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Front grille and logo of a Firefly new energy vehicles at NIO store in Shanghai

Intellectual Property

April 20, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Chinese EV maker Nio loses Firefly trademark ahead of UK car launch
Close-up of a hundred-dollar bill with a red rectangular label featuring raised white letters placed diagonally across the portrait.

Trade

April 17, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Questions emerge as US Customs rolls out new refund system
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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

April 17, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

US FCC's Carr defends bureau-level approval in Nexstar–Tegna dispute

Antitrust View More

Banks fail to get US high court review of bond manipulation case

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Barclays, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and other banks failed to convince the US Supreme Court to review an antitrust case accusing them of illegally conspiring to inflate the interest rates for a typ... (more story)

California AG releases public motion for injunction against Amazon in price-fixing case

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an unredacted version of a motion for a preliminary injunction in the state's existing lawsuit against Amazon over alleged price fixing. In a filing in... (more story)

Tyson to pay $82.5m to settle with US direct purchasers over beef pricing

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Tyson Foods agreed to pay $82.5 million to settle with direct purchasers over US price-fixing allegations related to beef. The deal is subject to approval by a federal judge.

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU governments, lawmakers have agreed on less controversial AI law changes

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU governments and lawmakers have agreed on some of the less controversial aspects of a legislative package to amend the EU's AI law, including the provisions on AI literacy, the legal basis for ... (more story)

EU countries asked for flexibility on AI Act changes’ key issues; final deal in sight

April 20, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

EU governments are being asked for feedback on compromise proposals, to weigh in on different options and to indicate their flexibility on five key unresolved issues in AI Act amendments, ahead of a final deal... (more story)

China signals tailored approach to AI law as new risks mount, official says

April 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A senior Chinese legislative official has offered a fresh glimpse into Beijing’s evolving approach to legislation on artificial intelligence, signaling new priorities while maintaining continuity with earlier ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Risks to innovation, data-sharing and labor detailed in EU’s new M&A guidelines

April 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Merging companies will see the EU pay close attention to the impact of their deals on the innovation race as well as the risk of them accessing sensitive data on rivals, according to new guidelines under consi... (more story)

‘Scale-enhancing’ mergers get EU boost in draft M&A approach

April 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Corporate deals that drive technological progress, boost R&D and secure access to critical inputs may get an easier path to EU approval, according to draft guidelines seen by MLex. The European Commission’s ne... (more story)

Potential United, American airline merger probed by US senators

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Republican Senator Mike Lee and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the chief executives of United Airlines and American Airlines on reports indicating the companies are consi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Plaintiffs cannot intervene in Google Incognito privacy case, US appeals court rules

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs sought to intervene in a privacy case against Google too late, according to a US appeals court. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an order that denied leave to int... (more story)

US judge enjoins Arkansas social media law

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal judge in the Western District of Arkansas preliminarily enjoined the Arkansas Social Media Safety Act from going into effect. Ruling in favor of the tech trade association NetChoice ... (more story)

AI models must apply 'balancing test' for GDPR reviews on legal basis

April 20, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

The Irish Data Protection Authority can review whether AI model providers are correctly applying a “balancing test” on whether their use of legitimate interests as a legal basis for training models is in line ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Abbott secures UPC injunction in diabetes monitoring device appeal against Chinese rival

April 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Abbott Diabetes Care has secured a UPC injunction against Sinocare’s GlucoMen iCan, with appeal judges overturning a refusal and finding indirect infringement and likely validity. Judges cited urgency, warning... (more story)

Japan's justice ministry sets civil-law panel on AI-era voice, portrait rights

April 20, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s justice ministry is moving to clarify when generative artificial intelligence users may face civil liability for copying a person’s voice or likeness without consent, setting up an expert panel that co... (more story)

Perplexity AI moves to dismiss LLM output claims by Chicago Tribune, New York Times

April 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Chicago Tribune and New York Times have failed in their respective copyright suits to allege infringing outputs for "nearly every asserted copyright," artificial intelligence answer engine Pe... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US businessman gets 12 years for laundering $300m in drug, criminal proceeds

April 20, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Alain Tzvi Bibliowicz Mitrani, a Florida-based businessman, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison for leading an organization that laundered at least $300 million in drug and criminal proceeds.

