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Gautam Adani, Founder and Chairman, Adani Group

Financial Crime

November 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

No reason to force dismissals in Adani corruption case, US judge says
Snapchat paper logo lies with wooden judge gavel, smartphone and handcuffs.

Data Privacy and Security, Technology

November 02, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Snap settles social media addiction allegations ahead of US trial
FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

October 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Middle East, North America

DoorDash, Instacart likely to get in-depth US state, federal reviews

Antitrust View More

Walmart, eBay shoppers win class certification in US Amazon antitrust suit

November 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Washington federal judge certified a class of Walmart and eBay shoppers to pursue claims that Amazon’s pricing policies drove up prices on rival marketplaces. In a redacted order, US District J... (more story)

Rightmove-targeted UK lawsuit is strong, class representative tells judge

November 02, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

A proposed collective lawsuit against Rightmove over alleged excessive and unfair fees is strong and should be approved for trial in its current format, the class representative of the action has told a UK jud... (more story)

Existing legal, regulatory frameworks apply to AI agents, UK digital regulators say

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK digital regulators said they wanted to be "explicit" that existing legal and regulatory frameworks apply to AI agents. The Competition and Markets Authority, the Information Commission’s Offic... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Retain reviews of companies facing cyber duties, UK govt urged as bill advances

November 02, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Ministers should accept a late amendment to the UK government's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill requiring annual reviews of which businesses face cybersecurity duties, a senior lawmaker said on Monday as th... (more story)

Meta defends ad safeguards after report alleges promotion of ‘nudifier’ apps

November 02, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta Platforms has defended its advertising safeguards, and said it was reviewing a report alleging that ads on its services promoted “nudifier” apps available through Google and Apple’s app stores. European r... (more story)

Germany sets out plan to boost AI including evaluation of high-performance models

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany's government has set out a plan towards becoming an AI nation by 2030 including independent analysis and evaluation of high-performance AI systems and models through the country's AI Safe... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Union Pacific merger opponent urges US rail board to deny approval for deal

November 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: An executive of M4 Railcar Group, a train car leasing and logistics firm, urged the US Surface Transportation Board to deny Union Pacific Railroad's application to buy its competitor Norfolk Sout... (more story)

Union Pacific refusal to disclose video 'contemptuous,' Canadian Pacific argues

November 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Union Pacific Railroad's refusal to submit a publicly accessible video of its CEO Jim Vena's remarks at a rail shipper conference on Oct. 30, as required by Administrative Law Judge Jenifer J. So... (more story)

LCI rejects unsolicited acquisition bid, affirms support for Patrick merger

November 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Recreational vehicle component supplier LCI Industries' board of directors has determined that an unsolicited buyout offer from private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners isn't superior to its ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

France, Germany to seek stronger European preference in EU cloud procurement rules

November 02, 2026 | Masha Borak

Europe

France and Germany will propose strengthening European preference in public procurement under the EU’s proposed Cloud and AI Development Act, French AI Minister Anne Le Hénanff said. Criteria such as European ... (more story)

ING Bank Śląski’s 2025 GDPR fine upheld by Warsaw court

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ING Bank Śląski has lost its challenge to the fine of 18.4 million złoty (around $5 million) imposed on it in 2025 under the EU’s GDPR for the unjustified scanning of identity documents (see here... (more story)

Business outsourcing company Teleperformance Greece gets €100,000 GDPR fine

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Business outsourcing company Teleperformance Greece was fined €100,000 under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation for deleting an employee’s data despite pending legal claims and mishandli... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Trade secret trial against former Headlands quant gets underway in US

November 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

For quantitative trading firms, proprietary source code and algorithms are the business. A three-week criminal trial in New York against Cheuk Fung Richard Ho, scheduled to begin Monday, could offer a rare gli... (more story)

Brave faces US infringment, circumvention claims for AI copying from New York Times

November 02, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The New York Times has filed copyright infringement and Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against Brave Software, accusing the company of playing a "central role" in copying and distributin... (more story)

Google, Anthropic cite limits on copyright inquiries under Japan's AI transparency code

