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Data Privacy and Security

February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

US FTC incentivizes age verification with new policy
Yellow, pink and red cables draped over a circuit board

Artificial Intelligence

February 25, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Trump announces data-center energy deals with tech companies

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America

Slater’s DOJ exit clouds US merger enforcement trajectory

Antitrust View More

Meta should lose bid to block antitrust info requests, EU court opinion says

February 26, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Meta Platforms was correctly targeted by information requests from antitrust enforcers and should lose its bid to overturn an EU court ruling that upheld their legality, according to an opinion for the Court o... (more story)

Meta should lose appeals against information requests, EU court opinion says

February 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms should lose its legal challenges to information requests by the European Commission that were made in the context of antitrust probes relating to Facebook Marketplace and data, a c... (more story)

Airlines lose EU court challenge to cargo-cartel fines

February 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Airlines including Air Canada, Cargolux and Air France-KLM have lost a long-running battle against the European Commission over their involvement in a cartel related to the prices of air freight. Only the Nord... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

OpenAI says it disrupted AI use in Chinese operation against Japanese PM

February 26, 2026

Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: OpenAI on Wednesday published its latest report on malicious uses of its AI models, detailing attempts that it said it disrupted. They included China’s “covert influence operations” to silence cr... (more story)

Vietnam to require banks to classify AI risks, conduct security checks from March

February 26, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia

Starting March 1, financial institutions in Vietnam will be subject to new regulations around the use of artificial intelligence systems, including requirements to conduct pre-use security checks, classify ris... (more story)

Japanese privacy watchdog holds roundtable on lack of progress on PETs

February 26, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Asia

Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission Japan released a summary late Wednesday of its Feb. 2 roundtable, where they discussed Japan’s slow adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies, despite the fa... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Toyota, Daimler Truck subsidiary merger cleared in Japan with remedies

February 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s antitrust authority on Thursday conditionally cleared Toyota Motor’s and Daimler Truck’s plan to combine their truck and bus subsidiaries, Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus. T... (more story)

Kyndryl wins Dutch approval for Solvinity deal

February 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch antitrust authority has cleared Kyndryl's acquisition of IT service provider Solvinity, saying it didn't see any competition problems emerging  or increasing as a result of the transact... (more story)

Civilmart's proposal to acquire Taylex to be reviewed in Australia

February 26, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The proposal by CTC Precast, trading as Civilmart, to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital in Taylex Group Holding will be reviewed by Australia’s antitrust watchdog. In a statement on... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Over 4,000 Australian children will be followed to test impact of under-16 social-media ban

February 26, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A study following more than 4,000 Australian children has begun to evaluate how the country’s new under-16 social-media restrictions are working in practice, the online safety regulator announced. In a stateme... (more story)

Japan privacy watchdog warns municipality over data protection protocol failures

February 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission on Thursday said it issued administrative guidance to Tokorozawa City in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a former municipal tax offici... (more story)

Telegram monitored by Philippine regulators over alleged illegal online activity

February 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Telegram is being monitored by the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Council over rising reports of illegal ac... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

South Korea publishes guide on fair use of copyrighted works for AI training

February 26, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will publish on Thursday a guidebook on the fair use of copyrighted works for the training of generative artificial intelligence syst... (more story)

Messerle tray patent upheld at UPC; Sabert avoids infringement

February 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court upheld Austrian packaging manufacturer Messerle’s cardboard tray patent, but dismissed its infringement claim against Sabert’s Tray2Go products. Judges in the Vienna division rejected ... (more story)

Chinese court boosts damages in novel-to-escape-room copyright dispute

February 25, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has raised damages in a case involving the unauthorized adaptation of a horror novel into an escape-room venue, signaling a willingness to push statutory awards higher when actual losses and in... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Harlequin fraudster Ames ordered to pay £283k from multi-million pounds UK fraud

February 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Convicted fraudster David Ames has been ordered to pay back just £283,000 from a £336 million fraud that saw him jailed for 12 years after thousands of investors were left out of pocket. In a ruling at a Londo... (more story)

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)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC issues prediction markets advisory for derivatives

February 25, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an advisory after release of two 2025 enforcement cases involving misuse of confidential information and fraud related to some prediction markets traded on Ka... (more story)

US CFTC says it has authority over prediction markets

February 25, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an advisory saying that it has full authority to police illegal trading practices occurring on any designated contract markets, including predic... (more story)

EU, UK competition deal to improve ‘predictability’ and ‘legal certainty’

February 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

The EU and UK’s competition watchdogs have formalized a cooperation agreement that would ensure “smooth interactions” on antitrust and merger cases. The deal was unique in that it would allow the Competition a... (more story)

Trade View More

EU dumping duties on Chinese steel road wheels remain in place

February 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Punitive dumping duties ranging between 50.3 and 66.4 percent in place on steel road wheels from China into the EU will remain in place for another five years, the European Commission said Thursd... (more story)

China, Germany vow deeper trade ties, dialogue on export controls during Merz visit

February 26, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: China and Germany pledged to deepen trade cooperation and manage tensions over export controls during Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to Beijing, according to a joint statement i... (more story)

US producers request graphite electrode trade relief

February 25, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Two US producers have petitioned for trade relief from alleged dumped and subsidized Chinese and Indian imports of large diameter graphite electrodes.

State Aid View More

EU, UK sign agreement to cooperate in competition enforcement

February 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Enforcers at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority will be able to cooperate more closely with colleagues at the European Commission and national enforcers within the EU, after a new agreeme... (more story)

Revised EU state aid general block exemption guidance now open for feedback

February 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The granting of operating aid for renewable energy on a larger scale will become possible, and rules on aid for airports will become more flexible, under proposed changes to the EU's State Aid Ge... (more story)

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)

Energy View More

EU energy package presentation postponed to May 19, Commission diary shows

February 25, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Presentation of the EU's energy package, which includes measures to strengthen energy security, an electrification plan, and a heating and cooling strategy, has been postponed to May 19, the Euro... (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)

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)

Technology View More

Sky's Austrian streaming service not 'digital content', EU court opinion says

February 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sky’s Austrian streaming service shouldn't count as “digital content” under EU consumer law, a legal opinion for the EU's highest court said on Thursday. The case focuses on whether the streaming... (more story)

Hungary breaches EU law by preventing radio station from broadcasting, EU court says

February 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hungary is violating EU law by preventing a radio station from broadcasting on its FM frequency, the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. The European Commission had sued Hungary after it did not... (more story)

Japan's watchdog under pressure after disappointing Apple, Google mobile reports

February 26, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act was meant to be a tougher answer to years of frustration with Apple and Google’s grip over the country’s $16.5 billion app market. But the first compliance reports under... (more story)