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Trade
April 17, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 17, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology
April 17, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 20, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Google must provide information to aid disclosure over a UK class action against it involving mobile search, the class representative of the suit has told a UK judge. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of UK consu... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A summary of a proposed mass claim targeting an online property portal Rightmove on behalf of a class of real-estate agents has been published by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal. The claim a... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The Maltese government has proposed renewing Eugène Buttigieg's appointment to the EU's General Court for another term, according to documents seen by MLex. National representatives are set to make an official... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 20, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU governments are being asked for feedback on compromise proposals, to weigh in on different options and to indicate their flexibility on five key unresolved issues in AI Act amendments, ahead of a final deal... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
A senior Chinese legislative official has offered a fresh glimpse into Beijing’s evolving approach to legislation on artificial intelligence, signaling new priorities while maintaining continuity with earlier ... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s justice ministry is moving to clarify when generative artificial intelligence users may face civil liability for copying a person’s voice or likeness without consent, setting up an expert panel that co... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 20, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Arla Foods and DMK have requested approval for their planed merger from the European Commission. The Commission has set up a provisional deadline of May 28 to decide on the deal, which aims to create the EU's ... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Dublin-based Accenture's bid for Ziff Davis' connectivity business in Australia will be reviewed by the competition watchdog. In a Friday statement, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commis... (more story)
April 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Nexstar Media Group and Tegna from integration "pending adjudication on the merits." In an order, US District Judge Troy Nu... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU member states have circulated a revised compromise text, setting out more prescriptive requirements on how digital interfaces must handle users’ privacy choices. The text also extends obligations to operati... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Latin America
X is expected to face a preliminary decision by the end of June in Brazil’s probe into Grok AI over sexualized deepfakes, as the country’s data protection authority reviews the company’s compliance with local ... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Malaysian city of Johor Bahru is piloting 5G-enabled AI use cases under Malaysia’s Digital Ministry grant, focusing on real-world urban applications rather than policy concepts. Demonstration... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Abbott Diabetes Care has secured a UPC injunction against Sinocare’s GlucoMen iCan, with appeal judges overturning a refusal and finding indirect infringement and likely validity. Judges cited urgency, warning... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office decision rejecting Riken Technos’ patent application for a transparent projection-screen coating, saying the office had not shown why a skilled person wou... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Nvidia’s bid to dismiss direct and contributory copyright infringement claims over using US authors’ works to train its AI models was met with skepticism by US District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, Californi... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Asia, Europe
A criminal investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation by UK prosecutors led to it being had “over a barrel” by lenders, lawyers for the Kazakh miner have said as it opened a $290 million claim a... (more story)
April 17, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that he's joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to scale back its plans to severely reduce... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, expressed concern that US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins deliberately misled lawmakers about declining enforcem... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s revised bank crisis framework was published Monday in the bloc’s Official Journal, setting out reforms to strengthen deposit protection and bank resolution rules. Known as the Crisis Man... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is pushing for faster global AI governance by promoting earlier standard-setting and stronger testing frameworks, as officials warn standards must keep pace with rapid technological change. At an int... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Singapore has proposed a new international standard, ISO/IEC 42119-8, to establish consistent testing methodologies for generative AI systems, focusing on benchmarking and red teaming. The initia... (more story)
Trade View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU and Bangladesh have started a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to advance collaboration in areas such as trade,investment, energy and security, the European Commission said Monday. Th... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Asia, Europe
The legal analysis of the EU-India free trade agreement, provisionally agreed by the European Commission and the Indian government on Jan. 27, is meant to be wrapped up by July, paving the way for the next ste... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU-Mercosur agreement is a "long-overdue signal" for the strategic capacity to act in the face of global competitors such as China and the United States, German industry representation BDI sa... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hrvatska Banka za Obnovu i Razvitak, a Croatian development bank, may receive a capital injection worth €411 million, the European Commission said on Monday, clearing the support under EU state a... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company, to refurbish the Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor, has drawn an in-depth EU state aid probe.
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Compensation by the Dutch government to coal plant operators RWE Eemshaven Holding and Uniper Benelux for profit losses caused by a cap on CO2 emissions doesn't amount to state aid, the European ... (more story)
Energy View More
April 20, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Australia's incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins has warned of a rise in climate-related legal actions against corporations stemming from an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice las... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: A legal opinion authored by Australia’s incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins and published Monday says an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change is likely to influen... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
No breakthrough on the EU's 20th Russia sanctions plan is likely at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council next week despite the political transition in Hungary, an EU diplomat said on Friday. The package... (more story)
Technology View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple retains broad discretion over interoperability, forcing developers into costly, slow and uncertain access processes, according to a report by Free Software Foundation Europe. Drawing on dev... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology will meet with Meta Platforms to demand concrete, time-bound actions against online disinformation, warning stronger regul... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The US Department of Justice is making personnel changes to the Antitrust Division's senior leadership team, filling in some vacant positions following recent high-profile departures. The DOJ has appointed Ste... (more story)