Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence
October 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Chris May
North America
Financial Crime, Financial Services, Trade
October 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
October 26, 2026
Europe, Latin America
MLex Summary: Brazilian manufacturer Iochpe-Maxion will book a €15 million provision amid an ongoing German antitrust proceeding involving indirect subsidiary Maxion Wheels, according to a regulatory disclosur... (more story)
Europe
MLex Summary: Mastercard and Visa have been targeted by fresh proposed UK collective actions over alleged inflated card fees, according to a statement from lawyers of the class representative. The claims have ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Google filed a reply in support of a US appeals court overturning a ruling in an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice and states, saying their opposition does not explain why — ... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong's privacy chief said the government is considering legal protections for personality rights as artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes drive a surge in fraud. Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung told ... (more story)
October 27, 2026
MLex Summary: The risk of financial stress triggered by the artificial intelligence industry remains limited given the sound finances of leading companies, but vulnerabilities are building as long-term interes... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Australia's ombudsman has criticized the automated algorithm used to determine eligibility for government-funded aged care, finding that assessors cannot override decisions even when they believe the outcomes ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The UK competition regulator is seeking views into US real estate investment trust Prologis' buyout of British rival Segro by Nov. 10. The Competition and Markets Authority has yet to open a form... (more story)
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Japanese seafood company Umios said Monday that it has agreed to acquire Canadian frozen seafood producer High Liner Foods for C$804 million ($570 million) to expand its North American operations... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Coles Supermarkets Australia’s proposed new store in Kalgoorlie could substantially lessen competition even without predatory conduct, independent rival O’Connor Fresh IGA has argued. In submissions to the Aus... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi
Japan will respond swiftly and flexibly to rapidly evolving cyberthreats as it prepares an emergency cybersecurity package for next week, National Cyber Director Yoichi Iida said Tuesday, a day after Prime Min... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Hoa Dinh
Vietnam is considering focusing on control of decryption keys rather than mandatory domestic data storage under a revised draft data security law, potentially changing cross-border data requirements for foreig... (more story)
MLex Summary: Australia's Commonwealth Ombudsman on Monday issued a report finding that the country's automated aged-care eligibility tool, effectively makes key care-level decisions, while assessors have no a... (more story)
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Unauthorized AI use of news content requires stronger safeguards, European and Canadian publishing associations said in announcing a coalition. The groups called on EU and Canadian leaders to sup... (more story)
October 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Novo Nordisk has lost a European semaglutide patent with the European Patent Office's Board of Appeal in a decision published Monday rejecting the Wegovy and Ozempic-maker's eleventh-hour effort to amend its c... (more story)
Customs, law enforcement and other authorities detained a record 196 million counterfeit items in the European Union in 2025, 67 percent more than the year before. A new joint enforcement report by the Europea... (more story)
MLex Summary: Zheng Zhao, a Chinese national, made his initial court appearance in Los Angeles federal court after being extradited from the Netherlands for his alleged role in an international cryptocurrency ... (more story)
October 24, 2026
MLex Summary: US Senators Jeanne Shaheen, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Ron Wyden, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee; Sheldon Whitehouse, ranking member of the Environm... (more story)
October 23, 2026
MLex Summary: Two unidentified UK nationals have seen around £50 million of assets, including a yacht and a number of overseas properties, frozen after prosecutors secured an "unexplained wealth order" against... (more story)
MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association today announced their signing of a memorandum of understanding “intended to protect the integrity of profession... (more story)
MLex Summary: UK financial firms now see oversight of third-party AI systems as their main governance challenge, according to a survey published on Monday by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Autho... (more story)
MLex Summary: The Bank of Thailand and Bank Negara Malaysia have joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore's BLOOM initiative to develop common approaches for cross-border transactions using digital money, in... (more story)
MLex Summary: Japan's government-backed chipmaker Rapidus and Indian technology company HCLTech said on Monday that they have opened two semiconductor development centers in Bengaluru and Hubli, India, to supp... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan
Indonesia’s cuts to pipeline gas exports to Singapore remain within contractual supply limits, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said Monday, after Singapore said its gas importer would as... (more story)
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
MLex Summary: South Korean producers filed separate lawsuits at the US Court of International Trade to contest the Commerce Department's September review of an antidumping order on oil country tubular goods from South Korea.
MLex Summary: The Greek Council of State has released the public version of its decision in August to refer to the EU top court a dispute between the Greek state and the newspaper Dimokratia. The dispute regar... (more story)
October 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Lauwereys
Five Spanish industrial manufacturers saw their challenge of a state aid measure for power prices dismissed at the EU top court on Thursday. PGI Spain, Berry Superfos Pamplona, Promens Packaging, RPC Envases a... (more story)
October 22, 2026
MLex Summary: PGI Spain, along with companies including Berry Superfos and RPC Envases, failed to challenge a previous court defeat over a Spanish and Portuguese measure to back the input costs of fossil-fuel ... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on proposed changes to rules for measuring CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from heavy-duty vehicles. The amendment aims to clarify testing requireme... (more story)
MLex Summary: A four-week consultation on the scope and content of the European Commission's planned strategy for strengthening the EU's hydrogen industry and attracting investment has been opened. In a statem... (more story)
October 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Fossil-fuel importers would get three additional years to meet EU methane requirements rather than one year as proposed by the European Commission, under a position adopted by the European Parliament on Thursd... (more story)
October 26, 2026 | Masha Borak
The EU’s proposed Cloud and AI Development Act could have its tech sovereignty requirements eased during legislative scrutiny, a lead EU lawmaker on the file, Diego Solier, told MLex in an interview. Lawmakers... (more story)
MLex Summary: Temu’s plan to remedy risk assessment failures under the Digital Services Act has been accepted by the European Commission to end a breach that saw the online marketplace fined €200 million in Ma... (more story)
MLex Summary: Industry groups representing telecom companies including Iliad, Digi, Colt Technology Services and 1&1 have called for stronger competition safeguards in EU lawmaker Michał Kobosko’s draft report... (more story)