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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Slater’s DOJ exit clouds US merger enforcement trajectory
Yellow, pink and red cables draped over a circuit board

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

February 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US House committee hears pitch for off-grid AI data centers
Scott Bessent

Financial Crime, Intellectual Property

February 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Nick Robertson

North America

Russian exploit trader sanctioned by US in first use of IP theft measures

Antitrust View More

Baedal Minjok, fried chicken chain face antitrust complaint in South Korea

February 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s leading food-delivery platform Baedal Minjok and fried chicken restaurant chain Cheogajip Yangnyeom Chicken are facing an antitrust complaint filed with the Korea Fair Trade Commiss... (more story)

South Korean builders face KFTC hearing over safety-liability clauses

February 25, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Four South Korean builders have been sent to deliberation at the country’s competition watchdog over subcontract clauses that allegedly shifted industrial-safety costs and liabilities onto smaller partners, as... (more story)

South Korean builders face KFTC review over alleged subcontract violations

February 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Four South Korean construction companies are facing a review by the country's competition regulator over alleged violations of the subcontracting law tied to industrial-safety clauses that may ha... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Vietnam moves to finalize IP decrees tightening rules on AI works, training data

February 25, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Vietnam is moving to finalize implementing decrees for its revised intellectual property law, reinforcing strict limits on works generated by artificial intelligence and the use of copyrighted material for AI training.

Trump announces data center energy deals with tech companies

February 25, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Tech companies have struck deals with the White House to produce their own power for data centers and keep consumer costs down, President Donald Trump said in his State of the Union address. “We’re telling the... (more story)

South Korea council adopts final action plan to foster AI-led transformation

February 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Wednesday adopted the final version of a three-year policy roadmap aimed at fostering the development and adopti... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

An Sibin Irish Pub's acquisition by Australian Venue Co. Holdings triggers review

February 25, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The proposal by AVC Operations, a subsidiary of Australian Venue Co. Holdings, to acquire 100 percent of the business and assets of Ash Promotions, trading as An Sibin Irish Pub, under an asset s... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE reviewing Arco Educação’s proposed buy of edtech Edify

February 24, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s competition watchdog has been analyzing Arco Educação’s planned buyout of edtech firm Edify in a deal that would involve the buyer’s further expansion into private bilingual schooling, with an exclusi... (more story)

Warner Bros. Discovery board says revised Paramount bid could top Netflix offer

February 24, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: Paramount's latest bid for Warner Bros. "could reasonably be expected to lead to" a superior proposal as defined in WBD's deal with Netflix, according to the Warner Bros. Discovery board of direc... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Coupang admits 200,000 Taiwan-based accounts affected by recent data incident

February 25, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Some 200,000 Taiwan-based Coupang accounts were affected by a data incident disclosed in November, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The affected information included users’ names, em... (more story)

YouTube VP defends design at Calif. addiction trial; youth ad-revenue study probed

February 25, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

YouTube’s recommendation engine is designed to limit endless scrolling, its vice president of engineering told jurors Tuesday in a California state trial over youth social media addiction. Meta’s counsel also ... (more story)

New Mexico jury hears about child sexual exploitation on Meta Platforms

February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

While Meta Platforms reported an overwhelming number of tips to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, it was simultaneously allowing groomers to access children on its platform, a jury in New M... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Musk's xAI failed to allege OpenAI stole trade secrets, US judge says

February 24, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Elon Musk’s xAI failed to plausibly allege in a US lawsuit that rival OpenAI poached employees to steal trade secrets, US District Judge Rita F. Lin said, but she gave xAI permission to try again. “Notably abs... (more story)

OpenAI wins dismissal of xAI trade secret US lawsuit

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI was granted the dismissal of a US lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's xAI alleging it poached employees to steal trade secrets. “Notably absent are allegations about the conduct of OpenAI itself.... (more story)

US announces sanctions under IP theft law

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department announced sanctions on an individual and two entities under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA) in connection with theft of trade secrets from U.S. p... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Goliath Ventures chief charged in US with running Ponzi scheme

