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Trade

October 23, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Sen. Collins says multiple US tariffs on Canada will be lifted as midterms loom

Technology

October 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

NetChoice sues California to halt social media warning label law
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

October 23, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Calif.'s Blizzard rejects resource explanation for Paramount–Warner settlement
Sen. Collins says multiple US tariffs on Canada will be lifted as midterms loom
NetChoice sues California to halt social media warning label law
Calif.'s Blizzard rejects resource explanation for Paramount–Warner settlement

Antitrust View More

Google's Play Store antitrust fight heads to South Korea's Supreme Court

October 26, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Google's legal battle over allegations that it used Play Store's market power to shut out a rival app marketplace has reached South Korea's top court, extending a dispute in which the US tech giant succeeded i... (more story)

Australian Aldi supplier admits price fixing, faces $8.4 million penalty

October 26, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Aldi vegetable supplier Perfection Fresh Australia has admitted cartel conduct on 11 occasions between 2019 and 2020 and agreed to a proposed A$12 million ($8.4 million) penalty. The Australian Competition & C... (more story)

Australian Aldi vegetable supplier Perfection Fresh admits cartel conduct

October 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Perfection Fresh Australia has admitted fixing prices of vegetables supplied to Aldi and agreed to a proposed A$12 million ($8.4 million) penalty, Australia's competition watchdog said. The Austr... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia, India launch creative-tech corridor to boost AI, digital investment

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia and India have launched a Creative-Tech Corridor to strengthen cooperation in artificial intelligence, digital technology and creative industries, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister... (more story)

Singapore parents, teens favor tiered social media access over ban, regulator says

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Ministry of Digital Development and Information on Friday said that more than 80 percent of parents and nearly 70 percent of youths support age-based social media access over an outri... (more story)

Indonesia, Australia seek closer cooperation on online child safety, compliance

October 26, 2026

Asia, Oceania

MLex Summary: Indonesia and Australia are exploring closer cooperation on online child protection, including coordinating regulatory oversight and strengthening digital platforms' compliance with national rule... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Schwab-TD Ameritrade class action settlement probed by US appeals court judge

October 23, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Charles Schwab and plaintiffs’ attorneys faced extensive questioning from a US federal appeals court judge Friday over claims that a lower court improperly approved a settlement of class action claims challeng... (more story)

Saipem, Subsea7 met with three CADE councilors as Brazilian review nears deadline

October 23, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Saipem and Subsea7 lawyers have met separately with the lead councilor reviewing the companies' proposed merger, another Tribunal member and the Brazilian competition authority's acting president as the transa... (more story)

Intesa-MPS may need behavioral remedies on Generali stake, Italian enforcer says

October 23, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo may need behavioral remedies to keep its prospective indirect Generali stake purely financial under its proposed MPS takeover, the Italian competition authority's presiden... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Singapore's first app-store review finds 65 apps with harmful content, 24 misrated

October 26, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority found gaps in online safety safeguards across five designated app stores after testing more than 7,000 apps in its first assessment, covering April to December ... (more story)

Large-scale data breaches increase in Australia as privacy complaints rise 60%

October 26, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Large-scale data breaches reported to Australia’s privacy watchdog increased between January and June 2025, with notifications affecting more than one million people rising from two to 15, while privacy compla... (more story)

Singapore-listed Alliance Healthcare reports cyber breach affecting 110,000 members

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore-listed Alliance Healthcare Group on Saturday disclosed that a cyber incident at its subsidiary Alliance Medinet had compromised the personal data of approximately 110,000 members, inclu... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US needs dataset registry for research, licensing, LES president says

October 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, North America

The US should establish rules for recording and licensing datasets that support both open research and business applications, Michael Perham, the outgoing president of the Licensing Executives Society in North... (more story)

Third Circuit ROSS ruling peppers news outlets' opposition to ChatGPT fair use defense

October 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

News outlets suing OpenAI and its investor Microsoft are highlighting a recent appellate decision that training artificial intelligence on copyrighted works is not fair, as they push back on their adversaries’... (more story)

