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Antitrust

March 17, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Apple to outline near-field communication fees, access restrictions in Brazil

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

March 16, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

States say events leading to HPE-Juniper pact 'should shock the conscience'

Antitrust View More

Dolby wins UPC injunction, Beko fails test as willing licensee for audio SEP

March 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Dolby secured a Europe-wide UPC injunction against Beko, after judges found smart TVs infringed its audio patent and rejected an antitrust defense. The court ruled Beko was not a willing licensee, ending the e... (more story)

AliveCor fails to get US appellate rehearing in antitrust case against Apple

March 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: AliveCor failed to convince a US appeals court to rehear its antitrust claims over heartrate analysis on Apple Watches. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a judgment against A... (more story)

Petrobras project cartel ruling put on hold by Brazil's CADE after review request

March 18, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s competition regulator has postponed the final decision on a cartel formation probe related to the expansion works of a Petróleo Brasileiro building in Salvador, the capital of Bahia.

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK targets fraudulent ads, AI oversight in online advertising taskforce update

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Fraudulent online ads will be a key focus for the UK’s Online Advertising Taskforce this year, with a new AI working group and a planned ad fraud unit, the UK government has said. The group would... (more story)

Plan to revise EU's AI law endorsed by European Parliament committees

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A plan to amend the EU's AI Act, known as the AI omnibus, has been endorsed by the European Parliament’s committees on civil liberties and internal market, paving the way for the parliament as a ... (more story)

Data protection challenges of AI implementation discussed by Polish regulator

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Data protection issues when implementing Artificial Intelligence systems that might require the regulator’s intervention were discussed at the Polish data watchdog’s AI working group meeting on M... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UniCredit-Commerzbank saga sets up clash as EU leaders call for scale-up

March 18, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

EU heads of state and government will this week make a push to incentivize the scale-up of European companies, with one eye on strategic areas such as finance. But the same leaders who are ready to endorse thi... (more story)

Oak-Eagle AcquireCo gets Turkish clearance for Electronic Arts deal

March 18, 2026 | Jean Comte

Middle East

Oak-Eagle AcquireCo' s acquisition of US video game publisher Electronic Arts has been cleared by Turkey’s competition authority on Feb. 26, according to an update on the regulator's website on Wednesday. The ... (more story)

UK govt seeks to hire 12 new panel members for CMA

March 18, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK government is hiring up to 12 new panel members for the Competition and Markets Authority, who will help make decisions on in-depth merger and market investigations and potentially be part of a new regi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Platforms face uncertainty after EU fails to extend child-abuse rules

March 18, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Online platforms face growing legal uncertainty after EU lawmakers and member states failed to agree on extending temporary rules allowing the voluntary detection of CSAM. Meanwhile, institutions are blaming e... (more story)

US FTC should develop privacy-protective age assurance standards, advocates say

March 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Center for Digital Democracy, Electronic Privacy Information Center and Fairplay wrote to the US Federal Trade Commission to lay out concerns that the commission’s recent policy statement on ... (more story)

Search engines, porn sites central to CSAM access, UK study finds

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Search engines and pornography sites — regulated under the UK’s Online Safety Act — are widely used to access child sexual abuse material, a new Ofcom-commissioned research report has found. Perp... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Wi-Fi 7 rollout drives surge in patent disputes, report says

March 18, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Asia, Europe, North America

Technology companies are increasing enforcement of patents underpinning Wi-Fi standards as Wi-Fi 7 expands into industrial use, according to a LexisNexis report. Rising disputes, new licensing benchmarks and l... (more story)

Munich retreat by Onesta masks stakes, BMW US case now drives patent fight

March 18, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

Plaintiffs hoping to leverage litigation against original equipment manufacturers in licensing talks with upstream suppliers may have a new play in the enforcement playbook courtesy of Onesta IP. But a win for... (more story)

UK AI copyright consultation reports call for further consultations

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK government will not yet introduce any changes to copyright law as it launches fresh consultations amid “substantial uncertainty,” according to a report and impact assessments of options pu... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

