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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 | Frank Hersey
Europe
AI safety has been overtaken by AI sovereignty as the UK government's stated primary concern for the groundbreaking technology — along with its potential to stoke economic growth. The minister for artificial i... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
UK lawmakers said they will bring amendments to a piece of legislation on democratic safeguards to address gaps they see in artificial intelligence and online safety regulation. They want to bring greater prot... (more story)
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)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 03, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Dairy cooperatives Arla and DMK must convince the European Commission that their intended merger won't cut the options available to farmers to sell their milk. The EU regulator's recent look at FrieslandCampin... (more story)
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)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 03, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platforms in the UK face having to consider how to approach content linked to outlawed group Palestine Action as part of their annual review of online risks after a court ruled the group’s proscription ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
The California Privacy Protection Agency has handed out the second-largest fine it its history, as part of a $1.1 million settlement with Georgia-based PlayOn Sports, a digital ticketing platform for high scho... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The European Commission intends to use the revision of the EU Cybersecurity Act, alongside its digital simplification package, to introduce harmonized rules under the bloc’s cybersecurity directive for critica... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 03, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Tech and automotive groups are urging EU officials to amend its IP enforcement law to rein in patent injunctions — clashing with patent holders, who warn reforms could weaken innovation as Brussels weighs comp... (more story)
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.
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 03, 2026 | Fanny Roux and Jean Comte
Europe
EU leaders could ask the European Commission to propose "targeted amendments" to bank capital rules to enhance the banking sector's capacity to finance the European economy, according to an early draft documen... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Lobby group Pensions UK has urged the government to drop a proposed power in the Pension Schemes Bill that would allow ministers to set asset allocation requirements for certain workplace pension schemes. The ... (more story)
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)
Trade View More
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department will issue antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders for Indian imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs following a final determination by the US ... (more story)
March 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Certain German imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate were not sold at less than fair value in the US, the US Commerce Department said in the final results of an administrative review.
March 03, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Jean Comte
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)
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 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
North America
MLex Summary: Google and Epic Games have withdrawn a previously proposed modification to an injunction issued in federal antitrust litigation over Google's Play Store, according to a joint submission filed in ... (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)