, and other non-fossil flexibility resources across EU countries, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators says in its latest rec... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A failure to contain a rapid voltage surge partly led to the April 28, 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal, with limited reactive power reserves and cascading technical issues amplifying the disr... (more story)
Technology View More
March 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced the seizure of four domains as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Mi... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: An unidentified company in Sanya, on China’s Hainan Island, has been summoned by the city-level internet regulator for failing to meet core responsibilities tied to algorithmic security, creating... (more story)
March 20, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the enactment of the US-Japan Action Plan on Critical Minerals, meant to mitigate critical mineral supply chain vulnerabilities and protect downstream industries.