FCA feared that money prevailed over morality at Odey’s hedge fund, UK court hears

March 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

A senior official at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority was concerned from the outset of 2020 inquiries into Odey Asset Management that the firm was allowing financial considerations to outweigh ethical stan... (more story)

Consumer products firm chief, consultant plead guilty in US to falsifying books

March 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Christopher Ferguson, chairman and chief executive of Edison Nation, and Brian McFadden, a consultant, pleaded guilty to falsification of books, records, and accounts for causing the submission o... (more story)

Canada's finance minister cites progress against money laundering

March 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's minister of finance and national revenue, issued a statement on the country's progress against money laundering. FINTRAC, Canada's financial intelligence uni... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK financial ombudsman’s independence at risk with govt reforms, lawmakers warn

March 18, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The independence of the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service is at risk after the government said it would take responsibility for appointing the chair of the body that resolves disputes between consumers and fina... (more story)

Simplified EU capital rules suggested by banking lobby

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Key elements in the EU bank capital framework should be simplified by reducing overlapping requirements, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe said in a report published on Wednesday. A... (more story)

CFTC, SEC join to clarify application of US securities laws to crypto assets

March 17, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission joined in issuing an interpretation today clarifying how federal securities laws apply to some cryptocurrency assets an... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce opens case into Chinese, Indian large graphite electrode imports

March 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has opened an antidumping and antisubsidy investigation into large diameter graphite electrodes.

Overcapacity pressures on key EU industries set to worsen, official says

March 18, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU industries are facing a massive challenge from global overcapacity, fueled in particular by Chinese state subsidies, which EU trade defense instruments and World Trade Organization measures are failing to t... (more story)

US Commerce announces antidumping probe of Vietnamese steel wheels

March 18, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department announced a nationwide inquiry into whether Vietnamese steel wheel imports are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties for Chinese imports. The inquiry foll... (more story)

State Aid View More

Japan bill tightens rules for idle patents in AI, quantum fields

March 18, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan has proposed a bill to strengthen support for artificial intelligence, quantum and other strategically important technologies, while tightening the treatment of patents and other intellectual property ge... (more story)

Zenobē Energy faults UK regulator's explanation of changes to lawsuit defense

March 17, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Zenobē Energy told a UK tribunal hearing on Tuesday that the UK regulator of gas and electricity markets hasn't adequately explained changes it made to its defense against the company's suit alleging an unlawf... (more story)

Saurí appointed head of strategic coordination in EU’s DG Comp

March 17, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Lluís Saurí Romero has been appointed head of unit for Strategic Coordination in DG Comp, the European Commission's directorate general for competition policy. Saurí replaces Astrid Cousin, who has moved to th... (more story)

Energy View More

German government adopts package to tackle excessive fuel prices

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Competition in the fuels market will be strengthened, under a draft package adopted by the Cabinet, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said this week. The draft foresees three m... (more story)

EU should simplify hydrogen rules to avoid delaying decarbonization, groups say

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU risks missing climate targets and delaying industrial decarbonization unless it urgently simplifies its hydrogen framework, a coalition including Eurogas, Ammonia Europe and GIE has warned... (more story)

Updated guidance on REPowerEU Gas Regulation issued by European Commission

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday issued updated guidance clarifying details on prior authorization of non-Russian gas imports in light of the conflict in the Middle East. The updated guidance... (more story)

Technology View More

Germany aims to double data center capacity with newly adopted strategy

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The German government has said it intends to at least double its data center capacity — and to quadruple its capacity for AI and High-Performance Computing — through a new data center strategy ad... (more story)

EU Commission seeks feedback on revision of water legislation

March 18, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A four-week call for evidence on a review and "targeted revision" of the Water Framework Directive was opened by the European Commission on Tuesday. The goal is to secure the EU's supply of criti... (more story)

Roblox put on notice in the Philippines over child safety risks

March 18, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Philippine authorities have warned gaming platform Roblox to strengthen child safety measures or face possible restrictions, following reports of sexual predation, grooming and exploitation invol... (more story)