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Artificial Intelligence, Energy
March 05, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Data Privacy and Security
March 05, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Antitrust, Technology
March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Antitrust View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A class action representative has lost her challenge of a lower court's decision that denied her the chance to bring competition-abuse claims against UK water utilities, following a Court of Appe... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
The UK’s £8 billion private dentistry market is being reviewed by the antitrust regulator amid concerns over price rises and access to care. The Competition and Markets Authority is seeking views on areas incl... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: There is need for boosting competition through new entries and expansions to exert pressure for better interest rates, the Hellenic Competition Commission said Thursday, extending the deadline fo... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s strength in renewable energy will shield the country’s artificial-intelligence expansion from the power shortages seen in other markets, a senior state-asset official said, drawing a contrast with elec... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged Thursday to address employment challenges brought by artificial intelligence while ensuring the technology becomes a driver of job creation, underscoring Beijing's dual emphasi... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Australian privacy regulator says it will not appeal the ruling that found Bunnings’ facial-recognition deployment lawful. In a statement on Thursday, the Office of the Australian Information Com... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 05, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Attempts by merging parties to use promises to innovate to ease competition concerns won't fly, the head of Germany’s competition authority says. The comments from the president of the Federal Cartel Office co... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
Constellation Developments’ acquisition of car-auction company ABVR Holdings has been cleared by the UK antitrust regulator following an in-depth review of the deal. It follows a consultation by the Competitio... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission cleared the proposed acquisition by DoubleDragon Corporation of shares in MerryMart Consumer Corporation, issuing its decision ahead of the Phase 1 review de... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms is at the EU's first-tier court on Thursday to fight a decision made by an umbrella group of EU data protection authorities to extend a ban issued by Norway's privacy watchdog on i... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has rejected a proposal to extend the EU’s temporary regime allowing voluntary detection of online child sexual abuse material. As the legislation failed to ... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has developed the country's first homegrown blockchain operating system with a dedicated acceleration chip, marking a significant advance in Beijing's campaign for technological self-reliance in critical... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 05, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Conflicting high court rulings on whether Phonographic Performance Limited must register as a copyright society have split India’s music licensing regime, with major consequences for pending infringement suits.
March 05, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s trademark consent system arrived in April 2024 with a broad policy promise — to make it easier to choose and clear brands in a first-to-file jurisdiction, particularly for new businesses, while maintai... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s highest court is advancing the drafting of judicial rules and policy guidance on artificial intelligence and data-related rights, aiming to set clearer legal guardrails for the application of emerging technologies.
Financial Crime View More
March 05, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
British American Tobacco faces a UK court claim brought by more than 100 shareholders over the cigarette company’s activities in North Korea that led to it paying $635 million to US prosecutors three years ago.
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Russian national pleaded guilty in US federal court to a wire fraud conspiracy charge connected to a ransomware conspiracy. Evgenii Ptitsyn administered the sale, distribution, and operation of... (more story)
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Christine Hunsicker, founder and former chief executive of CaaStle, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in the retail-technology busine... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has issued new standards on how branches of non-EU banks must report information to supervisors. These branches will have to report under the new standards starting... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Kraken became the first cryptocurrency firm to be granted access to the US Federal Reserve’s payments system, drawing consternation from banking groups. “As we know, the payments landscape is actively evolving... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that car-finance lenders will have between three and five months to process the claims generated by a nationwide redress program. The final details o... (more story)
Trade View More
March 05, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Business associations in both the US and China are concerned about the European Commission's newly published clean industry proposal, claiming it will make market access more difficult for their businesses and... (more story)
March 04, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a detailed response to a Court of International Trade order that officials are still liquidating entries for International Emergency Economic Powers Act d... (more story)
March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
EU criteria for monitoring foreign investments in strategic ports will be set and market access possibly restricted under an EU ports strategy issued by the European Commission on Wednesday. The review of the ... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain's €200 million national plan to support manufacturing of battery and energy storage technologies and hydrogen technologies for electric vehicles has been approved by the European Commission... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Twenty new industrial sectors and two sub-sectors will be eligible for state aid in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, to prevent carbon leakage, under changes to guidelines to assess public fund... (more story)
March 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New EU maritime and ports strategies which aim to boost competitiveness and support the clean energy transition, security and resilience have been published by the European Commission. The plans ... (more story)
Energy View More
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A just transition must be at the core of the rollout of the EU’s new carbon pricing system for road transport and buildings, the European Environment Agency has said. In two briefings published o... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission should be more strategic in the way it supports countries outside the EU in strengthening their nuclear safety, the EU's external auditor has said. A strategy would identi... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s government convened the third inter-ministerial task force meeting on special management of living costs on Thursday to review energy price trends and countermeasures as Middle East... (more story)
Technology View More
March 05, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid conducted a surprise inspection of Meta Platforms’ operational office in Jakarta on Wednesday before issuing a stern warning... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Samsung Electronics is being investigated by South Korea’s antitrust watchdog after a subcontractor alleged it was pressured to relocate US production closer to Samsung’s logistics base, only to later face ste... (more story)
March 05, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
A former BSE Global executive testified Wednesday that Live Nation retaliated against the venue operator by not rebooking a canceled Billie Eilish concert after it partnered with SeatGeek for ticketing. The go... (more story)