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Data Privacy and Security
February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence
February 25, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
Antitrust View More
February 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
Europe
France’s flexible rules on antitrust interim measures meant it made more sense for its competition authority to probe Apple’s privacy prompt rather than wait until the EU takes up the case, according to France... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
An Italian injunction against Meta Platforms over tying its AI service to WhatsApp could be subsumed into an EU-level investigation if the European Commission advances a separate case against the company, acco... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
A German sanction on Amazon this month was a legitimate use of the national enforcer’s powers and created “no friction” with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Andreas Mundt said. The president of Germany’s competi... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The fact that OpenAI is opening its largest AI research hub outside San Francisco in London “reaffirms the UK’s global leadership as the place to pursue AI innovation that is both safe and transf... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) is expected to consider next Wednesday the appeal filed by Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and WhatsApp, against the opening of an inquiry... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The way that copyright rules should apply to the use of protected content in generative artificial intelligence was set out in the European Parliament’s non-binding report, published on Wednesday... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 26, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Competitors and customers of both Imerys and SB Mineração — currently under buyout review in Brazil — have raised concerns about the potential negative impact the transaction could have on competition in the m... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Nexstar Media Group has answered questions from the US Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission and state attorneys general regarding its proposed acquisition of Tegna and anticipates the deal ... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Clarifying the European Commission’s approach to “dynamic effects” is a major hurdle facing regulators as they revise their merger review guidance, according to Guillaume Loriot, who heads the merger review di... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 26, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Meta Platforms asked a US federal judge not to certify any class over privacy claims that it illegally received and used personal data shared with it by third-party tax-filing websites via the use of Meta’s Pi... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission entered into a settlement on Thursday with Kochava, a data broker the commission sued in Idaho federal district court, according to a filing with the court.
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Kochava and the US Federal Trade Commission notified a federal judge that they've reached a settlement to resolve claims over Kochava’s marketing of geolocation data that might be used to track c... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 26, 2026 | Nick Robertson
Asia, Latin America, North America
Licensing deals in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries made the most news in recent weeks, while patent pool administrator Via LA continued the growth of its automotive Qi Wireless patent pool in China.
February 26, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Puma Sports has told an Indian court that it will stop playing disputed sound recordings in stores amid a licensing row with Phonographic Performance, which contests Puma’s reliance on other copyright society licenses.
February 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Spyros Melaris, who produced a 1995 pseudo-documentary of a hoax alien autopsy, has failed in his effort to block filmmaker Louis Theroux’s production company from distributing its own documentary on Melaris’s film
Financial Crime View More
February 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Europe, North America
Since its founding in 2018, the small Swiss private bank MBaer Merchant Bank has profited from offering financial services to customers engaging in money laundering, and in some cases its executives were “like... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) said it is in contact with MBaer Merchant Bank over US findings that it is a primary money laundering concern. The regulator's own enforce... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: MBaer Merchant Bank said it has taken note of the US Treasury Department's announcement and will comment on it after consulting with its US lawyers. The ruling published on the Swiss financial re... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a rule that, if finalized, would sever MBaer Merchant Bank AG access to the US financial system as a result of ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the entry of a final consent judgment as to Fernando Passos, a former executive vice president of finance and investor relations of Brazilian r... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Guidance for banks and other financial institutions on how to use digital identities to verify customers under the UK's anti-money laundering regime has been set out on Thursday. The UK Treasury ... (more story)
Trade View More
February 26, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission opened a new fact-finding investigation examining China's state support and pricing practices in the biotechnology sector and its impact on trade and the US ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex summary: The US International Trade Commission opened a fact-finding investigation into the impact of revoking permanent normal trade relations with China. USITC expects to issue a report by Aug. 21, and ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: German producer BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade challenging the Commerce Department's January final antidumping review on forged steel fluid end b... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The EU and UK’s competition watchdogs have formalized a cooperation agreement that would ensure “smooth interactions” on antitrust and merger cases. The deal was unique in that it would allow the Competition a... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Enforcers at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority will be able to cooperate more closely with colleagues at the European Commission and national enforcers within the EU, after a new agreeme... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The granting of operating aid for renewable energy on a larger scale will become possible, and rules on aid for airports will become more flexible, under proposed changes to the EU's State Aid Ge... (more story)
Energy View More
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European countries built 19 gigawatts of new wind energy capacity in 2025 and invested €45 billion in new wind projects, according to a study by industry group WindEurope. The association warned ... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Presentation of the EU's energy package, which includes measures to strengthen energy security, an electrification plan, and a heating and cooling strategy, has been postponed to May 19, the Euro... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Wednesday adopted the final version of a three-year policy roadmap aimed at fostering the development and adopti... (more story)
Technology View More
February 26, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
The chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission said he's accountable to the president and would obey lawful orders, rejecting suggestions that antitrust enforcement under his leadership is subject to improper... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: “Loot box” disclosures must be prominently featured on app store listings, the UK regulator for advertising has said in an enforcement notice. The Committee of Advertising Practice’s notice clari... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: German data watchdogs have urged EU lawmakers to drop plans for broad chat monitoring in child sexual abuse material rules as negotiations begin on Thursday. Such provisions, breaking end-to-end ... (more story)