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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 04, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Energy, Technology, Trade
February 04, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker, Bradley Dress
North America
Trade
February 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Antitrust View More
February 05, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: Clickbus's aquisition of RJ Participações is set to face scrutiny at Brazil’s competition Tribunal on Feb. 11, as the Superintendence has questioned the accuracy of information provided in its r... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed that it will decide by the end of March whether Microsoft and Amazon's cloud services in the UK should be scrutinized through its digital markets enforcem... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
Europe
German competition enforcers want Amazon to show “uncompetitive prices,” said the ecommerce giant, as it swore to appeal their antitrust sanction. On Thursday, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt said Amazon’s “systema... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Co-ordinated action is needed to tackle new risks from AI chatbots, as AI-generated content such as CSAM and non-consensual intimate images are both illegal and unacceptable, EU digital regulator... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Leading European Parliament lawmakers Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara want fixed deadlines for delayed AI Act high-risk obligations, removing the European Commission’s discretion to advance them. Their draf... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Lifestyle platforms in China are bracing for heightened oversight of the algorithms they deploy, as authorities move to strengthen protections for gig workers and the broader public. At a recent meeting attend... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The initial probe of CRH’s acquisition of Gibson is starting, the antitrust regulator said. The Competition and Markets Authority has a deadline of April 7 to decide whether the deal in the const... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: US-based information technology solutions provider IBM’s proposal to acquire Confluent, an open-source enterprise data streaming platform, will be reviewed by the Australian competition regulator... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, has argued that his company's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will strengthen creativity, competition, and audience choice rather than ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Imgur, an image-sharing platform often used to host images posted on Reddit, has been fined almost £250,000 by the UK regulator, after its parent company was found to have failed to protect child... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU member states have been asked to provide written feedback on a unresolved governance, budgetary and accountability issues for a new hub for tackling online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, MLex has lea... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Most remaining provisions of the UK’s data protection reform are now in force, the UK’s privacy regulator said Thursday, as the latest commencement regulations of the Data (Use and Access) Act ta... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 05, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court rejected a fashion brand’s appeal accusing a rival of copying its coat designs, faulting its consumer surveys and Instagram-based evidence.
February 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
The confluence of complex state and federal legal frameworks governing name, image and likeness (NIL) has led to a misperception that such rights exist only for the famous. With AI-powered deepfakes of ordinar... (more story)
February 04, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
The short-term impact of the UK Intellectual Property Office’s digital transformation program is becoming clear as new figures illustrate the slowdown in the granting of patents while the new system is put in ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 04, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK tech companies should be given stronger incentives to tackle fraud enabled by scam accounts on social media, the head of the Payment Systems Regulator has said. David Geale argues that the government’s next... (more story)
February 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Latin America, North America
A pending appeal from former oil trader Glenn Oztemel against his corruption conviction “presents several novel issues of law” that an appellate court should address, a US judge ruled Tuesday when granting his... (more story)
February 03, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senators John Fetterman and Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki, urging them to finalize ru... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Europe’s insurance and pensions watchdog plans to focus on more consistent supervision across the EU, stronger protection for consumers and greater resilience to shocks, according to its 2026-202... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Market integration reforms, simpler rules and enhanced supervision will be key priorities for the European Securities and Markets Authority between 2027 and 2029, according to its program publish... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Federal Reserve voted to maintain current stress-capital buffer requirements until 2027, when new standards can be calculated based on models that take public feedback into consideration. The feedback p... (more story)
Trade View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's suspension of trade countermeasures on imported US products and export restrictions to the US will continue for another six months but remain under review, "in light of further developme... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A 2024 ruling by the lower-tier EU General Court that annulled dumping tariffs on imports of polyvinyl alcohol made by Chinese group Sinopec should be set aside, the bloc's top court has recommen... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of 1,4-Butanediol from China, Saudi Arabia and the United States will be subject to provisional dumping duties of up to 113.7, 52.4 and 142.5 percent respectively, the European Commission... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Estonia has won European Commission state aid approval for its methodology for calculating counter-guarantee premiums on new short-term banking guarantees, as well as guarantees on new loans to c... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany has secured approval for a €3 billion aid plan to back investments that contribute to clean technology manufacturing capacity. The measure, which involves grants and tax advantages, aims ... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties interested in the European Commission's in-depth probe into whether Poland's €26 million investment aid in favor of MAN Trucks is in line with the bloc's state aid rules now have the chan... (more story)
Energy View More
February 04, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: Brazilian Federal Deputy José Guimarães, a lawmaker from the Workers’ Party, on Wednesday filed a draft bill that aims to expand the data center industry, known as the Special Tax Regime for Data... (more story)
February 04, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Vice President JD Vance announced that the US is proposing a preferential trade zone for US critical mineral producers. The zone would establish enforceable price floors and reference prices f... (more story)
February 04, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Swissgrid won its appeal against a European Commission decision excluding it from EU electricity-balancing platforms, after the EU's lower-tier General Court annulled the measure. The judges foun... (more story)
Technology View More
February 05, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK cybersecurity rules for digital infrastructure and essential services are being scrutinized this week by lawmakers examining how an expanded regulatory regime would affect companies under the Cyber Security... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Tech giant Apple is still not using technology to detect newly created child sexual abuse material, Australia’s online safety regulator said. In a statement on Thursday, the Australian eSafety Co... (more story)
February 05, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Addictive-design claims are spreading beyond social media, with plaintiffs now pressing the theory against video game makers in federal court.