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Christopher Alexander Delgado, president and chief executive of Goliath Ventures, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly running the ... (more story)

Federal prosecutors in NY launch corporate criminal cooperation program

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the office's new Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for illegal activity involving fraud and... (more story)

Binance faces US senator's inquiry over reported Iranian, Russian transactions

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Richard Blumenthal, ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote to Binance chief executive Richard Teng, raising concerns about recent reporting that t... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US Fed aims to codify 2025 'debanking' policy dovetailing with Trump charges

February 24, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Federal Reserve proposed codifying its 2025 policy that bars reputational risk from being part of bank examinations — a proposal that dovetails with President Trump’s allegations that he was discriminat... (more story)

US SEC announces judgements in UK billionaire Lewis's insider trading case

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the entry of final consent judgments as to Joseph C. Lewis, Carolyn W. Carter, Patrick J. O’Connor and Bryan L. Waugh in the agency's civil enf... (more story)

Digital euro offline first, possibly online later, under EU parliament compromise

February 24, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

The digital euro would be established in an offline form only, with an online version considered later, according to a draft compromise text prepared for European Parliament lawmakers to consider. It also sepa... (more story)

Trade View More

China’s Mofcom to assess US tariff changes, may revise countermeasures

February 25, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China said it is monitoring and will assess recent US tariff changes and will in due course decide whether to revise countermeasures targeting Washington’s original fentanyl-related and “reciproc... (more story)

Quartz manufacturers argue for stronger US trade barriers on imports

February 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

US quartz surface product manufacturers argued in favor of increased domestic safeguards Tuesday at a Section 201 hearing by the US International Trade Commission, saying they were materially injured by the qu... (more story)

US CIT sustains Commerce's 232 exclusion denials in major victory for Trump

February 24, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade on Monday upheld the Commerce Department’s determination that denied certain Section 232 exclusions, delivering a major victory for the federal government that could keep ot... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU lawmaker calls for 'independent European Competition Authority'

February 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Parliament could call for an "independent European Competition Authority" separate from the European Commission — the EU's executive branch — to ensure that there is "no political in... (more story)

Greek aid for clean technologies wins EU approval

February 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in Greece will be eligible for direct grants and tax advantages under a €400 million plan that has won European Commission state aid approval. The measure will back strategic investment... (more story)

EU Commission 'soon' to unveil draft revised law for state aid exemption

February 24, 2026 | Anna Ferrari and Jean Comte

Europe

The EU Commission is set to publish "soon" a revised draft of the General Block Exemption Regulation, the EU law for state aid exemption, a spokesperson for the regulator told MLex. The text will be put to pub... (more story)

Energy View More

EU measures to simplify sustainability reporting, due diligence agreed

February 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A package of measures to simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies by raising the thresholds for which they apply has been approved by EU ministers and will b... (more story)

Safeguard electrification and cut costs, energy-intensive industries urge EU

February 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries has warned that persistently high electricity costs are stalling electrification, investment and decarbonization. The AEII is urging the European Commi... (more story)

Court issues report in challenge to EU green investment rules

February 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A report detailing the background to a legal challenge against the EU’s green investment rules has been issued by the EU’s General Court. Environmental groups are seeking the annulment of the com... (more story)

Technology View More

Meta loss in US biometric privacy case in Ill. underscores facial-filter risks

February 25, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Cosmetic filters that alter a person's appearance have been prominent in an addictive-design trial against Meta Platforms in Los Angeles, but a new decision by a federal judge in Illinois that the state's biom... (more story)

Agri Stats must face May 4 trial in DOJ antitrust suit, US judge rules

February 25, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Agri Stats must face claims from the US Department of Justice that it engaged in anticompetitive sharing of information which led to inflated prices of chicken, pork and turkey products, a US federal judge rul... (more story)

Agri Stats' motion for summary judgment in US DOJ information-sharing suit denied

February 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Agri Stats' motion for summary judgment in a US Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit over illegal information sharing was denied by a US federal judge who ruled the case ought to head to trial... (more story)