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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

April 01, 2026 | Mike Swift

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case
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Financial Services

March 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US OCC rescinds Biden administration recovery guidelines for large banks
FTC Commissioner Mark Meador

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

March 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

US FTC could be headed away from data-deletion remedies

Antitrust View More

Teva settlement with QVAR end payors in US antitrust case gets preliminary nod

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Teva Pharmaceuticals’ $35 million settlement with end-payor plaintiffs has been granted preliminary approval by a US federal judge to resolve US claims accusing it of illegally delaying generic c... (more story)

Former US Air Force serviceman pleads guilty to procurement bid-rigging

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A former member of the US Air Force has pled guilty to multi-year bid-rigging schemes involving the government's procurement of information technology services for Air Force installations, amount... (more story)

Canada Competition Bureau to focus on affordability, choice in 2026-27

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Canada’s Competition Bureau published its annual plan for  2026-27, "Advancing Competition to Improve Affordability and Choice." The bureau said it will prioritize investigations of anti-competit... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

IAPP Global Summit puts focus on technology’s human cost

April 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)

US appeals order blocking Anthropic's supply chain risk designation

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US Department of Defense and other federal agencies told a California federal court that they are appealing US District Judge Rita F. Lin's March 26 order granting a preliminary injunction to... (more story)

AI use growing among UK adults, some seek advice from chatbots, regulator says

April 02, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK adults are increasingly using AI tools in everyday life, with some turning to chatbots for advice and conversation, research by the media regulator Ofcom shows. The study comes as the UK examines how to reg... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Open Markets Institute condemns Sysco's plan to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Open Markets Institute said it opposes Sysco's plan to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot. "Restaurant Depot is a meaningful competitor for small, independent restaurants to price check against Sysco... (more story)

Aramark seeks permission to appeal CAT decision over Entier deal

April 02, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Catering company Aramark is seeking to appeal a court decision that prevented the company from applying to overturn a veto of its merger with Scottish rival Entier. The Competition Appeal Tribunal last month r... (more story)

Retransmission fees are a core concern in DirecTV’s Nexstar-Tegna suit

April 02, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger and Wesley Brown

North America

The high-profile merger of local television station owners Nexstar and Tegna, criticized for its impact on public discourse, is more likely to be undone for its impact on retransmission fees. That’s the key is... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

EU data watchdogs meet with US counterparts, Polish official says

April 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe, North America

Data protection regulators from Europe met US tech company officials and US state and federal regulators this week to explain the EU’s data protection rules amid criticism the rules are stifling innovation, th... (more story)

PCLOB says FISA reforms creating positive privacy, civil liberties effects

April 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released a staff report concluding that reforms made to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are having positive privacy and ci... (more story)

EU data protection watchdog’s guidelines on anonymization due by summer

April 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

An umbrella group of EU data protection authorities will release guidelines on anonymization — a key concept on how the bloc’s data protection rules are applied to personal data — by the summer, the group’s ch... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Evolving Schedule A tactics in US court could test limits of local rules

April 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A new study argues that the structure of Schedule A litigation and local rules in one US court could allow intellectual property owners to steer cases away from the courtrooms where they are most likely to fac... (more story)

This week at the UPC: March 27-April 2

April 02, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The Unified Patent Court issued key rulings involving Abbott, Onward Medical, Illumina and Yangtze Memory, tightening standards for injunctions and validity, while clarifying jurisdiction, confidentiality and ... (more story)

China tightens AI guardrails for IP in innovation push

April 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in high-impact innovation, from patent drafting to drug discovery, Chinese regulators are moving to impose guardrails, warning of rising legal risks while rolling ou... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

KPMG escapes action over UK audit of gambler Entain

April 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

KPMG won’t face any action over its audit of gambling company Entain, the UK’s Financial Reporting Council said Thursday. “Having reviewed the evidence obtained in the investigation, and having considered all ... (more story)

Evita founder pleads guilty in US to fraud, money laundering for Russian clients

April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he had defrauded US authorities and banks while processing illicit payments for Russian clients.

