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AI privacy

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

October 14, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

In new OpenAI, SpaceX suits, privacy emerges as growing US AI litigation risk
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

October 14, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US states say consumer protections must be part of any Character.AI sale
Aus beef cattle

Antitrust

October 14, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Meatpackers seek to slow US antitrust case during class certification appeal
In new OpenAI, SpaceX suits, privacy emerges as growing US AI litigation risk
US states say consumer protections must be part of any Character.AI sale
Meatpackers seek to slow US antitrust case during class certification appeal

Antitrust View More

Brazil’s CADE to rule on international pharmaceutical cartel case

October 15, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s competition authority has only one case scheduled its Tribunal's Oct. 21 ruling session: Tribunal members are expected to rule on an international cartel case involving the production an... (more story)

Nel Group fined €2.2m for dominance abuse at Mayotte port, French watchdog says

October 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Several companies of the Nel Group have been fined a combined total of €2.2 million for abusing their dominant position in the port of Longoni in the French overseas territory of Mayotte, France'... (more story)

ByteDance’s DMA rebuttal insufficient to trigger probe, EU court opinion says (update*)

October 15, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

ByteDance did not bring forward strong-enough arguments to force EU regulators to reconsider whether TikTok should be subject to the bloc’s law for digital “gatekeepers,” according to a legal opinion published... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Social media sites face German age curbs despite EU fragmentation concerns

October 15, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Social media platforms face interim German rules generally barring under-13s and restricting access for older minors until an EU-wide minimum age is established, according to a government position paper adopte... (more story)

Thai AI guidelines address privacy risks in training data, model deletion

October 15, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj

Asia

Artificial intelligence models trained on personal data may remain subject to Thailand’s privacy law if information about individuals can still be identified or extracted, according to new guidelines from the ... (more story)

Germany plans national social-media age limits pending EU rules

October 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany is planning interim national rules that would generally bar anyone under 13 from social networks, with exceptions for demonstrably child-appropriate services and graduated restrictions fo... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Nvidia's Doctolib investment draws concern from French lawmaker

October 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Philippe Latombe, a member of the French National Assembly, has sent a set of questions to the country's government regarding Nvidia's announcement that it will buy a minority stake in Doctolib, ... (more story)

EU merger reviews must weigh both sides of 'dynamic' effects, Italy's Iossa says

October 15, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

Greater scrutiny of dynamic effects in EU merger reviews should capture both benefits and potential harm to competition, Italian competition authority commissioner Elisabetta Iossa said. Italy's experience wit... (more story)

Skyworks-Qorvo, Ingredion-Tate & Lyle among 8 deals cleared in China Sept. 21-Oct. 4

October 15, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: US semiconductor company Skyworks Solutions' acquisition of rival Qorvo, and Ingredion's planned acquisition of UK specialty ingredients maker Tate & Lyle were among eight deals unconditionally c... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Macif Vie risks €7m fine in French privacy case over password protection

October 15, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

French savings and life insurer Macif Vie faces a proposed €7 million fine for failing to secure passwords and retaining personal data longer than necessary, a French privacy official said at a hearing in Pari... (more story)

Brazil’s ANPD opens consultation on administrative sanction rules

October 15, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil’s privacy watchdog, the National Data Protection Agency (ANPD), has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to its rules for calculating and imposing administrative sanctions. S... (more story)

Talks on EU child abuse material draft law too focused on privacy, official says

October 15, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Negotiations on EU rules to combat online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, have become entrenched in privacy and data protection concerns, leaving children’s rights absent from parts of the debate, but an... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI agrees to give Apple forensic access to employees' devices in trade secrets dispute

October 15, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

OpenAI has agreed to give Apple forensic access to its employees' devices, emails and messages known to contain Apple's confidential information, avoiding a court order in a contentious trade secrets dispute i... (more story)

Tech, auto groups back Apple's bid to tighten USITC domestic-industry test

October 14, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

In three separate briefs, two industry coalitions and Unified Patents urged the US Supreme Court to hear Apple's challenge to an Apple Watch import ban arising from its patent dispute with Masimo. They contend... (more story)

Anthropic moves to dismiss BMG's US copyright claims

October 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Anthropic moved to dismiss BMG’s US copyright claims over musical composition, arguing that BMG can’t identify any infringing outputs by its Claude models. Anthropic noted that the suit is the th... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Colombian businessman makes initial US appearance over Venezuela bribery schemes

