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Artificial Intelligence
April 09, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Data Privacy and Security
April 08, 2026 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift
North America
Trade
April 08, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Eliana Hubacker
North America
Antitrust View More
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced that a Florida federal judge sentenced Jasen Butler, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services, to 60 months in prison and criminal forfeiture after a ju... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brazil’s competition authority has approved a settlement agreement in an investigation into the use of algorithmic pricing software in the fuel retail market, marking the first case of alleged algorithmic coll... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brazil’s competition authority has postponed a ruling in its administrative inquiry into Google News after Councilor Camila Cabral Pires Alves asked for additional time to review a vote Wednesday by Councilor ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The US government submitted a status report to US District Judge Rita F. Lin, describing the steps it has taken to comply with her March 26 preliminary injunction order blocking a supply chain ri... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: UK government testing has found that how users phrase their prompts to OpenAI and Anthropic chatbots can significantly shift the responses given out. A simple reframing from statements to questio... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea's science ministry said Thursday that Seoul and Washington held a kickoff meeting for a bilateral technology-prosperity working group, formally launching cooperation to implement the ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
MLex Summary: Brazil’s competition authority has published a new study mapping the country’s liquid fuel distribution and retail markets, updating data, regulatory developments, and case law through 2025 and u... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
The Brazilian competition authority’s Tribunal has ordered the notification of a capital increase at Oncoclínicas, through which investment funds Quíron and Tessália acquired 115,384,616 newly issued shares an... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte
Europe
Changes to the EU’s stance on mergers came under the microscope on Wednesday in a meeting with European Parliament members, where the policy on building “champion” companies while maintaining competition was d... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Children under the age of 15 will lose access to social media at the start of next year, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced Wednesday, according to a press release, which said ... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Online safety and free speech are once again the subject of a list of recommendations, approved by the Council of Europe on Wednesday. In Strasbourg the foreign affairs ministers of EU member sta... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK government has named Ian Cheshire as its preferred candidate to chair Ofcom, with the communications regulator welcoming the move ahead of a parliamentary hearing next week. Cheshire, who formerly chair... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 08, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Asia, North America
In the first major application of a recent declaration that foreign governments and entities they control aren’t eligible to challenge patents under the America Invents Act, the US Patent and Trademark Office ... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court has clarified that prior art must address the same problem as an invention to challenge inventive step, upholding Vilpe’s patent for a roof ventilation pipe, and offering further guida... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Wuxi DK Electronic Materials, a Chinese solar-cell materials provider, has signed a patent-licensing agreement as it steps up efforts to enforce and monetize DuPont-origin patents central to its intellectual p... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A draft plan to implement the GENIUS Act’s money laundering and sanctions compliance requirements was issued by the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office... (more story)
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission appointed David Woodcock to be the new director of the Enforcement Division, effective May 4.
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo's crimes were of "extraordinary dimensions" and he should receive a sentence of at least 30 years in prison, US prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.
Financial Services View More
April 08, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK financial sector has called for a review of financial promotion rules, arguing that the current “loss-focused” warnings are discouraging retail investors. In the Risk Warnings Review, a group of 17 fina... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
As banking and cryptocurrency firms clash over a key part of a digital assets regulatory bill in the US Senate, the White House has waded in with a study showing that, in essence, banks are making much ado abo... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group discussed issues related to digital finance, noting broad support among participants for digital assets and the adoption of stablecoins for payments. ... (more story)
Trade View More
April 08, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: The US signed a memorandum with North Macedonia to increase the country's purchases of US liquefied natural gas. North Macedonia is committing to creating a one-stop-shop system for US exports an... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The supply of oil remains stable, industry representatives said on Wednesday during an oil coordination meeting with representatives from the European Commission and EU countries. Data sharing on... (more story)
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has reached a settlement agreement with Solventum Corp., resolving allegations the Minnesota-based corporation aided in the sale of me... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Bristol Airport's appeal of a decision of the Welsh Government to grant a subsidy package to Cardiff International Airport has been dismissed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Bristol Airport a... (more story)
April 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a Lithuanian scheme that aims to compensate Litgas for supplying a mandatory quantity of liquefied natural gas to a terminal in the port of Klaipėda. The meas... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy has filed a second challenge over a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal, which broadens out arguments made in the first. The cas... (more story)
Energy View More
April 08, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission has set the quarterly CBAM certificate price at €75.36 for the first quarter of 2026, marking a key step in implementing the EU’s carbon border levy. The price, which reflects EU ETS al... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Shifting to clean energy will require substantial investment but is key to reducing risks to price stability and the broader economy, ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson said. Europe’s reli... (more story)
April 07, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Representatives from EU member-state governments will meet on April 14 to further discuss the EU-US critical minerals strategy — aimed at securing supply chains, reducing dependency on China and setting price ... (more story)
Technology View More
April 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
The manager for actor and rap star Drake denied that he is in the pocket of Live Nation Chief Executive Michael Rapino as the company rested its defense case on Wednesday in a closely watched antitrust trial. ... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has named former Channel 4 chair Ian Cheshire as its preferred candidate to lead media regulator Ofcom, subject to a parliamentary pre-appointment hearing next week. Cheshire, a... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch urged Europe to use public procurement to support domestic tech companies, warning that might become a critical factor for the survival of European technology. He argued that redir... (more story)