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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

AliExpress challenges €550m fine under EU Digital Services Act

Canada’s push for economic autonomy complicates merger, investment reviews

US Third Circuit puts competition at center of ROSS AI training ruling

AI companies sign voluntary accord with White House on frontier model safety

EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ procurement push fueling fears of a fragmented rulebook

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US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

Trade

October 01, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

USTR says G20 summit reached no consensus on forced labor, excess capacity

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology

October 01, 2026 | Chris May

North America

US college sports antitrust exemption gains momentum, but obstacles remain
Manchester billboard reads "Shamchester"

Financial Crime

October 01, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Among Manchester City's many legal troubles, could criminal probes loom large?
USTR says G20 summit reached no consensus on forced labor, excess capacity
US college sports antitrust exemption gains momentum, but obstacles remain
Among Manchester City's many legal troubles, could criminal probes loom large?

Antitrust View More

UK AI startups’ tilt against non-compete clauses pits innovation against IP

October 02, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

UK artificial intelligence startups are holding the government's feet to the fire over the competition impact of tech companies' employment clamps, stepping into the debate this week over an ongoing consultati... (more story)

Creditreform fined €90,000 for price fixing in Austria, watchdog says

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Creditreform Wirtschaftsauskunftei Kubicki has been fined €90,000 by Austria's cartel court for breaching antitrust rules in the distribution of business information databases, the national compe... (more story)

China makes antitrust compliance prerequisite for green benefits

October 02, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

China is barring companies with monopolistic violations from its green-manufacturing certification program. The move represents a rare convergence of Beijing's environmental and competition policies, using gre... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Meta’s US child-safety measures may prove insufficient in EU probe, commission says

October 02, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta Platforms’ child-safety safeguards following its US settlement may not be enough to satisfy the EU’s Digital Services Act, a European Commission spokesperson said. The commission expects equivalent protec... (more story)

Better AI recommendations alone won’t secure UK patent protection

October 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

Emotional Perception AI’s neural network patent application has been rejected again, this time on remand from the UK Supreme Court, with the UK Intellectual Property Office finding the claimed media recommenda... (more story)

South Korea expands chief AI officer council across government agencies

October 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea has expanded the Chief AI Officer Consultative Council from 28 to 42 central government bodies, extending coordination of artificial intelligence issues beyond ministries to vice-mini... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Iowa, Montana agree to dismiss US Supreme Court suit over Paramount merger

October 02, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Iowa and Montana filed a joint stipulation of dismissal alongside the California Department of Justice for the two states' motion for leave to file a complaint against California and 11 other sta... (more story)

Amplifon files GN Hearing buyout for EU approval

October 02, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Italian hearing aid company Amplifon has requested the European Commission approval for its intended $2.6 billion acquisition of GN Hearing, according to an update on the regulator's website. The commission ha... (more story)

Bauhaus wins German nod to take over DIY stores from Hellweg

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Do-It-Yourself retail chain Bauhaus has won approval from Germany's competition authority to acquire eight DIY stores from insolvent rival Hellweg. The watchdog found no competition concerns, con... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

IQVIA receives €7m Italian GDPR fine over coded patient records

October 02, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili

Europe

IQVIA has been fined €7 million under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, after Italy’s privacy regulator found that its coded database contained health data that could be linked to around a million p... (more story)

Brazil’s ANPD plans to finish Grok, Tools for Humanity probes in 2026

October 02, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s data privacy agency aims to conclude two major investigations under the country’s General Data Protection Law in the final quarter of this year. Grok’s deepfake scandal was the watchdog’s highest-prof... (more story)

IQVIA fined €7m in Italy for GDPR breach over identifiable patient data

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Health-data analytics company IQVIA Solutions Italy has been fined €7 million by the national privacy regulator over a database covering around a million patients in the care of 800 family doctor... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Former judge Albright sees few successors willing to take on patent-heavy dockets

October 02, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Retired federal judge Alan Albright said at a conference Thursday that he’s concerned about the lack of district court judges that show interest in taking on substantial patent dockets. He also urged clearer a... (more story)

UKIPO drills down on divisional deadlines in update to patent manual

October 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

UK patent applicants will be treated as having filed a divisional on time if the first substantive examination report on the parent application has not been issued. Thursday’s guidance by the UK Intellectual P... (more story)

IPO chief suggests shorter US IP protection for inventions with limited human input

October 01, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Artificial intelligence tops the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s agenda, and the US may need a shorter-term right for inventions with limited human input, President John Cheek told MLex at the group... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