October 14, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Alvaro Pulido Vargas, a Colombian businessman, made his initial appearance in Miami federal court on charges in two separate indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion associated with... (more story)

Bosnian man sentenced to prison in US over scheme to buy North Korean missiles

October 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Bosnian national was sentenced to 60 months in US prison after pleading guilty to federal export and sanctions violations by conspiring and attempting to broker the sale of anti-aircraft missil... (more story)

AI-enabled financial fraud needs stronger safeguards, IMF, World Bank say

October 14, 2026

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

MLex Summary: Generative AI is making cyber-enabled financial fraud easier to scale, says a paper accompanying a framework from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group, as the two authorities issu... (more story)

Financial Services View More

​Monitor usage of AI agents, financial institutions worldwide are told

October 15, 2026

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

MLex Summary: Financial institutions should strengthen oversight of autonomous AI, limit agents’ actions, set triggers for human approval and test mechanisms to stop them safely, the Financial Stability Board ... (more story)

Global FSB identifies 12 ways to minimize AI risks, maximize responsible adoption

October 15, 2026 | Neil Roland

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

The Financial Stability Board identified 12 ways to minimize artificial intelligence risks among financial firms while maximizing responsible AI adoption – including “strongly” encouraging board and senior man... (more story)

US OCC releases report on major banks’ debanking activities

October 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released a report of its findings from its supervisory review of debanking activities at the nine largest national banks it supervises: JPMorg... (more story)

Trade View More

EU-Mercosur deal already boosting exports, Brazil’s trade promotion chief says

October 15, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe, Latin America

Trade between Brazil and the EU is accelerating following the provisional application of their trade agreement, ApexBrasil President Laudemir André Müller told MLex. He said he hoped sanitary authorities would... (more story)

Indonesia issues anti-circumvention rules for antidumping, countervailing measures

October 15, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia has introduced anti-circumvention rules for the first time to prevent companies from evading antidumping and countervailing measures through changes in shipping routes, product origins ... (more story)

US trade commission hears testimony on USMCA rules of origin

October 14, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Witnesses told the US International Trade Commission Wednesday that any update to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement's automotive rules of origin must address both the proliferation of EVs and US worker protections.

State Aid View More

Greek row over state aid for newspapers prompts EU court questions

October 14, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The EU's top court has been asked to specify which criteria member states can use to decide whether two companies should be considered as a single state aid recipient. The dispute is related to a legal challen... (more story)

Leonardo's military-vehicle deal EU clearance decision published

October 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian defense company Leonardo saw its approved deal with Iveco and Astra published by the European Commission on Wednesday, seven months after its clearance. The regulator found that the trans... (more story)

Bidder in Greek energy tender gets EU 'call in' under foreign subsidies rules

October 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

A foreign-backed company bidding for a tender in Greece's energy sector must notify the European Commission of financial contributions it has received from outside the EU, even though the bid falls below manda... (more story)

Energy View More

Nordic leaders urge EU to preserve carbon market rules

October 15, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Any weakening of the EU's Emissions Trading System, the bloc's carbon market, would undermine the predictibility of investment decisions, say the Prime ministers of Finland, Denmark and Sweden in... (more story)

Delay to EU methane importers' reporting requirements to 'alleviate pressure'

October 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU methane monitoring, reporting and verification requirements for fossil-fuel importers would be postponed by 12 months to January 2028 under a European Commission proposal announced Wednesday. The delay woul... (more story)

EU fossil-fuel importers see proposal for 12-month methane reporting delay

October 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has proposed delaying by one year methane emissions monitoring, reporting and verification requirements for EU importers of natural gas, oil and coal, as well as methane-i... (more story)

Technology View More

Online platforms get 30 days to comply with Mexico’s child safety decree

October 15, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Online platforms have 30 days to comply with Mexico’s new child safety duties under a decree published Wednesday. The decree is mandatory but carries no penalties, the government said in a statem... (more story)

Japan's MIC reviews platform content moderation

October 15, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Thursday reviewed European court rulings on online-platform monitoring and discussed additional hearings with five major platforms, incl... (more story)

Australia's digital duty-of-care bill drops ministerial powers to expand online harms

October 15, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Australia has removed proposed powers allowing its communications minister to expand categories of harmful online content under digital duty-of-care legislation introduced in parliament on Thursday. The bill a... (more story)