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Artificial Intelligence

April 13, 2026 | Amy Miller and Mike Swift

North America

With Musk's US trial against OpenAI near, new battle over remedies emerges
Wooden gavel resting next to a black spiral notebook on a light wood surface, with the handwritten words Crypto regulation and sketched bitcoin symbols on the cover. A pen lies at the bottom of the notebook.

Financial Crime, Financial Services

April 09, 2026 | Neil Roland

Asia, North America

US Treasury advances cyber plan for crypto industry to ward off threats

Antitrust View More

Google attacked competition to Play Store, Aptoide says in US antitrust complaint

April 14, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Google has attacked competition to its Play Store app store, leveraging its dominant market share in the Android app distribution market to maintain additional monopolies, suppress rivals’ access to the market... (more story)

Google faces US monopolization claims from Portuguese app distributor

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Portuguese Android app distributor Aptoide filed a US complaint accusing Google of using unlawful agreements to monopolize the markets for Android app distribution and Android In-app billing. “Bu... (more story)

Collectors Holdings accused of monopolizing grading services for trading cards in US

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A collector of sports cards filed a US complaint challenging Collectors Holdings’ acquisition of Sportscard Guaranty and Beckett Grading Services. The complaint alleges that the deals substantial... (more story)

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Online platforms must act to tackle political interference, UK AI minister says

April 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Alexander Chantzos

Europe

Online platforms aren't doing enough to stop foreign interference and misinformation in UK politics, following reports that hundreds of pro-Scottish independence X accounts went dark when Iran shut down the in... (more story)

AI-driven markets a key focus for Italian competition watchdog, head says

April 14, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Europe

AI-driven markets will be among a key challenge for the Italian competition authority in the coming years, its outgoing President Roberto Rustichelli told lawmakers on Tuesday as he presented the AGCM's 2025 a... (more story)

Insurers seek to exclude their risk-assessment models from EU’s AI Act

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Models used for risk assessment by insurers should not fall under the EU’s AI Act, the European Insurances and Occupational Pensions Authority has said. In its letter addressed to several Europea... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Nexstar actions after US FCC clearance highlight need for review, coalition says

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A politically diverse coalition told the US Federal Communications Commission that Nexstar's actions since the FCC approved its merger with Tegna show why the coalition's application for review s... (more story)

Air Liquide’s buyout of Grupo Lumiar under review in Brazil

April 14, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Global gas firm Air Liquide’s Brazilian unit’s planned acquisition of Grupo Lumiar will be subject to a full-form review by CADE, the country's competition regulator.

Which policy direction for post-Orbán Hungary?

April 14, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Hungary’s new government under Péter Magyar is expected to reset relations with the EU, pursue judicial reforms to unlock frozen funds and dismantle key Orbán-era institutions. While maintaining some continuit... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

New Mexico AG touts win against Meta in DC, says Section 230 must be reformed

April 14, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez was in Washington, DC, on Tuesday speaking with members of Congress about the state’s $375 million jury-awarded penalty against Meta Platforms and asking lawmakers to re... (more story)

Google, Meta, Microsoft fail to honor opt-outs, WebXray audit finds

April 14, 2026

North America

 MLex Summary: An independent audit by privacy platform found Google, Microsoft and Meta are not honoring opt-out signals, including Global Privacy Control. WebXray scanned 7,587 websites popular in California... (more story)

Google broke promise to users targeted by US government, EFF says

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Electronic Frontier Foundation sent complaints to the attorneys general of California and New York urging them to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices related to the company's pro... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP shows Europe’s ‘vulnerabilities,’ trade official says

April 14, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The EU is treating intellectual property as a strategic economic and security asset, citing risks stemming from technological dependencies. Maria Martin-Prat of the European Commission’s trade department warns... (more story)

US Congress funds research grants vital to innovation, tech transfer

April 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday that reauthorizes funding for a pair of research and development grant programs that are critical to tech transfer. Advocates praised the reauthorizations of the Sma... (more story)

China unveils new framework to counter 'unlawful' foreign extraterritorial measures

April 14, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has published a new framework to counter what it describes as foreign “unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction,” strengthening its tools to block such measures and impose trade and investment restrictions... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US violated businessman’s constitutional rights in bribery trial, judge rules

April 14, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Federal prosecutors violated the due-process rights of a Texas-based Mexican businessman in a recent corruption trial when they prevented him from contesting electronic messages key to the government’s case, a... (more story)

