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Antitrust
February 19, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence
February 19, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Artificial Intelligence
February 19, 2026 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Progress Rail Services agreed to dismiss its US claims challenging Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies’ acquisition of General Electric Transportation, according to a court filing.
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Facebook users bringing US monopolization claims against Meta Platforms asked a US appeals court to overturn a summary judgment, saying the lower court judge erroneously discounted their ample ev... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Canada’s Competition Bureau announced a court order to gather information from Greater Vancouver Realtors and advance its ongoing investigation into real estate commission rules. The bureau is in... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 20, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Countries taking part in the India AI Impact Summit are expected to sign a declaration on further cooperation on democratizing AI resources and ensuring it is safe and trustworthy, according to a... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Connecticut Fair Housing Center lacked standing to sue Corelogic Rental Property Solutions for violating housing discrimination laws for selling an AI-powered tenant-screening tool to landlor... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A proposed overhaul of the definition of personal data has been clarified by EU governments, following criticism by privacy advocates that the proposal would narrow the application of the EU’s data protection ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Four members of the US House of Representatives wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing their opposition to any commission effort to modify or waive the standing statut... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Mike Lee of Utah, chair of the Senate's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, announced on social media that he has sent questionnaires to the CEOs of Net... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger P. Alford and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are embroiled in a Tunney Act discovery dispute stemming from the US Department of Justice’s merger settlement with HPE a... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 20, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
In a strongly worded statement about "predatory social media companies," Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said this week that he will enforce the state's one-hour daily limit on teens under age 16 for time ... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: TikTok and the Montana attorney general jointly agreed to dismiss litigation over the state's ban on the social media app, following Chinese divestiture of ownership of the platform. The two side... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Sweden's data protection watchdog last year received the highest number of complaints since the entry into force of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the watchdog said in its annual re... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
On the heels of Linwei Ding’s conviction last month for criminal trade secret theft — and amid rising US tension with the Middle East — three Iranian nationals were indicted this week in California for stealin... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
US Copyright Office Deputy General Counsel John Riley tells MLex that the Copyright Claims Board has been a success in the three years since its launch, but that Congress can still help the office with needed ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Kakao Entertainment has prevailed in a court challenge wiping out corrective measures and a 540 million won ($373,000) fine over web-novel contest contract terms that South Korea’s competition watchdog had dee... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Reality TV stars who acted as online “finfluencers” to illegally promote foreign-exchange trading via their personal Instagram accounts have pleaded guilty to charges brought by the UK’s financial regulator. T... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Swedbank faces an investigation by Sweden’s financial regulator into suspected breaches of the country’s money laundering regulations. The probe follows the lender's involvement in a huge money laundering scan... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US District Judge Wendy Berger adopted a report from a magistrate judge recommending that she grant a government cross-motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against a US Treasury Department re... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has defended its use of urgency clauses to bypass impact assessments in three legislative cases, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive which requires ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Reforms to the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service are expected to move ahead soon, with a joint update alongside the Financial Conduct Authority and a new consultation on complaint handling likely to be publishe... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Updated rules on how the European Central Bank collects and shares statistical information were published in the EU’s Official Journal. The changes reflect digital developments and aim to reduce ... (more story)
Trade View More
February 20, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump announced that the existing Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs will remain in effect, and that he will sign an executive order imposing a 10 percent global tariff under... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
National governments have expressed support for speeding up the ratification process of trade deals, the EU’s Trade Commissioner said on Friday following a trade ministers' meeting. Maroš Šefčovič, who wants t... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.
State Aid View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Responses to a consultation on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation “generally acknowledge the importance and relevance” of the tool, the European Commission said in a summary of submissions. Some re... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday that Japan will intensify measures to ensure the supply-chain resilience of critical items and establish an organization to scrutinize foreign direct inves... (more story)
February 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Astrid Cousin, a French national, is leaving DG Competition to take up a role as Director for Horizontal Policies in the European Commission's directorate responsible for Financial Stability, Fin... (more story)
Energy View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has updated EU heavy-duty vehicle rules to integrate onboard fuel and energy consumption monitoring devices into the type-approval system. Manufacturers must now demonstra... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
French energy group TotalEnergies is on trial this week, as a Paris court is tasked with determining whether climate change falls within the scope of France's duty of vigilance law. In an opinion seen by MLex,... (more story)
February 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU ministers have agreed on adjustments to the market stability reserve for the bloc's new emissions trading system for buildings, road transport and other sectors, or ETS2, to improve price stab... (more story)
Technology View More
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and plaintiff states told a federal judge that Live Nation’s “eleventh-hour” bifurcation motion should be denied because the bifurcation it proposes would create wast... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ireland’s media regulator has published guidance on how researchers can apply for access to platform data under Article 40 of the EU’s Digital Services Act. The Coimisiún na Meán's document sets ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Live Nation Entertainment said it is ready to settle a monopolization lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice and several US states and argued that splitting it from subsidiary Ticketmaster serves no reme... (more story)