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Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime
March 09, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Financial Crime
March 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Artificial Intelligence
March 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
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)
March 10, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s prosecutors filed 31 antitrust public-interest litigation cases in 2025, up 93.8 percent year-on-year, according to white papers released Tuesday by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. The figures were... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian Competition Commission, or KPPU, has opened a preliminary investigation into alleged ticket price fixing by domestic airlines following a sustained upward price trend over the past... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok on Tuesday convened the inaugural meeting of a pan-government task force to lead the creation of, and host, the headquarters for a new platform to coordin... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has designated a Samsung SDS-led consortium as the preferred negotiating partner to establish and operate the country’s national artificial intelligence computing cent... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Ministry of Science and ICT announced Tuesday that it has designated the Samsung SDS-led consortium — the sole bidder in the October 2025 tender — as the preferred negotiating partner for the... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 10, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany’s antitrust body has approved the plan by Nammo Raufoss and Diehl Defence to form a joint venture to produce artillery ammunition, after securing a major contract with Germany’s armed for... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Alderson Logistics and its associated company Supa Shavings (2022) Limited have been ordered by a New Zealand court to pay a combined penalty of NZ$420,000 ($246,668) for their non-notified acquisition of the ... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex summary: The Philippine Competition Commission cleared Engelmann Capital Pty Ltd’s proposed acquisition of shares in Cloudstaff Holdings Pty Limited, saying the deal raises no competition concerns. The re... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 10, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The Google-owned navigation service, Waze, could be designated a “Very Large Online Platform” under the EU’s Digital Services Act after reporting user numbers above the legal threshold, a move confirmed to be ... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: German media and advertising companies are urging the country's competition authority to reject a draft compromise with Apple over its privacy prompt. "The proposed commitments would not change t... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: DOT Europe and the European Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group, known as ECLAG — a coalition of child protection NGOs and major online platforms — have called on the European Parliamen... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
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)
March 10, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Novo Nordisk lost its bid to halt Dr. Reddy’s semaglutide exports. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal, citing the patent's imminent expiry and the lack of "irreparable loss" caused.
March 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Latin America
If a court-ordered restructuring of the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office successfully speeds examination there, Brazil’s attractiveness as a legal forum for patent enforcement stands to grow.
Financial Crime View More
March 10, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Lawyers representing John Ormerod — a British accountant who became the first UK-based national to be designated by the government over alleged Russian sanctions breaches — said it was too early to say whether... (more story)
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US prosecutors filed a deferred prosecution agreement with Halkbank, saying that various factors contributed to the government deciding to enter into it, including “unique and extraordinary natio... (more story)
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A group of Democratic US senators has introduced The FCPA Reinforcement Act to strengthen enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in response to the Trump administration's narrowed enfor... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 09, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering rules to address derivatives clearing organizations and designated contract markets that let ordinary investors get market access without intermediati... (more story)
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision announced it met March 9 to take stock of the implementation status of the outstanding Basel III reforms. It said members continue to ... (more story)
March 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New draft compromise amendments on the regulation establishing a digital euro have been prepared by Fernando Navarrete Rojas, the European Parliament’s lead negotiator. The proposals address fees... (more story)
Trade View More
March 10, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU dumping duties of up to 24.6 percent on imports of aluminum flat-rolled products from China are undergoing a partial interim review, the European Commission said Tuesday. The move follows a re... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Greenoaks Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital, US investors in e-commerce company Coupang, said Monday that they will withdraw their proposed Section 301 petition to the US Trade Representativ... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s General Administration of Customs said Tuesday that goods trade totaled 7.73 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion) in the first two months of 2026, up 18.3 percent year on year, as exports rose 1... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
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)
March 06, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China will promote more balanced trade by expanding imports and strengthening domestic demand, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said Friday at a National People’s Congress press conference in Beijing, as a record... (more story)
Energy View More
March 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission says the EU’s diversified energy supplies and high oil and gas stocks make it resilient despite price spikes linked to US and Israeli attacks on Iran. Brussels stresses it no longer rel... (more story)
March 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
As high energy prices intensify fears about competitiveness, Italy is challenging the EU emissions trading system costs through a national decree and calling for its suspension. Some European governments and h... (more story)
March 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission will invest more than €103 million in seven European climate projects, it said on Monday. Located in Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain... (more story)
Technology View More
March 10, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Indonesia's detailed implementing rules under its child online protection regime automatically classifies social media services as high risk and requires the deactivation of accounts held by users under 16. Th... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Google’s YouTube is facing a complaint alleging that it is breaching the EU's digital services law by making it difficult for users to access an alternative to its own algorithm system which determines and pro... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Singapore authorities ordered Meta Platforms to disable access to several social media posts containing a video showing a man stepping on the Quran on a public bus, saying the content could amoun... (more story)