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Russian bitcoin master suspect Alexander Vinnik.

Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime

March 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Trump cybersecurity order faces test in San Francisco BTC-e trial
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Financial Crime

March 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Halkbank deal an 'important component’ of Israel-Gaza ceasefire talks, US says
A photo illustration shows the Anthropic logo on a smartphone

Artificial Intelligence

March 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Due process, speech, procedure claims drive Anthropic suit against US government

Antitrust View More

Publishers say Google must face US antitrust claims over digital advertising

March 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Publishers accusing Google of monopolizing the markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges and engaged in illegal tying asked a US federal judge to deny Google’s request for summary judgmen... (more story)

Agri Stats' settlement in US poultry plant wage-fixing case gets final approval

March 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Agri Stats’ settlement to resolve to resolve claims that it conspired to depress wages for employees has been granted final approval by a US federal judge. As part of the deal, Agri Stats agreed ... (more story)

North Carolina AG says US DOJ cut 'backroom deal' with Live Nation, Ticketmaster

March 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: North Carolina Attorney General Jell Jackson said in posts to X that the US Department of Justice "cut a backroom deal" with Live Nation and Ticketmaster to resolve the agency's monopolization cl... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI must produce millions more ChatGPT conversations in US copyright cases

March 10, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

OpenAI must turn over 88 million recently discovered anonymous ChatGPT conversations, US Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang ordered late Monday, in a win for news outlets and book authors seeking evidence of copyrig... (more story)

Perplexity AI appeals preliminary injunction blocking AI agent on Amazon

March 10, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Perplexity AI has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review a district court order granting Amazon's request for a preliminary injunction pausing its Comet AI agent's ability ... (more story)

Gemini chatbot does not memorize copyrighted articles, Google tells EU judges

March 10, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The EU's highest court heard arguments in a landmark dispute over how copyright law applies to generative AI, as a Hungarian publisher accused Google of unlawfully using press content to train its Gemini chatb... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UK’s 'wait and see' merger approach has credibility risk, HSBC lawyer says

March 10, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK antitrust regulator risks a “credibility problem” by sitting on the sidelines to see how other regulators tackle global mergers before it decides whether it needs to investigate, a senior competition la... (more story)

Ending UK merger panel risks political influence, NatWest competition head says

March 10, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK government’s proposal to scrap the independent panel of decision makers that oversee in-depth merger reviews raises the risk of future political influence in decision-making, NatWest Group’s head of com... (more story)

UK government proposals for competition regulator largely welcomed by watchdog

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Proposals in a package of government measures open for consultation over the operation of the UK competition regulator have been largely welcomed by the watchdog. Plans include changes to the pan... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU digital rulebook simplification wins ECB backing with caveats

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Proposals to simplify the EU digital legislative framework are an "important reform" and have the backing of the European Central Bank, it said in an opinion published on Tuesday. It particularly... (more story)

Criteo loses appeal against €40m GDPR fine at French court

March 10, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

French adtech company Criteo has lost its appeal at the country's highest administrative court against a €40 million fine imposed by the privacy watchdog for various violations related to its tracking cookies ... (more story)

France’s Criteo loses appeal at court against €40m GDPR fine

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Criteo, a French adtech company, has lost its appeal at the country's highest administrative court against a €40 million fine imposed by the privacy watchdog for various violations related to its... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Google challenged over YouTube 'Shorts' video trademark in UK court

March 10, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Google is being challenged again over its use of the word “Shorts” for its short-form video service on YouTube from a producer and distributor of short films. Shorts International is appealing against a 2024 l... (more story)

EU leaders to suggest actions to support competitiveness, draft says

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU heads of states and governments will suggest a set of actions to support the bloc's competitiveness at their next summit on March 19 and 20, according to a draft of the final conclusions obtai... (more story)

Japan court rejects 'mere facts' defense in Kyodo newswire's intranet copyright case

March 10, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

A Tokyo court ordered a railway operator to pay damages for uploading newspaper article images to its internal intranet, ruling that Kyodo News dispatch text was copyright protected expression and not merely “... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Online platforms, telecom providers targeted in UK's anti-fraud strategy

March 10, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Online platforms and telecom providers could see UK legislative action if they do not do enough to tackle fraud, a new government strategy shows. MLex has learned the plan includes a consultation that will be ... (more story)