November 02, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Google and Anthropic have joined Japan’s voluntary AI intellectual property transparency code, but said they cannot answer individual inquiries about training material, limiting a route intended to help copyri... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

UK regulator expands review into handling of Andriesz whistleblowing case

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial regulator said it will look into whether it met its responsibilities under whistleblowing law and followed its own policies and procedures over its interactions with Simon Andr... (more story)

US judge responds to DOJ petition to force dismissals in Adani case

October 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis filed a brief against a government petition for a writ of mandamus from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that would force him to dismiss pending ... (more story)

Former oil trader wasn’t prejudiced over jury instructions, US says

October 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Latin America, North America

Former oil trader Glenn Oztemel didn’t suffer prejudice due to erroneous or confusing jury instructions in his US trial, according to a brief filed by the government in the appeal of his conviction and 15-mont... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU countries’ publish agreed text for market integration and supervision reform

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU countries’ agreed text for legislation to better integrate the bloc’s capital markets, the Market Integration and Supervision Package, has been published after being finalized on Oct. 30. The ... (more story)

California climate disclosure laws to be reviewed by US OCC

October 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

Europe, North America

California should exempt its federally chartered banks from a 2023 law requiring disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, US Comptroller Jonathan Gould said, citing an “undue burden” on the firms and a distract... (more story)

US says UK businessman offered laundering services to hackers, sex traffickers

October 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A UK businessman living in Hong Kong was charged in the US with laundering money he believed to be the proceeds of computer hacking, and he offered to provide his services if the funds were derived from drug t... (more story)

Trade View More

EU product passports risk raising import barriers, Amazon-backed study warns

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies supplying the EU market could face higher compliance costs and barriers to entry under digital product passport requirements, according to an Oxera study commissioned by Amazon. Additio... (more story)

UK’s China investment policy lacks clarity, lawmakers say

November 02, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK government’s decisions on Chinese investment has been characterized by reactivity, inconsistency and opacity, a committee of lawmakers has said as it called for more disclosure on screening decisions an... (more story)

China proposes local-content rules for helicopters, robots in public procurement

November 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has proposed its first five product-specific standards for determining which goods qualify for a 20 percent price preference in government procurement bid evaluations. The drafts set domestic-component c... (more story)

State Aid View More

Japan's Rapidus, HCLTech open chip centers in India

October 27, 2026

Asia

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)

Greek newspaper Dimokratia sees EU Court referral decision published

October 26, 2026

Europe

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)

Iberian power-price aid approval survives Spanish manufacturers’ EU appeal

October 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

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)

Energy View More

EU hydrogen overhaul tests balance between lower costs, certainty of demand

November 02, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU plans to ease renewable-hydrogen production rules could lower costs, but uncertainty over future binding targets for demand risks deterring investors. Companies and national officials at European Hydrogen W... (more story)

xAI must face NAACP lawsuit over data center turbines, US judge decides

October 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: xAI has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the NAACP and environmental groups for allegedly unlawfully operating dozens of unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data ce... (more story)

Commission electricity reforms face legal, political pushback from EU governments

October 29, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Proposed EU requirements preventing electricity from being taxed more heavily than gas faced government opposition Thursday, with several countries arguing that the measures require unanimous approval under a ... (more story)

Technology View More

Meta ads promoted ‘nudifier’ apps available on Google, Apple stores, report finds

November 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms carried ads directing users to “nudifier” apps on Google and Apple’s app stores, according to European research group AI Forensics. Researchers identified a network of 444 associat... (more story)

ETSI working with South Korean, Japanese bodies to explore global AI standards

November 02, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The European Telecommunications Standards Institute, or ETSI, is working with South Korean and Japanese standard-setting bodies to develop global AI standards, the organization announced Monday. ... (more story)

Indian telecom operators face accountability for outsourced AI in draft guidelines

November 02, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India’s telecom regulator has proposed guidelines holding operators accountable for use of artificial intelligence, including outsourced systems, with risk classification, board oversight, supplier checks and ... (more story)