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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
February 21, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Trade
February 20, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker
North America
Antitrust
February 19, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Antitrust View More
February 20, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
US Federal Trade Commission merger challenges will henceforward be pursued exclusively in federal courts and will no longer be simultaneously presented to the agency’s in-house administrative law judges, Chair... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
The US Department of Justice and a coalition of 40 states suing Live Nation told a federal judge the company argues a “non-existent problem” in the run-up to trial with its bid for bifurcation — to try the DOJ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Chris May and Claude Marx
North America
Express Scripts’ settlement of antitrust litigation brought by the US Federal Trade Commission covers business practices that extend beyond the rebating practices and insulin at the center of the FTC’s case ag... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 20, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
A novel lawsuit that sought to hold an algorithmic tenant screening company liable for discrimination suffered a major blow Friday. A US appellate panel not only rejected the theory of the case but denied stan... (more story)
February 20, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Countries taking part in the India AI Impact Summit are expected to sign a declaration on further cooperation on democratizing AI resources and ensuring it is safe and trustworthy, according to a... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Connecticut Fair Housing Center lacked standing to sue Corelogic Rental Property Solutions for violating housing discrimination laws for selling an AI-powered tenant-screening tool to landlor... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 21, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
A former Department of Justice lawyer will not be subjected to wide-ranging discovery regarding the settlement that permitted Hewlett Packard Enterprise to merge with Juniper Networks after his attorney argued... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Four members of Congress sent a letter to the US Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to reject any attempts to weaken or waive the national television ownership cap, which would block a merger ... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Four members of the US House of Representatives wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission expressing their opposition to any commission effort to modify or waive the standing statut... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 21, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Internal Meta documents have offered a rare inside look at the company’s strategy around capturing the youth market.
February 20, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Meta Platforms was informed by internal research that teenagers are more likely to see inappropriate content on Instagram but devoted insufficient resources to correct the situation, a former researcher told a... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta opposed a preliminary injunction against the state’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, saying it doesn't conflict with the First Amendment... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
On the heels of Linwei Ding’s conviction last month for criminal trade secret theft — and amid rising US tension with the Middle East — three Iranian nationals were indicted this week in California for stealin... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
US Copyright Office Deputy General Counsel John Riley tells MLex that the Copyright Claims Board has been a success in the three years since its launch, but that Congress can still help the office with needed ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Kakao Entertainment has prevailed in a court challenge wiping out corrective measures and a 540 million won ($373,000) fine over web-novel contest contract terms that South Korea’s competition watchdog had dee... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Geoffrey Magistrate, a resident of Limassol, Cyprus, was sentenced in the US to 18 months in prison for money laundering, the US Department of Justice said. Magistrate operated as a corporate ser... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A US judge on Friday cleared all deadlines in the money laundering case against Peter Weinzierl, the former chief executive of a defunct Austrian bank, after his lawyers said he can better participate in his d... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Reality TV stars who acted as online “finfluencers” to illegally promote foreign-exchange trading via their personal Instagram accounts have pleaded guilty to charges brought by the UK’s financial regulator. T... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has defended its use of urgency clauses to bypass impact assessments in three legislative cases, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive which requires ... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Reforms to the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service are expected to move ahead soon, with a joint update alongside the Financial Conduct Authority and a new consultation on complaint handling likely to be publishe... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Swedbank faces an investigation by Sweden’s financial regulator into suspected breaches of the country’s money laundering regulations. The probe follows the lender's involvement in a huge money laundering scan... (more story)
Trade View More
February 21, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending tariffs imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Canada, China, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia and Ir... (more story)
February 21, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows for duties of up to 15 percent for 150 days. Trump i... (more story)
February 21, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed an executive order to continue the suspension of the de minimis rule that had exempted goods $800 or less from duties. The order says that a 10 percent global tariff... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Responses to a consultation on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation “generally acknowledge the importance and relevance” of the tool, the European Commission said in a summary of submissions. Some re... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday that Japan will intensify measures to ensure the supply-chain resilience of critical items and establish an organization to scrutinize foreign direct inves... (more story)
February 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Astrid Cousin, a French national, is leaving DG Competition to take up a role as Director for Horizontal Policies in the European Commission's directorate responsible for Financial Stability, Fin... (more story)
Energy View More
February 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has updated EU heavy-duty vehicle rules to integrate onboard fuel and energy consumption monitoring devices into the type-approval system. Manufacturers must now demonstra... (more story)
February 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
French energy group TotalEnergies is on trial this week, as a Paris court is tasked with determining whether climate change falls within the scope of France's duty of vigilance law. In an opinion seen by MLex,... (more story)
February 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU ministers have agreed on adjustments to the market stability reserve for the bloc's new emissions trading system for buildings, road transport and other sectors, or ETS2, to improve price stab... (more story)
Technology View More
February 20, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
In a strongly worded statement about "predatory social media companies," Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said this week that he will enforce the state's one-hour daily limit on teens under age 16 for time ... (more story)
February 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and plaintiff states told a federal judge that Live Nation’s “eleventh-hour” bifurcation motion should be denied because the bifurcation it proposes would create wast... (more story)
February 20, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A proposed overhaul of the definition of personal data has been clarified by EU governments, following criticism by privacy advocates that the proposal would narrow the application of the EU’s data protection ... (more story)