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Antitrust
February 12, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
February 11, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Data Privacy and Security
February 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Antitrust View More
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In response to news that Gail Slater, the US Senate-confirmed assistant attorney general for antitrust, has been pushed out of her role at the Department of Justice — following reports of numerou... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the Trump administration is more concerned with protecting corporate interests than making life affordable for American families, following the firing o... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren said the ouster of Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, who led the Antitrust Division, "looks like corruption." In a statement, Warren said, ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Amy Klobuchar said that the departure of Gail Slater, the head of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, raises "significant concerns" about the Trump administration’s commitmen... (more story)
February 12, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Gail Slater, antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, announced on Thursday that she is leaving the agency less than one year into her turbulent tenure and three days after one of her top deputies unex... (more story)
February 12, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: The global network of AI institutes including the UK, US and EU have reached consensus in multiple areas of AI model evaluations. They have agreed on principles around reproducibility, transparen... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 12, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Nexstar Media Group’s merger history sheds light on the potential negative impact local communities could feel if its proposed acquisition of Tegna were approved. Local markets have seen job cuts and increases... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Eli Lilly and Co.'s acquisition of Ventyx Biosciences Inc. received approval in the US through an early termination by the US Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced. The companies receive... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.'s $4.8 billion acquisition of Amicus Therapeutics received approval in the US through an early termination by the US Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced. T... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating a data breach at Conduent Business Services that compromised the personal health information of about 4 million Texans, demanding records from C... (more story)
February 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The use of facial recognition technologies by UK law enforcement requires clearer statutory limits and safeguards, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said. Responding to a government consu... (more story)
February 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The administrative court of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, southwestern Germany, said on Thursday that it annulled blocking orders against Cyprus-based pornography platforms on Jan. 13. The orders ... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 12, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Many universities and public research institutions are sitting on an untapped reserve: under- and unutilized intellectual property. Identifying dormant assets and connecting them with nontraditional sources of... (more story)
February 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
Republican senators reintroduced the Litigation Funding Transparency Act on Wednesday, which would mandate that civil plaintiffs disclose all sources of third-party funding, with additional regulations for for... (more story)
February 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
Trade groups representing patent owners and innovators, predominantly in the tech and manufacturing fields, urged the Trump administration in a letter Tuesday against backing the US Patent and Trademark Office... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $1.72 million settlement with IMG Academy to settle its potential civil liability for 89 apparent violations of counterna... (more story)
February 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia, North America
Applied Materials agreed to pay $252 million to resolve a US investigation into the semiconductor component producer’s exports to a Chinese firm on a trade blacklist. Applied Materials said in a statement that... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The National Small Business Association intends to petition the US Supreme Court after the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires c... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 12, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called for EU countries to agree to legal proposals by the end of the year, which would better integrate the bloc’s capital markets. If cou... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order that requires building services contractor Adamas Amenity Services LLC and its affiliated businesses to cease their enforcement of no... (more story)
February 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's Investment Management Taskforce was launched on Thursday as Britain seeks to boost the growth of the sector. Members include financial services minister Lucy Rigby, the Financial Conduct... (more story)
Trade View More
February 12, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Asia, Europe
The EU is planning to ask the World Trade Organization on Feb. 24 to rule on Chinese court rulings that set global royalty rates for key technology patents, after consultations failed to resolve the dispute.
February 12, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission will request a World Trade Organization panel to challenge Chinese court practices that allow China’s judiciary to set worldwide licensing terms for portfolios of Standard... (more story)
February 12, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Foreign investors from countries controlling more than 40 percent of global manufacturing capacity in key sectors would face stricter limits under a draft of the EU’s upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act. The t... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
February 10, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Italian defense company Leonardo requested the EU Commission's approval to acquire the defense unit of European truckmaker Iveco, according to an update on the regulator's website. Iveco Defence is spun off fr... (more story)
Energy View More
February 12, 2026
Africa, Europe
MLex Summary: The EU and Algeria held their sixth High-Level Energy Dialogue in Algiers on Feb. 12, reaffirming their strategic partnership. They reviewed cooperation on natural gas, methane reduction, renewab... (more story)
February 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
To keep pace in the race to rollout nuclear small modular reactors, Europe needs to prioritize collaboration between governments and manufacturers and focus on the most promising designs, the European Commissi... (more story)
February 11, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU industrial competitiveness has deteriorated across most key performance indicators, according to a report published Wednesday by Deloitte and commissioned by a group of 25 EU industrial sector... (more story)
Technology View More
February 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Guidance on how UK businesses should handle data protection complaints has been published by the Information Commissioner’s Office ahead of statutory requirements taking effect June 19 under the ... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Abigail Slater, the Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, has announced on X that she is leaving her role at the agency. "It is with great sadness and ... (more story)
February 12, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, reminding him that if Apple misrepresents Apple News or violates its terms of service, it could be viol... (more story)