For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss
Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Top News
Antitrust, Technology
January 27, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
January 27, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
January 26, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
Antitrust View More
January 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Chinese-owned Montage Technology is being investigated by the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice on suspicion of price fixing of semiconductor components, MLex has learned.
January 26, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission and Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits are dueling over whether the company should have access to documents from the agency’s successful challenge to Kroger’s proposed acquisiti... (more story)
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Zydus Pharmaceuticals opposed indirect resellers’ request for class certification in a US antitrust case over Pravastatin... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 34 other attorneys general demanded xAI take additional steps to protect users from inappropriate images and content created ... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Snap Inc. illegally circumvented technological barriers to access millions of YouTube videos, according to the latest in a string of lawsuits accusing technology companies of scraping content for large languag... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU governments are moving toward a fixed timeline for delayed AI Act high-risk obligations in a first compromise text on the AI amendment package, removing the European Commission’s ability to trigger duties e... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: IonQ, which bills itself as the world's leading quantum company, is acquiring SkyWater Technology, the largest pure-play semiconductor foundry exclusively based in the United States, for $35 per ... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Europe, North America
Lionsgate Studios Corp. has appointed former Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin to its board of directors, the company said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Mnuchin formerly produced severa... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Lionsgate Studios Corp. today announced that it appointed Steven T. Mnuchin, former US Secretary of the Treasury, to its board. Mnuchin co-financed the film Avatar and has more than 35 executive ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 26, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US public company disclosure requirements, including those for cybersecurity, should be scaled back, Securities and Exchange Commission member Mark Uyeda said. Uyeda, a Republican, said other areas for streaml... (more story)
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne spoke before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology in support of a new bill. Dufresne praised Bill C-15's inclusion of... (more story)
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms's argument that its terms of service preclude litigation a group of Facebook users who sued the company after they lost access to their accounts after they were hacked was rejected... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
At first blush, a California federal judge’s refusal Friday to consider evidence recently gleaned from Texas patent litigation might look like a setback for Realtek on its antitrust claims against MediaTek. B... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
China’s Grand Kangxi Communication Technologies (Shanghai) has secured an early win at the US International Trade Commission, with a finding of no infringement of rival Skyworks Solutions’ patents after a cost... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Merck and Sun Pharma have secured a legal victory after an Indian court penalized patent infringement of Sitagliptin, reinforcing legal protections for pharmaceutical innovation against unauthorized generic manufacturing.
Financial Crime View More
January 26, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
One of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s first acts in office was to deprioritize US anti-bribery enforcement, but on Monday the Justice Department touted its efforts over the past year, highlighting wins in two tr... (more story)
January 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Turkish national and a German national were charged in the US over their alleged roles in a bribery scheme involving contracts with the US military and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A proposed shakeup of the UK's policing organization in England and Wales will see fraud and cybercrime handled by a new National Police Service, the government said on Monday. Under the plans, c... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial services sector has urged the government to speed up reforms to simplify regulations and make the sector more competitive, otherwise London will fall behind its global competit... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s financial watchdog has reminded financial markets to update their systems by the end of 2026 in preparation for testing a one-day trade settlement cycle next year, after an industry task force reporte... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority will start a data collection exercise in March to test and calibrate its risk-assessment models for financial institutions. In a statement on Monday, ... (more story)
Trade View More
January 26, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump threatened to increase tariffs on South Korean imports from 15 percent to 25 percent, citing concerns about the country's legislature failing to swiftly ratify a trade d... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Asia, Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has launched a circumvention investigation into whether compacted graphite iron brake drums from China are circumventing an antidumping and antisubsidy order on brake d... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has issued antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on thermoformed molded fiber products on from China and Vietnam.
State Aid View More
January 23, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Facing growing risks of semiconductor supply disruptions, Japan’s automotive industry is preparing to launch a common platform with chip suppliers to assess supply-chain conditions. The head of the industry gr... (more story)
January 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday it has approved loans and subsidies of up to $73 million to support the expansion and operation of undersea cables between Japa... (more story)
January 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Property developer Masserud Utvikling is challenging a decision made by the EFTA Surveillance Authority last year which ordered recovery of Norwegian support it deemed illegal, and granted to the... (more story)
Energy View More
January 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Several European states committed at the North Sea Summit on Monday to develop up to 100 gigawatts of a joint 300 GW ambition through cross-border cooperation projects. The industry pledged to reduce electrici... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU imports of Russian liquefied natural gas and pipeline gas will be gradually prohibited, the Council of the EU said on Monday. The ban will start to apply six weeks after the regulation enters ... (more story)
January 23, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Liquefied natural gas is expected to be the main driver of gas markets in 2026, the International Energy Agency has said in its new Gas Market Report. Supply is projected to increase by 7 percent... (more story)
Technology View More
January 26, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The European Commission aims to make significant progress and conclude several cases this year involving the protection of minors online under its digital services law, a senior European Commission official ha... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: WhatsApp has been formally classified as a Very Large Online Platform and therefore must adhere to the strictest rules under the EU’s Digital Services Act, the European Commission said on Monday.... (more story)
January 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Details of how an upcoming cybersecurity reform would amend the UK’s Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 — also known as NIS — have been set out in newly published tracked legislativ... (more story)