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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
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February 19, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Apple has told Brazilian regulators that Pix already competes head‑to‑head with iOS contactless payments, arguing that the Central Bank’s instant‑payments system — especially via QR codes — offers consumers an... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Live Nation, the US Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general asked a New York federal court to limit the admissibility of certain evidence in antitrust litigation over com... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Direct purchasers of caustic soda opposed Shintech’s motion for summary judgement on US claims, saying it ignores the disputed facts showing its participation in an agreement to fix caustic soda ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 20, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Nvidia has lost its bid to pause discovery in a copyright lawsuit alleging the company illegally used authors’ works to train its large language models. Nvidia requested a stay while US District Judge Jon S. T... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the development of global artificial intelligence standards to counter deepfakes and safeguard children. His remarks come as sweeping amendments to the country’s ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia, North America
The White House is positioning the "American AI stack" as the global digital bedrock, urging allies such as India to leverage US infrastructure and pursue light-touch regulation to drive international innovation.
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 19, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos noted during a Feb. 18 television broadcast that his company doesn't operate "a theatrical studio," unlike Paramount Skydance, its rival bidder for Warner Bros. Discovery... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission was not opposed by the US Chamber of Commerce in its effort to get an administrative stay that would defer until March 2 a district court ruling that threw out the FTC’s current premerger form.
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for an emergency administrative stay and a stay pending the agency's appeal of a district court decision ag... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 19, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
A US federal judge in California indicated Google will receive preliminary approval for a proposed $8.25 million settlement to resolve allegations that it collected data of children under 13 without parental c... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Oleksandr Didenko of Kyiv, Ukraine, was sentenced in the US to 60 months in prison over his role in a years-long scheme that stole the identities of US citizens and sold them to North Korean work... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey filed a lawsuit Thursday against Apple, alleging the company failed to stop its iCloud platform from being a vehicle for storing and distributing child sexual abuse m... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 19, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
The clock is ticking on a bid by Onesta IP to stay an antisuit injunction awarded to BMW by a Texas federal judge last month. But in filings this week with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a fa... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
This week, the Unified Patent Court revived Rematec’s wood-mill patent on appeal, granted cross-border injunctions in separate disputes involving Canon, Angelalign and others as well permitted the withdrawal o... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Salts Healthcare' appeal against a ruling that Pelican Healthcare had not infringed its patent for a type of ostomy bag designed to minimize “unsightly” bulging has been rejected, although the court agreed the... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
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)
February 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Treasury Department rule requiring buyers of certain residential real estate to identify their beneficial owners is constitutional, a US judge ruled Thursday, throwing out a lawsuit filed by a title insuranc... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Blue Owl Capital, an investment manager of private capital funds, said it is selling $1.4 billion in assets from three credit funds to return capital to investors and pay down debt. It also is permanently halt... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 19, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Secretary of the US Treasury Scott Bessent announced the priorities and schedule for the 2026 G20 Finance Track, including hosting a meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governor... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Canada's finance minister and other senior officials announced new measures to strengthen Canada’s ability to detect, disrupt and prevent extortion across Canada, especially in the most affected ... (more story)
February 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, and other Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee wrote to Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman asking about a Wall ... (more story)
Trade View More
February 19, 2026 | Bradley Dress
Asia, Europe, North America
Domestic silicon metal producers, which make a key material used in semiconductor-grade polysilicon, urged the US International Trade Commission on Thursday to find injury from subject imports across five coun... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday remanded the Commerce Department’s 2024 review of an antisubsidy order on chemicals used as sanitizers and disinfectants in pools and other controlled water sources.
February 19, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
The US International Trade Commission failed to show substantial evidence or a proper legal basis for including data from Fujifilm Greenwood in its analysis of material injury from Japanese and Chinese aluminu... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
February 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in her re-appointment address late Wednesday stressed continuity and reiterated her policy goals, starting with the expedited ratification of the draft budg... (more story)
February 17, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
EU producers of steel, aluminum, and other energy-intensive sectors would benefit from minimum local content and low-carbon thresholds in public procurement and subsidy schemes in the bloc's planned Industrial... (more story)
Energy View More
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)
February 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s top presidential policy secretary has called for urgent reform of the country’s electricity-governance system, warning that without structural changes the country risks becoming a n... (more story)
Technology View More
February 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK privacy regulator is celebrating after appeal judges on Thursday backed its interpretation of data controllers' security duty under legacy data protection law in a long-running dispute with electronics ... (more story)
February 19, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission and India have launched a European Legal Gateway Office to streamline the mobility of Indian digital technology talent to the EU, the commission said Thursday. The office... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The next generation of cellular technology may herald a shift in who files for intellectual property rights as companies beyond traditional telecom operators play a larger role in shaping the standards for 6G,... (more story)