SMEC International settles Australian foreign bribery probe

October 02, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: SMEC International has agreed to pay A$9 million (US $6.3 million) to resolve a foreign bribery investigation by the Australian Federal Police, according to a release. The investigation, examined... (more story)

Manchester City lodge appeal over UK Premier League ‘sham payments' findings

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: English football club Manchester City said it has appealed a decision by the Premier League that it had been involved in "sham payments" to bump up its finances by more than £900 million. The clu... (more story)

Former HSBC exec banned from UK financial industry over rail fare dodging

October 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A former HSBC executive who used a “doughnutting” scheme to avoid paying fares for his rail journey into London hundreds of times has been banned from working in the UK's financial services industry. Joseph Mo... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Lawmakers move closer to EU oversight of all CCPs, CSDs; more talks to come

October 02, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Clearinghouses and central securities depositories would be supervised by the European Securities and Markets Authority, or ESMA, under the latest compromise proposed by lead lawmaker Markus Ferber on a packag... (more story)

All CSDs to fall under EU supervision, lawmaker Ferber's draft shows

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: All central securities depositories, or CSDs, would fall under the EU watchdog’s supervision under a compromise proposed by lead EU lawmaker Markus Ferber on a proposed package to better integrat... (more story)

US Fed’s easing of capital requirements has led to liquid Treasury markets, Bowman says

October 01, 2026 | Neil Roland

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

The Federal Reserve’s relaxation of some capital requirements for the eight largest US banks, which took effect in the first quarter of 2026, has already resulted in improvements to the Treasury market, said M... (more story)

Trade View More

G7 agrees 100 million-barrel oil release, frontloads diesel supplies

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A coordinated release of 100 million barrels of oil reserves will begin immediately and run over four months, G7 leaders agreed Friday, according to a press statement. The release will include su... (more story)

EU-Malaysia trade talks move slowly on investment, raw materials

October 02, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: EU and Malaysian negotiators made progress on government procurement, sustainability, food standards and rules of origin during their fifth round of free-trade talks in Brussels, the European Com... (more story)

US diesel export ban would help no one, undermine trust, EU spokesperson says

October 02, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

A possible ban on diesel exports from the United States wouldn't be helpful and would weaken trust in the country, a European Union spokesperson said Friday. The comments suggest that for now at least the EU i... (more story)

State Aid View More

Soukup, Deisenhofer take on senior EU competition roles

September 30, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The European Commission has appointed Karl Soukup as its most senior official overseeing state aid, and Thomas Deisenhofer as the head of the investigation teams prosecuting cartels.

Spielkisten takes EU decision on German aid to WestSpiel to EU court

September 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Spielkisten, an operator of gaming halls in Germany, has filed an appeal at the EU General Court, challenging an earlier decision by the European Commission on German support to casino operator W... (more story)

Swedbank’s levy reduction prompts EU court questions

September 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Latvian court has requested guidance from EU judges regarding whether a decision to reduce a lender's "solidarity contribution" should be understood as state aid. The issue relates to lender Sw... (more story)

Energy View More

EU diesel supplies stable despite high prices, task force says

October 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU diesel supplies remain stable despite tight global markets, but prices remain high, the European Commission said after an Energy Union Task Force meeting Friday. Commission and EU government r... (more story)

Italy, Czechia call for temporary EU carbon market relief

October 01, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Italy and Czechia have called for a temporary suspension or other changes to the EU's carbon market to ease pressure on industry already facing higher energy costs due to the conflict in the Middle East. In pr... (more story)

EU countries split over calls to further delay new Emissions Trading System

October 01, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Italy and Czechia are asking EU leaders to consider delaying the launch of the EU's new carbon market for buildings and road transport beyond 2028 due to the energy crisis, while Estonia has also called for a ... (more story)

Technology View More

Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Steam face Australian scrutiny over child safety

October 02, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s online-safety watchdog has urged Roblox, Mojang Studios, Epic Games and Valve to strengthen child protections after finding gaps in age checks, harmful-content detection and information sharing. De... (more story)

Indonesia presses digital platforms to strengthen online-gambling controls

October 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Digital platforms and service providers in Indonesia are being pressed to strengthen systems for detecting, preventing and removing online-gambling content as the government steps up efforts agai... (more story)

Australia's online-safety watchdog urges stronger gaming safeguards for kids

October 02, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s online-safety watchdog on Friday urged Roblox, Epic Games, Mojang Studios and Valve to strengthen child protections after finding significant gaps. Its October transparency report ide... (more story)