US House Democrat proposes ban on pharma ‘pay-for-delay’ deals

October 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A bill introduced in the US House on Thursday would prohibit, with some exceptions, branded drug manufacturers from compensating generic and biosimilar drugmakers to delay market entry through patent settlemen... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

British pair see £50m in assets frozen under 'unexplained wealth' order

October 23, 2026

Europe

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)

Another UK plea deal reprieve for Güralp keeps fraud enforcers’ hands tied

October 23, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A seismic testing company that's the first to have breached the terms of a UK plea deal was granted a few more weeks to pay its £2 million bill on Thursday, but the UK fraud agency has made it clear that it is... (more story)

Six Annex 1 firms face UK restrictions over money laundering concerns

October 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Six unregulated UK lenders, known as Annex 1 firms, have had restrictions placed on them after the Financial Conduct Authority raised concerns about their anti-money laundering policies, controls... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Thailand, Malaysia join Singapore-led cross-border digital money initiative

October 26, 2026

Asia

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)

Domestic digital infrastructure should be connected or face risks, nonprofit warns

October 23, 2026 | Neil Roland

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America

Dozens of countries — including those as diverse as India, the UK, Estonia and Brazil — are successfully developing digital infrastructure that isn't connected with each other, leaving gaps that may pose finan... (more story)

Černaja-Mežmale elected vice-chair of European Banking Authority

October 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Kristīne Černaja-Mežmale has been elected vice-chair of the European Banking Authority for a two-and-a-half-year term, starting on Nov. 1. The Latvian central bank official will succeed Helmut Et... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese vice minister meets US think-tank chief to discuss bilateral trade ties

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China's international trade representative and Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang met with Adam Posen, president of the US-based Peterson Institute for International Economics, on Friday to disc... (more story)

China opposes proposed US outbound-investment restrictions, warns of countermeasures

October 26, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China has expressed opposition to proposed US rules that would expand restrictions on American investment in China, warning that it reserves the right to take countermeasures. In a statement publ... (more story)

As Russian diesel flows to US, EU holds tough line and preps more sanctions

October 23, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Russia's ability to deliver on its new freedom to deliver diesel to the US remains uncertain amid refinery disruptions and bipartisan opposition in Washington. The agreement also raises questions about how the... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

PGI Spain, others, lose appeal over Iberian power at EU top court

October 22, 2026

Europe

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)

Romanian port pilotage monopoly isn’t state aid, EU court rules

October 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's decision to reserve mandatory port pilotage services for public entities is not state aid where those services are inseparable from public duties involving maritime safety and environme... (more story)

Energy View More

EU methane reporting requirements delay should be three years, lawmakers agree

October 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

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)

‘Be more robust’ to tackle cost of living, UK energy minister urges regulators

October 22, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

The UK's energy minister has urged regulators to have a “more robust” approach, as part of broad efforts to tackle the cost of living. The challenge across all the regulators is to be “a bit more intentional,”... (more story)

EU, Vietnam seek closer energy, trade ties, critical raw materials cooperation

October 22, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The EU and Vietnam agreed to deepen cooperation on energy, trade and critical raw materials, following talks in Brussels on Thursday between Vietnamese President Tô Lâm, European Commission Presi... (more story)

Technology View More

Thailand coordinates with Meta on advertiser verification ahead of November rollout

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society is coordinating with Meta ahead of the Nov. 1 implementation of online advertiser identity-verification requirements. Meta will work with the mi... (more story)

Singapore flags app-store failures after finding 65 harmful apps

October 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority said Saturday that it identified 65 harmful apps and 24 apps with incorrect age ratings in its first online safety assessment of five designated a... (more story)

Australia's online-safety watchdog urges AI safeguards as complaints climb

October 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s online-safety watchdog says rising complaints and limited resources curtailed proactive investigations in 2025–26, as artificial intelligence made image-based abuse, sexual extortion ... (more story)