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Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

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Trade

April 07, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US DOJ says Section 122 tariffs legal, address core deficit
Electronic computer circuit Board from digital cellular phone

Intellectual Property

April 07, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

SEP licensing headaches prompt fresh look at aggregate royalty depositories

Financial Services

April 06, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US CFTC has sole authority over online prediction markets, appeals court rules

Antitrust View More

Sanofi moves for reconsideration in US antitrust case over injectable insulin

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sanofi-Aventis asked a US federal judge to reconsider whether Mylan can plead a bundled-discount theory of exclusion based on a bundle of products in the same product market, in an antitrust case... (more story)

China top court clarifies 'other concerted conduct' standard in cartel cases

April 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has clarified how so-called “other concerted conduct” may be established in cartel cases, in an administrative judgment that upheld penalties against 11 concrete producers. The ruling, disclo... (more story)

China issues e-commerce guidance to boost quality growth, tighten oversight

April 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has issued new guidance to promote the “high-quality development” of its e-commerce sector, outlining measures to strengthen platform governance and competition enforcement amid growing external scrutiny... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Nvidia moves to dismiss amended US DMCA claims over YouTube scraping

April 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nvidia moved to dismiss Ted Entertainment's amended US claims accusing it of improperly scraping YouTube content to train its artificial intelligence model Cosmos, saying that the circumvention p... (more story)

Federal workers can log back in to Anthropic's Claude following US injunction

April 06, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

US federal workers are being told they can log back into Anthropic's Claude for Government service in the wake of a ruling by a California federal judge who granted an injunction blocking the Defense Departmen... (more story)

Washington state rolls back sales tax carveouts for data centers

April 06, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Washington state is rolling back a sales tax carveout for replacing data center equipment after Governor Bob Ferguson signed SB 6231 into law last week. Washington is just one of several US states this year re... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Merck, Terns to file HSR Act premerger forms by April 14

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Merck and Terns Pharmaceuticals will file Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notifications related to their merger "no later than April 14, 2026," according to a US securities filing. The waiting pe... (more story)

Baggage-handling deal may be latest test of EU’s merger-referral system

April 07, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

The EU’s much-scrutinized system for referring mergers from the national level to Brussels could face fresh questions if Portugal or Spain asks the European Commission to review a small deal in the airport bag... (more story)

MicroStar-Konvoy deal faces in-depth review over keg competition in Australia

April 07, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

MicroStar Logistics’ proposed acquisition of Konvoy’s Australian assets has been referred to an in-depth Phase 2 review under Australia’s new merger laws, with the competition regulator set to investigate whet... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

European Commission puts forward options for finalizing financial data framework

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Monday shared a note with EU countries on the way forward for negotiating an EU data access framework for banking and financial services that has been deadlocked since ... (more story)

French telecom regulator Arcep appoints Boulay to board

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Marie-Georges Boulay will become one of seven board members of French telecom regulator Arcep, effective May 1. Boulay started her career at the local ministry for Post and Telecom before joining... (more story)

EU financial data access talks slowly coming back to life

April 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU data access framework for banking and financial services could move forward after months of deadlock, with EU countries expected to provide feedback by April 10 on the way forward, MLex has learned. In ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Chinese court rejects song copyright claim, finds years of implied consent

April 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has rejected a copyright infringement claim over a song, finding that a music company acted in good faith after the songwriter tacitly allowed its use of the work for years.

