Energy, Financial Crime, Trade
October 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime, Technology
October 13, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
Africa, Europe, North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 12, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
October 14, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australia’s new mandatory merger regime is revealing serial acquisitions and patterns of consolidation that previously would have escaped the competition watchdog’s scrutiny, a top official will ... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Cooperation between the EU’s antitrust enforcer and data protection authorities in enforcement probes could be improved with more legal clarity on what kind of sensitive information, such as trade secrets, cou... (more story)
MLex Summary: Manufacturers of corrugated cardboard are under investigation by Spain's competition authority over suspected cartel practices, the CNMC said on Wednesday. The authority said it's examining possi... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Masha Borak
The AI industry needs international standards and certification processes to assess frontier AI risks, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis said. He called for secure testing environments and early access... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Imogen Howse
A UK online safety probe into Elon Musk's X will now focus on illegal content after the platform made changes to how users can access pornography, regulator Ofcom said. The probe began in January after reports... (more story)
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Generative AI is making cyber-enabled financial fraud easier to scale, says a paper accompanying a framework from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group, as the two authorities issu... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the public version of its decision allowing Air France and Airbus to establish a joint venture to provide component maintenance services to airlines for the ... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Jean Comte
Airbus's planned space and satellite joint venture with European rivals Thales and Leonardo, called Project Bromo, aims to create an initiative with sufficient scale to compete with fast-growing international ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Rewe, Germany's second-largest supermarket chain, has secured approval to acquire 38 Tegut stores, after agreeing not to buy two additional outlets in the state of Hesse for at least four years. ... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Meta Platforms’ challenge to Ofcom’s online safety expertise is “outlandish,” the lawyer for the UK regulator told a London court on Wednesday, as he described fees and fines as Ofcom’s “bread and butter.” Met... (more story)
Ireland is establishing a government forum with employers and trade unions to address AI’s impact on the labor market, Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced at the International AI Summit. Speaking at the ev... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Meta Platforms faces two separate sets of summary proceedings in the Netherlands after consumer and advocacy groups said it failed to address privacy concerns over its smart glasses. Dutch consumer group Consu... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan is considering legislative changes to protect voices and likenesses against unauthorized use, as AI makes it easier to imitate performers and reproduce their images, including those of people who are not... (more story)
MLex Summary: AI developers should obtain permission to use copyrighted material, should be transparent and should pay creators through fair licensing, a report published by Oxford University’s Institute for E... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | MLex Staff
China's highest court has upheld a Shenzhen clothing company's Kokia trademark against a challenge by Nokia, finding that years of commercial use had made the mark sufficiently distinctive to avoid confusion w... (more story)
Bank of America was hit with a $1.2 billion penalty by US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network over its failure to mitigate and report national security risks. The agency credited $750 mi... (more story)
October 13, 2026
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department announced enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, for violations of ant... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Government backing for calls by the UK's Serious Fraud Office to boost its enforcement capabilities by paying whistleblowers is a timely fillip for an enforcer looking to improve its reputation. But there is a... (more story)
MLex Summary: European Parliament lawmakers have submitted hundreds of amendments to proposed changes to pan-European personal pension rules, published on Wednesday. The amendments reveal different views on is... (more story)
MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has processed digital financial innovations involving the tokenization of gold, government bonds and property-related benefits through its regula... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Sean Maguire
The Australian Banking Association is seeking regulatory approval for banks to collaborate on regional services and trial up to 10 shared hubs to preserve face-to-face banking in communities without branches. ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Foreign direct investment screening notifications made by EU member states to the EU cooperation mechanism totaled 667 in 2025, 40 percent higher than the 477 of the previous year, according to a... (more story)
October 14, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Refining existing EU trade tools should take priority over creating new legislation that could take years to deliver results, European Parliament trade committee chair Bernd Lange said. He welcomed the recent ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers welcomed the positive outcome of recent China-EU negotiations on hybrid and electric vehicle trade, the industry group said in a statement Wednes... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
A foreign-backed company bidding for a tender in Greece's energy sector must notify the European Commission of financial contributions it has received from outside the EU, even though the bid falls below manda... (more story)
October 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera pledged to step up efforts to make Europe's cross-border state aid projects faster and easier for companies to navigate, warning that procedural delays could cost promising t... (more story)
October 12, 2026
MLex Summary: Parties interested in capital injections received by PostNord Strålfors — totaling €15.9 million and made by its parent company PostNord Strålfors Group — now have one month in which to send feed... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed delaying by one year methane emissions monitoring, reporting and verification requirements for EU importers of natural gas, oil and coal, as well as methane-i... (more story)
Europe, Middle East
MLex Summary: The EU and Turkey agreed to strengthen customs cooperation and continue work on trade barriers, according to a joint statement issued today after their third high-level trade dialogue in Brussels... (more story)
October 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant
The next round of negotiations on EU rules for cross-border energy infrastructure will take place on Nov. 17, following constructive talks between lawmakers and member states Tuesday, according to an EU offici... (more story)
Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica might see a revamp of the EU’s telecom rules in 2027 as EU governments edge toward an agreement on a package of telecom regulations as early as the end of this year, a E... (more story)
Adult website Stripchat’s original designation under the Digital Services Act, subjecting it to the law’s strictest obligations, was upheld by the EU’s General Court on Wednesday. The court found that the Euro... (more story)
MLex Summary: Stripchat’s challenge to the European Commission’s December 2023 decision to designate it as a Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act was dismissed by the EU’s General Court on... (more story)