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February 13, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Claude Marx
North America
Financial Services
February 12, 2026 | Neil Roland
Asia, North America
Antitrust
February 12, 2026 | Chris May, Alex Wilts, Claude Marx, Khushita Vasant, Ilana Kowarski and Clayton Vickers
North America
Antitrust View More
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Commercial Real Estate Exchange told the US Supreme Court that its monopolization claims against CoStar Group do not warrant its review, and it should oppose CoStar’s petition because there is no... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Omeed Assefi, the new acting chief of the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, told staff Friday he will continue the enforcement agenda of former boss Gail Slater while he redistributed civil and cr... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority has expanded its ongoing investigation into Microsoft’s conduct involving its Edge browser, formally requesting detailed information from 10 of the world’s largest PC manufa... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 13, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
UK financial services’ adoption of AI is already benefitting from stress-testing techniques developed for assessing military uses of AI that can help the financial regulator understand what’s going on under th... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Autonomous AI agents pose cybersecurity risks, the Dutch data protection watchdog has warned. Agents like the open-source tool OpenClaw, which operates locally and can access emails, files and on... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Political priorities and a clear right-left divide are emerging in the European Parliament with the amendments presented on Thursday on the legislative package targeting the EU AI Act. Centrist and conservativ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Masterbrand and American Woodmark continue to work with the US Federal Trade Commission after receiving a second request for additional information and documentary material, according to a securi... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
US-Japanese group Paloma Rheem's intended takeover of Groupe Atlantic will need clearance from the French government under its FDI vetting powers, MLex understands. France has made clear that it intends to fol... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Impala, a trade association of independent music labels, said the EU review of UMG’s acquisition of Downtown sends a strong warning about excessive consolidation in the music sector, although it ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs accusing LinkedIn of intercepting sensitive and confidential communications of customers who used Covered California’s website opposed a motion to dismiss, saying that their complaint ... (more story)
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs filed their second amended US complaint accusing BetterHelp of sharing users' personal information with social media companies such as Meta Platforms, Snap and others, citing a case br... (more story)
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs filed an amended US complaint accusing BetterHelp of sharing users' personal information with social media companies such as Meta Platforms, Snap and others. The amended complaint remo... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 13, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Xiamen Yan Palace Bird’s Nest Industry, a leading supplier of edible bird’s nest products in China, won an appeal in a trademark dispute after a Chinese court clarified the limits of the descriptive fair use defense.
February 13, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia, North America
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a website operator’s attempt to force Google to reinstate more than 4,500 URLs removed from search results under the US Digital Mi... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
US Patent and Trademark Office deputy director Coke Morgan Stewart had warm words this week for inventors and the technology transfer offices who shepherd their ideas over the commercial finish line. But her f... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
The US Treasury Department has relaxed its rules on customer due diligence, telling financial institutions on Friday that they no longer must identify the beneficial owner of a legal entity at each new account opening.
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order granting exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from certain requirements under its customer... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A terror financing trial in France of Lafarge and several former executives has thrown a wrench into the discovery process of multiple US lawsuits against the cement company filed by families of American victi... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 13, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The planned equity consolidated tape, a single feed of information on UK equity trading, will not resolve the rising cost of market data, a leading banking trade group has told the country's financial services... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Portuguese competition authority is seeking feedback on a study identifying "difficulties in the search for and comparison of banking products." The public consultation is opened until March 5.
February 12, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said he has asked the White House to appoint two Democrats to fill the open seats at the agency, but “it takes two to tango.” The SEC has had a 3-0 Repub... (more story)
Trade View More
February 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
A major US dairy farmer and industry leader pushed officials for more restrictions to crack down on Canadian trade practices as the United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement comes up for a review later this year.
February 13, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
National security reviews of US mergers in 2026 are expected to focus on the vulnerabilities of the target company, while giving less consideration to the national origin of the foreign investor — even long-st... (more story)
February 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Administration announced countervailing duty investigations into citric acid and certain titrate salt imports from India and Canada, following the receipt of petitions on Jan. 1.
State Aid View More
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Denmark secured European Commission approval on Friday for a €1.04 billion state aid plan aimed at enabling landowners to voluntarily withdraw agricultural or forestry land from production to cu... (more story)
February 11, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission suspects that tax breaks and "preferential financing" handed to Goldwind by banks controlled by the Chinese state may distort competition in the EU, according to an offici... (more story)
February 11, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: An EU in-depth state aid investigation into Lithuania's support to energy company AB Ignitis Gamyba for a strategic reserve for electricity covering the 2013-2018 period is now open for comments.... (more story)
Energy View More
February 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
France’s delayed energy plan confirms a strong push for nuclear power, including six third generation reactors and preparations for eight more, while scaling back renewable targets because of delays in electri... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France aims to build six new nuclear reactors and launch a preparatory program for eight more, according to the Multiannual Energy Plan for the 2026-35 period released on Feb. 13. Targets for sol... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European power companies should reinforce their security as electricity networks face growing physical and cyber threats linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine and other hybrid attacks, European elect... (more story)
Technology View More
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Denmark’s telecom security law and national risk assessments could be affected by a case referred by Estonian judges to the EU's top court, the Danish Ministry for Public Safety and Emergency Pre... (more story)
February 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A common approach to identify, evaluate and address cybersecurity risks was published in new guidance to safeguard Information and Communication Technologies supply chains by the European Commiss... (more story)
February 13, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK online safety regulator should face an expanded legal challenge over its transparency practices as campaign group Movement for an Open Web has applied to join a court case questioning Ofcom’s refusals t... (more story)