Former Vistry accountants under UK regulatory probe, housebuilder confirms

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Housebuilder Vistry has confirmed that two accountants formerly employed by the company are under investigation by the UK's Financial Reporting Council. The FRC said on Tuesday that it had opened... (more story)

Indictment of Smartmatic in US bribery case is vindictive, company says

March 10, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Smartmatic is the victim of vindictive and selective prosecution because it is an enemy of President Donald Trump, the company said in a motion to dismiss US corruption charges tied to an alleged... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK board-game developer QPlay set to be first company traded on Pisces

March 10, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK-based trading platform JP Jenkins is set to host the first share sale on Pisces, the new regulator-backed private market venue. Board-game developer QPlay will use the platform for the transaction, which wi... (more story)

EU turns to private capital as public funds fall short of clean energy needs

March 10, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

A plan to mobilize private capital for the clean energy transition was unveiled by the EU, which warned that public funding alone cannot meet the roughly €660 billion needed annually through 2030. The plan aim... (more story)

Michaud moves closer to chairing European Banking Authority after parliament vote

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament has endorsed François-Louis Michaud as the next chair of the European Banking Authority, following his selection by member states. His nomination comes after the resignati... (more story)

Trade View More

US Commerce preliminarily determines 3 countries are dumping steel rebar

March 10, 2026

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that Bulgaria, Egypt and Vietnam are dumping steel concrete reinforcing bar. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 52.8 percent t... (more story)

US freight rail coupler files anticircumvention request against importer

March 10, 2026

North America

MLex summary: US freight rail coupler (FRC) producer McConway & Torley LLC filed an anticircumvention request into whether an importer, The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., is avoiding antidumping and antisubsidy d... (more story)

EU Parliament moves closer to an EU-US trade deal vote in March

March 10, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

INTA, the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, is set to vote on the EU-US trade deal on March 19 after it previously put its work on the dossier on hold, according to Jörgen Warborn, a key law... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spain sees EU end probe into aid for PSA plant

March 10, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

An investigation into Spain's plan to grant €20.7 million in regional aid to carmaker Peugeot for investing in its existing plant in Vigo has been closed. In a formal notice issued Tuesday, the European Commis... (more story)

Romanian electricity storage plans get EU aid approval

March 06, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania has won EU approval for a €150 million plan to support the installation of new electricity storage capacity. The government will provide direct grants for standalone battery storage syste... (more story)

Concerns over China’s titanium dioxide and LB Group draw UK dumping probe

March 06, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jon Menon

Europe

A UK probe into imports of titanium dioxide from China has started following allegations that imports of the material are being dumped into the market and harming the domestic industry. Separately China’s LB G... (more story)

Energy View More

EU nuclear push backed by small reactors coalition and €200 million guarantee

March 10, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Small modular nuclear reactors are aimed for deployment in Europe by the early 2030s under a European Commission strategy that backs a limited number of projects and closer regulatory alignment. The plan focus... (more story)

Strategy for small modular reactor deployment set out by EU

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Small modular reactors could be deployed in Europe by the early 2030s, the European Commission has said in a strategy published on Tuesday. The plan calls for focusing on a limited number of proj... (more story)

EU unveils plan to mobilize private capital for clean energy transition

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has published a plan to boost investment in clean energy, dubbed Clean Energy Investment Strategy, aimed at mobilizing private capital to meet the EU’s 2030 and 2050 clima... (more story)

Technology View More

UK digital ID overhaul set out under govt plans now open for consultation

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New UK plans for a national digital ID were put out for consultation by the government on Tuesday. The proposal would embed the ID in GOV.UK systems and extend its use to age checks and hiring, t... (more story)

EUDI Wallet rules dilute privacy safeguards, digital rights groups say

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission’s implementing rules for the European Digital Identity Wallets — known as EUDI Wallets — are diluting privacy safeguards, digital rights and consumer protection groups sai... (more story)

Meta faces higher penalty cap in Dutch ruling over non-profiled feeds

March 10, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta is facing increased financial pressure, after the Amsterdam Court of Appeal raised the maximum penalty in the Bits of Freedom case concerning non-profiled recommender systems on Facebook and... (more story)