ENRC was 'had over a barrel' by banks over UK bribery probe, court told

April 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asia, Europe

A criminal investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation by UK prosecutors led to it being had “over a barrel” by lenders, lawyers for the Kazakh miner have said as it opened a $290 million claim a... (more story)

States call on US CFPB to abandon staffing cuts

April 17, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that he's joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to scale back its plans to severely reduce... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Securitization deal among EU lawmakers still not secured as May 5 vote looms

April 20, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Ralf Seekatz, an EU lawmaker from the center-right European People’s Party, faces a tight deadline to secure support from several political groups for a revamped securitization framework ahead of a May 5 vote.... (more story)

Revised EU bank resolution rules issued in the Official Journal

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s revised bank crisis framework was published Monday in the bloc’s Official Journal, setting out reforms to strengthen deposit protection and bank resolution rules. Known as the Crisis Man... (more story)

Buttigieg on track to be reappointed as judge for the EU General Court

April 20, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The Maltese government has proposed renewing Eugène Buttigieg's appointment to the EU's General Court for another term, according to documents seen by MLex. National representatives are set to make an official... (more story)

Trade View More

US pushing 'trade not aid' declaration in new global effort

April 20, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The Trump administration is pushing a message of “trade over aid” in a new strategy aimed at undermining financial aid for countries in favor of an effort to promote more business ties, creating uncertainty on... (more story)

US trade court mostly rules for South Korean steel plate company

April 20, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade partly remanded the Commerce Department’s latest revision to a 2023 review of an antisubsidy order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from South Korea, fi... (more story)

France won't oppose EU-Australia deal, despite resisting Mercosur over farming

April 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, Oceania

The French government won't oppose the EU-Australia trade agreement despite voting against the EU-Mercosur deal last year over agricultural concerns, MLex understands. Expectations were that France, with an ac... (more story)

State Aid View More

HBOR can have Croatian capital injection, EU watchdog says

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hrvatska Banka za Obnovu i Razvitak, a Croatian development bank, may receive a capital injection worth €411 million, the European Commission said on Monday, clearing the support under EU state a... (more story)

Romanian subsidy for nuclear power plant draws EU probe

April 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company, to refurbish the Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor, has drawn an in-depth EU state aid probe.

Dutch money for coal plant operators isn't state aid, EU Commission says

April 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Compensation by the Dutch government to coal plant operators RWE Eemshaven Holding and Uniper Benelux for profit losses caused by a cap on CO2 emissions doesn't amount to state aid, the European ... (more story)

Energy View More

New Australian solicitor general warns of rise in climate-related legal actions

April 20, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins has warned of a rise in climate-related legal actions against corporations stemming from an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice las... (more story)

ICJ climate opinion may raise directors' duty of care, Australian legal report says

April 20, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A legal opinion authored by Australia’s incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins and published Monday says an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change is likely to influen... (more story)

EU's Russia sanctions still face Hungarian block; Iran shipping efforts ramp up

April 17, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

No breakthrough on the EU's 20th Russia sanctions plan is likely at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council next week despite the political transition in Hungary, an EU diplomat said on Friday. The package... (more story)

Technology View More

Google challenges user-count methodology under Digital Services Act at EU court

April 20, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Google is taking the European Commission to court over how users are counted for its Google Shopping service under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, in a move that could clarify a key methodology under the bloc... (more story)

Apple falls short on DMA interoperability rules, software industry’s report says

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Apple retains broad discretion over interoperability, forcing developers into costly, slow and uncertain access processes, according to a report by Free Software Foundation Europe. Drawing on dev... (more story)

Philippines presses Meta for tougher, time-bound action on disinformation

April 20, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology will meet with Meta Platforms to demand concrete, time-bound actions against online disinformation, warning stronger regul... (more story)