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Financial Crime, Financial Services
April 09, 2026 | Neil Roland
Asia, North America
Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 09, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Wesley Brown
North America
Trade
April 09, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Antitrust View More
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Teva Pharmaceuticals was granted partial dismissal of third-party payors’ amended US antitrust claims accusing it of illegally delaying a generic competitor for multiple sclerosis-treatment drug ... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A company involved in chocolate confectionary production was visited on Monday by EU investigators looking into suspicions of potential antitrust breaches. The European Commission announced the n... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
A company active in making chocolate is the target of EU inspections in two countries on suspicion of breaking antitrust rules that prohibit abusive conduct and business practices. The European Commission said... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 13, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
MLex Summary: Two weeks before the scheduled start of a trial between Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft over OpenAI's conversion to for-profit status, Musk and OpenAI battled in a pair of weekend court filings a... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
Singapore AI firm Nanonoble argued Friday that the Walt Disney Company’s contributory copyright infringement claims against it should be dismissed given the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. So... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Swedish government has proposed a SEK 1 million (€108,388) budget increase for the Swedish Data Protection Authority, citing the authority's new market surveillance duties under the EU's AI A... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex summary: Battery manufacturer Clarios has received unconditional EU approval for its plan to buy Ecobat’s battery recycling and specialty lead operations in Germany and Austria. Regulators said they asses... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Diogo Thomson de Andrade has become the second interim president of Brazil’s competition regulator in less than a year. He took over the position after Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima concluded his term at the... (more story)
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Somnigroup International has agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.5 billion, the company announced. Somnigroup, which bills itself as the world... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms’ reported plan to equip its artificial intelligence eyeglasses with facial recognition technology poses an unacceptable threat to privacy and liberty and is “a red line society mus... (more story)
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US state plaintiffs filed a reply in support of their motion for judgment against Meta Platforms in a case over social media addiction, saying that Meta is calling on the court to adopt an unprec... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Challenges linked to agentic AI are outpacing existing oversight frameworks, with autonomous systems blurring liability, consent and user control, a forum composed of four key UK regulators said ... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
A report published on Monday by the EU Intellectual Property Office has proposed bank financing backed by intellectual property assets as a means of boosting the EU’s competitiveness. As the EU prepares legisl... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
SharkNinja failed to win a UPC injunction against Groupe SEB after Paris judges found its air fryer-related patent likely invalid. The court held that prior art can undermine novelty even if key features are o... (more story)
April 10, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: MiniMax and Nanonoble moved to dismiss US copyright claims filed by Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery over its artificial intelligence image and video generating service Hailuo AI. Mi... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 13, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Former Smartmatic executive Jorge Vasquez asked a US judge to order the government to provide any material it has regarding statements he made to a law enforcement agent during his earlier cooper... (more story)
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Luis Vuteff, a former employee of a European bank, is asking a US judge to hold a brief hearing during which he can provide details about the extent, nature, quantity and quality of his cooperati... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Federal prosecutors asked a US judge to stay execution of a forthcoming order dismissing the corruption conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman. A stay would allow the government to appeal the order, p... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 13, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The race to operate the UK’s first equity consolidated tape looks set to be a narrow one, with only four groups expressing interest ahead of a formal procurement process due to open later this year, MLex has l... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: MeSoFa, formerly Sberbank Europe, has appealed to the EU’s top court after losing its challenge at the bloc’s lower court to emergency measures taken during the bank’s 2022 collapse. In its appea... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Bank of England has published an updated guidance to its resolution regime in the event of a bank failure. The resolution regime is meant to ensure that when banks fail, there is no disruptio... (more story)
Trade View More
April 13, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
A first political discussion between EU lawmakers and governments on the EU-US trade deal's implementation has led to an agreement for six rounds of technical talks before a second political discussion on May ... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
An EU probe into the potentially distortive presence of Chinese subsidies in works to extend Lisbon’s metro system will end next week, with an expected commitment to replace a subcontractor in a consortium bid... (more story)
April 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A coalition of US producers filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's March review of an antidumping order on Chinese chlorinated isocyanurates... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Seleted industries may benefit from increased state support to navigate rising energy costs linked to the Middle East conflict, under draft plans presented by the European Commission on Monday. T... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair has filed an appeal at the EU's highest court, in an attempt to overturn a court loss in December, when the EU's General Court rejected its appeal against Portuguese restructuring aid wor... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
EU energy measures focused on emergency tools, economic support programs, demand reduction and structural reforms will be presented on April 22, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monda... (more story)
Energy View More
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Monday introduced its “trajectory” to phase out high deforestation-risk biofuels, under the Renewable Energy Directive. The measure requires such fuels’ contribution to... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A platform to aggregate demand for critical raw materials, aiming to help industry secure alternative supplies and reduce reliance on non-EU countries, was published by the European Commission on... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
EU governments will see new rules this month on how they can grant relief to industries exposed to high energy prices, while staying in line with subsidy rules. European Commission President Ursula von der Ley... (more story)
Technology View More
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Demand for the safety tech industry, which includes age verification and content moderation tools, is rising as enforcement of the UK Online Safety Act accelerates, a UK government report has fou... (more story)
April 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe, North America
European telecom ministers will discuss how EU mechanisms can be used to bolster the bloc’s resilience to cyber and hybrid attacks on critical infrastructure, including undersea cables and transport and energy... (more story)
April 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Online retailer Zalando has filed court actions contesting the supervisory fees under the EU’s Digital Services Act, following recent actions by Meta, Google, Amazon, TikTok and Stripchat. Accord... (more story)