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March 16, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Trade
March 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk
North America
Financial Services
March 13, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: New York Attorney Letitia James, joined by state Senators Michael Gianaris and Rachel May and other lawmakers called for passage of two state bills focused on predatory pricing schemes, specifica... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
UK government competition policy is serving to hasten the monopolization of digital markets and services, according to the former chair of the country’s antitrust regulator. Government policy has shifted 180 d... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Google should face a formal sanction for not complying with EU legislation that bans self-preferencing, 18 lobby groups have demanded in a letter to the European Commission. Associations includin... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A group of teens from Tennessee is suing xAI alleging that the Grok chatbot made sexual images of them as minors, according to a complaint filed California federal court. The complaint alleges th... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK businesses want simpler regulation around new technologies and an expansion of AI training to help strengthen the UK’s business environment and support growth, TechUK, a members organization f... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The newly formed Dutch government should speed up the implementation process of the AI Act, the data watchdog said on Monday. The findings of the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens’ biannual report “AI ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 16, 2026
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
MLex Summary: A coalition of state attorneys general have asked the US District Court for the Northern District of California to reject the proposed settlement between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the US Dep... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Chinese chemical company LB Group's plan to buy a titanium dioxide manufacturing plant from Venator is being probed by the UK’s competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority has set a May 15 dead... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Allegiant Travel Group and Sun Country Airlines received early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period related to their proposed merger and now expect to close in the second or third quarter of... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 16, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
A legal gap in EU rules allowing online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material now looks certain to develop after lawmakers and member states failed to reach an agreement on Monday on exte... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU rules governing political advertising will apply to Sweden’s upcoming election campaign for the first time, prompting IMY — the country’s privacy regulator — to issue guidance on how the frame... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's repository for corporate information, Companies House, said its web services were back up and running after it was forced to close on Friday. The portal found a security issue which mean... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 16, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia, Europe
Japan’s Supreme Court has agreed to review whether the design of the widely recognized Tripp Trapp infant chair can qualify for copyright protection. The case could clarify how Japanese law treats artistic exp... (more story)
March 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Encyclopedia Britannica filed a US complaint accusing OpenAI of engaging in mass-scale copying of its copyrighted content to use to train its artificial intelligence models to provide outputs tha... (more story)
March 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Asda’s victory over Nador Cott Protection in the UK High Court over Tang Gold oranges marks the first ruling of its kind in the UK, lending judicial weight to what were previously non-binding guidelines. The c... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 16, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, has "reached an agreement in principle" with US prosecutors concerning allegations that he laundered more than $500 million on behalf of sanctio... (more story)
March 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, has has "reached an agreement in principle" on a plea to a superseding information regarding US allegations that he laundered more... (more story)
March 13, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: EY was chosen to conduct a sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance review at Halkbank in line with a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve the Turkish state-owned lender's criminal cas... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 16, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK is moving ahead with an overhaul of the financial services redress system to address concerns the Financial Ombudsman Service was acting as a "quasi-regulator." The government said it would legislate wh... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Italian bank UniCredit is planning a voluntary exchange of shares to increase its stakes in Commerzbank from 26 percent to more than 30 percent. The offer is expected to be formally launched at t... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's finance ministry is moving ahead with reforms to curb the powers of the Financial Ombudsman Service, which resolves disputes between consumers and financial services firms. Reforms inclu... (more story)
Trade View More
March 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The American Soybean Association urged the Trump administration to secure additional soybean purchasing commitments from China as well as the revocation of the 10 percent retaliatory tariff on US... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Improving grid productivity through a legal proposal and expanding long-term power contracts could help shield EU industry from volatile electricity prices, the European Commission says in a lett... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Jean Comte
Europe
A letter from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of an Energy Council meeting outlines plans to assess gas price cap measures, promote long-term power contracts and support energy-intensi... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Chinese security scanner company Nuctech will appear before EU judges on April 14 to contest inspections at its Dutch and Polish premises that were conducted in 2024 under powers to vet unfair foreign subsidie... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ryanair has asked the EU General Court to overturn a decision by the European Commission in October last year not to disclose documents related to an ongoing probe into state aid granted to Lufth... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published new guidelines on how countries can support sustainable forms of transport such as rail and inland waterways. The State Aid Land and Multimodal Transport Gui... (more story)
Energy View More
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hungary has asked the EU Court of Justice to annul a regulation phasing out Russian gas imports and preparing a phaseout of Russian oil. In an action filed to the court on Feb. 2 and published on... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Stronger energy market integration is key to support the energy transition, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators has said in its latest report. It calls for more cross-border co... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong's antitrust regulator summoned the city's major gasoline suppliers over recent volatile pump prices, as warfare in the Middle East sends oil markets surging and revives scrutiny of the city's concent... (more story)
Technology View More
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK Regulatory Innovation Office should work with universities and small or medium-sized businesses to drive economic growth across different regions of the country, lawmakers in a parliamenta... (more story)
March 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government and the online safety regulator Ofcom should engage in closer coordination to improve users’ ability to critically assess online content, under a media literacy action plan publ... (more story)
March 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK regulators Ofcom and the Information Commissioner’s Office are shifting online safety enforcement from fringe pornography and suicide forums to the largest social media platforms, placing Meta, YouTube, Tik... (more story)