Japan court says social media texts can be protected works, rejects priest's lawsuit

April 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Osaka District Court rejected a lawsuit by a Buddhist temple priest and his temple seeking to deny copyright infringement and silence an author’s accusations, holding that the priest’s social media posts a... (more story)

Global deviation on SEP regulation set to complicate licensing environment

April 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Kirti Gupta, vice president and chief economist at Cornerstone Research, told MLex the globally fractured standard-essential patent enforcement environment has served to further increase legal costs and bring ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former coal sales exec asks US judge to set aside bribery conviction

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former Corsa Coal sales executive Charles Hunter Hobson asked a US judge to set aside his corruption conviction over his role in a scheme to bribe officials of an Egyptian state-owned company for... (more story)

Mexican businessman’s bribery conviction to be thrown out by US judge

April 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge said Monday that he will throw out the conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman for paying bribes to officials of Mexico’s state-owned oil company in exchange for contracts. US District Judge... (more story)

Trump administration opts to cut US CFPB workforce by two-thirds instead of 90%

April 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The Trump administration has submitted for court approval a new plan to cut the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, this time by about two-thirds of the agency’s employees rather than an initial plan to r... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Indonesia flags social media as stability risk in new bank guidelines

April 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Indonesian Financial Services Authority, responsible for regulating the country's banking and financial sector, has introduced a new social media guideline for the commercial banking industry... (more story)

South Korea tightens crypto-exchange controls after Bithumb mistaken payout

April 06, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s financial watchdog said Monday an emergency inspection of the country’s major virtual-asset exchanges, conducted for about a month from Feb. 10 to Mar. 6 after Bithumb’s mistaken pa... (more story)

US CFTC sues three states over authority to oversee prediction markets

April 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued three states over what the agency described as its exclusive authority to oversee booming prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket. The CFTC, led by Cha... (more story)

Trade View More

US companies seek duty orders on Algerian steel rods days after Section 232 modification

April 07, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Africa, North America

Five US manufacturers petitioned the US government for antisubsidy duty orders on Algerian steel rods, just days after President Donald Trump modified the Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper.

EU-US critical minerals strategy to be discussed next week

April 07, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Representatives from EU member-state governments will meet on April 14 to further discuss the EU-US critical minerals strategy — aimed at securing supply chains, reducing dependency on China and setting price ... (more story)

EU states' emergency energy measures risk undermining renewables support

April 07, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are adopting a patchwork of measures to counter energy price spikes driven by the war in Iran, including tax cuts and fuel subsidies. Analysts warn these interventions risk weakening price signals... (more story)

State Aid View More

Lithuanian state aid for LNG terminal gets EU approval

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a Lithuanian scheme that aims to compensate Litgas for supplying a mandatory quantity of liquefied natural gas to a terminal in the port of Klaipėda. The meas... (more story)

Zenobē Energy files second appeal over subsidy decision of UK regulator

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy has filed a second challenge over a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal, which broadens out arguments made in the first. The cas... (more story)

Électricité de France sees EU probe into planned state aid for nuclear reactors

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the French government's plan to support Électricité de France with the construction and operation of six nuclear reactors. The ne... (more story)

Energy View More

Change to CO2 rules for heavy-duty vehicles is a first step, EU car lobby says

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s targeted amendment to heavy-duty vehicle CO2 rules provides some flexibility for manufacturers through 2029, said the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association ACEA on Tuesday, welc... (more story)

Impose windfall tax on energy companies over rising oil prices, EU ministers urge

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Finance ministers from five EU member states have written to Wopke Hoekstra — the Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth — calling for a new EU-wide windfall tax on energy companies ... (more story)

Philippine antitrust study flags generator-linked advantages in electricity market

April 06, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission said in a policy dialogue with the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines that its market study found generator-affiliated retail electri... (more story)

Technology View More

Children’s online privacy risks prompt UK data protection campaign for parents

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New research on children’s online privacy has prompted the UK data protection regulator to launch a campaign Tuesday warning of risks and encouraging parents to talk to children about the topic. ... (more story)

Philippines rules out Roblox ban, tightens child-safety measures

April 07, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippines will not ban gaming platform Roblox despite mounting concern over online abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Instead, authorities are shifting toward stricter child-safety ... (more story)

Live Nation didn't harm competition in the ticketing market, defense expert says

April 07, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

There is “an absence of empirical evidence” of harmed competition in the live ticketing market, an economist testifying for Live Nation told jurors on Monday during a high-profile antitrust trial. Dennis Carlt... (more story)