Businessman freed by US judge who says prosecutors violated his rights

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Judge Kenneth Hoyt granted a post-trial motion from Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez, who had argued that prosecutors violated his Sixth Amendment right to con... (more story)

US threatens secondary sanctions on foreign banks supporting Iran

April 14, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: In a post on X, the US Treasury Department said it's "moving aggressively" to maintain maximum pressure on Iran, warning that it's ready to deploy secondary sanctions on foreign financial institu... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Warsh to be present for US Senate Banking Committee Fed confirmation hearing

April 14, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The US Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on President Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, on April 21 with Warsh present, the two top senators on the committee said.

Maintaining EU bank resilience level key to competitiveness, EU Commission says

April 14, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

A European Commission official signaled on Monday that loosening capital rules is not relevant to boosting EU banks' competitiveness. Almoro Rubin de Cervin, who is in charge of banking regulation and supervis... (more story)

UK claims company told to remove misleading car finance compensation adverts

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Conclusive Financial Ltd, a UK claims management company which also trades as PCP Refunds, has been told to remove misleading adverts on car finance compensation by the Financial Conduct Authorit... (more story)

Trade View More

US quartz producers call for 50 percent tariff, additional quota

April 14, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

North America

The Quartz Manufacturing Alliance of America called on the US International Trade Commission to recommend an immediate 50 percent tariff and a quota of 155 million square feet to counteract unfairly traded qua... (more story)

Airlines seek EU relief from jet-fuel rules as supply concerns mount

April 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Airlines are urging the EU to grant exemptions from key fuel and aviation rules, as concerns grow over potential jet fuel supply disruptions. The sector is seeking flexibility on airport slot usage, refueling ... (more story)

Nuctech’s IT choices in focus as EU judges weigh demands for Chinese data

April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Asia, Europe

Nuctech warned against EU meddling in corporate freedom to structure IT systems, telling judges that European Commission demands to access data in China went too far. In a hearing before the EU courts, lawyers... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU court questions Nuctech’s ‘accessibility’ of Chinese information in FSR raid

April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Asia, Europe

Security scanner company Nuctech told judges on Tuesday that EU officials had forced it to hand over digital information "under duress," even though it risked breaking China's data security law. The EU court i... (more story)

Deutsche ReGas to fight state aid for Deutsche Energy Terminal at EU court

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Energy infrastructure company Deutsche ReGas is challenging the European Commission's 2024 approval of German aid to Deutsche Energy Terminal. The company says the EU state aid regulator  "failed... (more story)

Dutch aid to reduce emissions in dairy farming cleared, EU watchdog says

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Dutch government has secured EU clearance for a €615.7 million program to back reduced activity in the dairy farming sector, contributing to lower greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions. The fi... (more story)

Energy View More

Carbon levy fund’s impact on new green investment unclear, EU auditors say

April 14, 2026 | Helena Freitas

Europe

EU auditors have raised concerns that the European Commission’s proposed Temporary Decarbonization Fund may provide limited incentives for new green investment, warning that elements of its design risk weakeni... (more story)

Hydrogen industry calls for EU action to cut costs and unlock investment

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Stronger demand signals, stable EU carbon market pricing and faster infrastructure rollout to de-risk investment are among the demands of the European hydrogen industry in a position paper publis... (more story)

High energy prices, budget top of agenda at EU leaders summit in April

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU leaders will focus on energy prices, security risks and the economic fallout for European industry stemming from the Middle East crisis at an informal summit in Cyprus on April 23 and 24, acco... (more story)

Technology View More

Social media platforms need scrutiny on election interference, regulators say

April 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Julia Tar

Europe

Social media platforms should work closely with regulators ahead of national elections to ensure that content that could interfere with elections is removed promptly, European regulators said on Tuesday. Regul... (more story)

Belgian referral in online-ticket sales dispute released by EU court

April 14, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU's highest court has released questions from the Brussels Court of First Instance asking whether domestic rules should protect the exclusive rights of event organizers to sell tickets. The ... (more story)

Platform bosses to see UK lawmakers debate criminal liability over abusive images

April 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Criminal liability for tech platform executives and stricter takedown duties for non-consensual intimate images come under debate by UK lawmakers on Tuesday. The government-proposed measures would mean senior ... (more story)