DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
October 30, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Middle East, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
October 30, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
October 30, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
November 02, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong's Bar Association said the government needs to clarify whistleblower protections as it moves to criminalize bid rigging, warning that unclear immunity arrangements could discourage informants from ex... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | MLex Staff
China's antitrust regulator will explore merger-review “green channels” for the solar sector and other industries facing destructive competition, giving a clearer sector focus to plans announced in June. The a... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | Jenny Lee
InterDigital, the US company that licenses wireless and video patents, is being investigated by South Korea’s competition regulator at the request of TCL, the Chinese television maker it has been suing in mult... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | Freny Patel
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)
November 02, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
South Korea’s Supreme Court said Monday it would prepare measures to address the misuse of artificial intelligence in court submissions after a survey found that more than 80 percent of responding judges had e... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | MLex staff
Shanghai is proposing to promote autonomous driving in taxi services, adding legislative support for robotaxi deployment as Chinese cities expand opportunities for the technology while retaining controls on ma... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Australian Treasury documents obtained by MLex reveal a gap in Australia’s mandatory merger rules, addressed by September amendments, that could have allowed investors to increase their influence over companie... (more story)
November 02, 2026
MLex Summary: Coles Supermarkets' proposed acquisition of a supermarket site at Cannonvale Central in Queensland is under review by Australia's competition watchdog. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commi... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. urged the US Surface Transportation Board to end its review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail deal because of shippers’ allegations that Union Pacific Chief Executive Jim ... (more story)
November 02, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Australians should be able to sue online platforms for breaching a proposed digital duty of care, rather than relying entirely on a regulator to enforce the law, a digital rights group said. In an updated join... (more story)
MLex Summary: Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner ruled that the Hospital Authority violated the city's data-privacy law after a vendor employee leaked personal information of 56,243 patients and hospital staff t... (more story)
October 31, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
A US federal judge certified four nationwide classes of Facebook users accusing the company of collecting their sensitive health data through tracking technology embedded in healthcare websites and apps.
November 02, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
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)
A Chinese court has upheld a ruling that an advertising company registered a trademark in bad faith, citing filings that exceeded its business needs and insufficient evidence of commercial use.
US company Tetra Technologies has won the revival of its Indian patent application after the Delhi High Court ruled that email dispatch alone did not establish receipt of an examination report or justify abandonment.
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)
October 30, 2026
MLex Summary: Former oil trader Glenn Oztemel wasn't prejudiced by erroneous or confusing jury instructions in his trial, according to the US government’s brief filed in the appeal of his conviction and senten... (more story)
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: The Financial Action Task Force launched a targeted review process to accelerate global implementation of the body's anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing standards in relation to ... (more story)
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)
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)
Europe
MLex Summary: Cryptocurrency platform Binance said it has fallen victim to a hack estimated to have affected $6.3 billion worth of customer funds. The exchange said it was likely the funds had been accessed vi... (more story)
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)
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China has urged the US to withdraw restrictions on Chinese testing laboratories and certification bodies, warning that it will take further countermeasures if Washington proceeds with the measure... (more story)
Asia, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted in a preliminary determination there is a reasonable indication a domestic industry is injured by allegedly dumped imports of corrugated di... (more story)
October 27, 2026
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 26, 2026
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 29, 2026 | Louis de Briant
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)
October 29, 2026
MLex Summary: EU governments called for greater national discretion over electricity network charges and simpler rules for meeting future energy targets during Thursday's Energy Council. According to a press r... (more story)
MLex Summary: Reporting obligations for wholesale energy transactions — including liquefied natural gas trading, market exposure and bilateral contracts with energy-intensive consumers — have been clarified in... (more story)
MLex Summary: India’s telecom regulator has proposed guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in networks and services. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released the draft guideli... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Google has said individual online services should remain responsible for age assurance, after a report by the UK's online safety regulator found that app stores could do more to protect children. Ofcom said ap... (more story)
Meta Platforms has renewed its criticism of information demands issued by UK regulator Ofcom, after the High Court rejected legal challenges brought by Meta, TikTok and X. Meta maintained that the scale of the... (more story)