Supermicro cofounder, consultant plead not guilty in US AI chip diversion case

April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Supermicro cofounder Yi-Shyan Liaw and third-party consultant Ting-Wei Sun each pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to US charges alleging they diverted billions of dollars of servers integrated with artificial in... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK's transaction and post-trade reporting taskforce to be established by regulators

April 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK financial regulators are setting up a new Transaction and Post-trade Reporting Taskforce. The Financial Conduct Authority said that new body will inform the regulator's approach to harmonizing... (more story)

UK lenders see consultation to increase their share of high loan to income lending

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK banks and building societies have been asked for feedback on a proposal to increase shares of high loan to income lending, or LTI. The policy proposal follows a recommendation from the Financi... (more story)

UK financial sector to see update on gilt repo reforms in 2027

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England is planning a 2027 update on potential policies to support the resilience of the gilt repo market. The central bank released on Wednesday a response to a discussion paper on p... (more story)

Trade View More

China lifts 25 percent tariff on Canadian lobster, leaves US tariff intact

April 02, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China lifted its additional 25 percent tariff on Canadian lobster and snow crabs, reducing the overall import tariff on Canadian lobster to 7 percent. The tariff on US lobster remains at 17 percent.

Trans-Atlantic economy remains resilient year after introduction of US tariffs, AmCham says

April 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: One year after the introduction of “reciprocal tariffs” by US President Donald Trump, the trans-Atlantic economy has proved resilient despite ongoing uncertainty, according to Malte Lohan, the CE... (more story)

Korea, EU discuss critical minerals, supply chains at trade meeting

April 02, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: South Korea and the EU discussed coordination on critical minerals and supply chains at the first meeting of the Korea–EU special committee on emerging trade issues on March 31 in Seoul, the Kore... (more story)

State Aid View More

Zenobē Energy files second appeal over subsidy decision of UK regulator

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy has filed a second challenge over a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal, which broadens out arguments made in the first. The cas... (more story)

Électricité de France sees EU probe into planned state aid for nuclear reactors

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the French government's plan to support Électricité de France with the construction and operation of six nuclear reactors. The ne... (more story)

Revised Romanian aid to CE Oltenia open for feedback in EU

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's planned increase in restructuring aid to €2.86 billion for state-owned lignite mining and power generation company CE Oltenia and extended until the end of 2029 is open for feedback for... (more story)

Energy View More

EU proposes retaining carbon allowances in reserve to support market stability

April 01, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU carbon allowances in the Market Stability Reserve will be kept in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is usually the case, according to a European Commission proposal published Wednesday. The move ... (more story)

Methodology for regional electricity reserve sizing could be amended, ACER says

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ACER, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, has said it will decide by June 25 about changes to the methodology for assessing regional electricity reserve capacity, aimed at imp... (more story)

Changes to carbon market reserve rules proposed by EU Commission

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU carbon allowances held in the Market Stability Reserve above 400 million will be retained in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is normally the case, according to a proposal from the... (more story)

Technology View More

Active social media usage decreases among UK adults, research finds

April 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK adults are posting less on social media, and the proportion of users who feel that the benefits of being online outweigh the risks has fallen to 59 percent — down from 72 percent last year — n... (more story)

Chinese online platforms receive regulatory guidance on job listings

April 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese online platforms including Zhaopin, BOSS Zhipin, 58.com, Maimai, Douyin, Kuaishou, Weibo and Baidu Tieba recently received administrative guidance on regulating release of recruitment-rel... (more story)

EU says US tech talks will ‘clarify’ approach not meddle in enforcement

April 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The EU and US administrations are discussing how to establish a formal dialogue where contentious digital policies will be “clarified.” But officials have stressed it will be a forum to promote cooperation rat... (more story)