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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
February 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Crime, Intellectual Property
February 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Nick Robertson
North America
Antitrust View More
February 25, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers
North America
Zillow and Redfin faced skepticism from a US federal judge Tuesday as he considered whether to dismiss antitrust litigation brought by the US Federal Trade Commission and states over competition for rental listings.
February 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The EU and UK’s competition watchdogs have formalized a cooperation agreement that would ensure “smooth interactions” on antitrust and merger cases. The deal was unique in that it would allow the Competition a... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Enforcers at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority will be able to cooperate more closely with colleagues at the European Commission and national enforcers within the EU, after a new agreeme... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 25, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Elon Musk filed a series of motions in limine seeking to limit evidence OpenAI can use in a forthcoming trial over the AI giant's conversion into a for-profit entity. Included in those motions is... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Information Commissioner’s Office, Financial Conduct Authority and Competition and Markets Authority are among 19 regulators to receive letters from the technology and business ministers, ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Agentic AI is a future concern for the UK data protection authority according to its head, following the Dutch watchdog's recent warning not to use tools such as OpenClaw as reports of privacy issues from its ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 25, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
A sudden and complex restructuring of Alliança Saúde’s ownership has derailed the company’s merger‑control process in Brazil for buying Grupo Meddi. While the authority signaled that the acquisition must be no... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Eleven Republican state attorneys general warned that streaming platform Netflix's proposed buyout of Hollywood studio Warner Bros. Discovery "may lead to, among other things, a monopoly that wil... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the public version of its decision allowing US medical devices company Intuitive to buy AB Medica's distribution activities. The deal was approved in October... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 25, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Commerce reached a settlement agreement with IT and communications company Vizocom ICT for allegedly violating export controls by providing the US Navy with 450 Chinese-made ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp is continuing the gradual global rollout of advertising in some of its features, including in the EU, and has updated its terms and privacy policies for European users as part of the p... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Spanish Red Cross has paid an €80,000 fine for violating the EU’s GDPR data protection rules, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said Wednesday. The organization violated the “integrity and c... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court upheld Austrian packaging manufacturer Messerle’s cardboard tray patent, but dismissed its infringement claim against Sabert’s Tray2Go products. Judges in the Vienna division rejected ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
A Chinese court has raised damages in a case involving the unauthorized adaptation of a horror novel into an escape-room venue, signaling a willingness to push statutory awards higher when actual losses and in... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Macleods Pharmaceuticals has secured an Indian court order allowing it to continue pursuing the revocation of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma’s expired Linagliptin patent.
Financial Crime View More
February 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Convicted fraudster David Ames has been ordered to pay back just £283,000 from a £336 million fraud that saw him jailed for 12 years after thousands of investors were left out of pocket. In a ruling at a Londo... (more story)
February 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Christopher Alexander Delgado, president and chief executive of Goliath Ventures, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly running the ... (more story)
February 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the office's new Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for illegal activity involving fraud and... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Monee Financial Technologies, ReStabilise, Revolut and VVTX have been selected by the Financial Conduct Authority to test stablecoins in its regulatory sandbox. The sandbox will allow the firms t... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has published draft technical rules, setting revised clearing thresholds under EU law. The proposals retain five threshold categories, clarify how po... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Updated rules to assess the suitability of senior managers and key function holders at banks and investment firms have been opened for consultation by the European Banking Authority and the Europ... (more story)
Trade View More
February 25, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Brazilian lawmakers are advancing plans to ratify the Mercosur-European Union agreement within the first half of this year, while the European Commission has the option to apply the treaty provisionally.
February 25, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
A coalition of US domestic producers Tuesday asked the Commerce Department to impose antidumping and antisubsidy duties on truck bed covers from China.
February 25, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Trade Representative is seeking public input on a critical minerals strategy to increase production and supply chain security, including exploring a plurilateral agreement with partners.
State Aid View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The granting of operating aid for renewable energy on a larger scale will become possible, and rules on aid for airports will become more flexible, under proposed changes to the EU's State Aid Ge... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament could call for an "independent European Competition Authority" separate from the European Commission — the EU's executive branch — to ensure that there is "no political in... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Greece will be eligible for direct grants and tax advantages under a €400 million plan that has won European Commission state aid approval. The measure will back strategic investment... (more story)
Energy View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Presentation of the EU's energy package, which includes measures to strengthen energy security, an electrification plan, and a heating and cooling strategy, has been postponed to May 19, the Euro... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Wednesday adopted the final version of a three-year policy roadmap aimed at fostering the development and adopti... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A package of measures to simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies by raising the thresholds for which they apply has been approved by EU ministers and will b... (more story)
Technology View More
February 25, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European regulators should focus on building their capacities to enforce existing digital rules rather than crafting new ones, a key enforcer for the EU's Digital Services Act said on Wednesday. The comment by... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
YouTube’s recommendation engine is designed to limit endless scrolling, its vice president of engineering told jurors Tuesday in a California state trial over youth social media addiction. Meta’s counsel also ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
While Meta Platforms reported an overwhelming number of tips to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, it was simultaneously allowing groomers to access children on its platform, a jury in New M... (more story)