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Trade
January 09, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Antitrust, Intellectual Property
January 09, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
January 09, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Antitrust View More
January 12, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Vietnam Competition Commission imposed administrative fines of 2.71 billion Vietnamese dong (over $103,000) on 17 organizations and individuals that violated consumer-rights protection regula... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Allegations filed against Northern Railways Central Hospital for restrictive tender terms were dismissed by the Indian antitrust watchdog. The Competition Commission of India ruled that the increased turnover ... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Chris May
North America
RealPage is attempting to undermine US antitrust enforcement and loosen longstanding restrictions on commercial speech under the Constitution's First Amendment by attacking a New York state law banning algorit... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 12, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China added 446 generative artificial intelligence services that completed national record filing in 2025, while local cyberspace regulators registered another 330 applications or functions that ... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China aims to secure a safe and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence technologies by 2027 under a recently issued “AI Plus Manufacturing” action plan, underscoring Beijing’s push to cut reliance... (more story)
January 10, 2026
Asia
Mlex Summary: Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid said on Saturday that the ministry has temporarily cut the access of Grok AI artificial intelligence feature on the X platfo... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 12, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Google’s proposal to acquire 100 percent of the share capital in cloud-security services provider Wiz Inc will be reviewed by the Australian competition regulator. In a statement on Monday, the A... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Allcargo Logistics has been fined by India’s competition authority for “gun jumping” in connection with its 2023 acquisition of Gati-Kintetsu Express. According to a letter from the Competition Commission of I... (more story)
January 11, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Google’s plan to buy cybersecurity company Wiz could lock users into a suite of cloud services and give the acquirer unfair insights into competitors, according to a cloud-computing trade body. CISPE urged the... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 12, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator has released draft rules on personal data collection and use by internet applications, aiming to better protect user privacy while promoting reasonable data uses. The p... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has ordered temporary restrictions on access to X’s Grok AI in Malaysia from Jan. 11, citing repeated misuse of the service to generate obsc... (more story)
January 10, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs are seeking sanctions against Capital One for discovery misconduct, arguing that the company repeatedly hid, delayed and selectively disclosed critical evidence about how it transmitt... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
The US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday designated as precedential or informative 13 Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions regarding their discretionary denial — the same that were designated in Decembe... (more story)
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: X Corp. filed a US complaint against the National Music Publishers’ Association and music publishers whom it represents, accusing them of colluding through NMPA in a concerted refusal to deal wit... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, just two of the 13 DuPont factors for likelihood of confusion can determine the outcome of over 99 percent of cases, according to new research by Southern Illinois Univ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Venezuelan national was charged by criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia with conspiracy to launder money after allegedly using various bank accounts, cryptocurrency exchange a... (more story)
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, including notices of investigation to local money services businesses; the laun... (more story)
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Paul Jorgenson, former chief revenue officer of Doximity, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to trade in the company's stock and options based on inside information in... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia's Financial Services Authority, or OJK, which oversees the country’s banking and financial service sector, said Thursday it has issued new rules to accelerate the digitalization of rura... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK lawmakers have warned that insufficient data prevents a determination of whether the growth of private markets poses a risk to the UK’s financial stability. The Financial Services Regulation C... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK lawmakers have accused the finance ministry of complacency over the rapid expansion of private markets, warning in a report that the ministry has failed to fully appreciate the risks to financial stability ... (more story)
Trade View More
January 12, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s commerce authorities said they will reinforce safeguards around market opening by strengthening foreign-related legal frameworks, tightening export controls and security review mechanisms... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU-Mercosur trade deal — endorsed on Friday by a majority of the bloc’s member states and entering the final phase of its ratification — will open a “new era of trade and cooperation,” Europe... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US Bureau of Industry and Security has fined a Chinese subsidiary of German engineering and design firm Exyte $1.5 million, alleging it aided the transfer of semiconductor components to China’s Semiconduct... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 09, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has clarified how it will analyze market distortions stemming from subsidies outside of the EU, and how it will balance those against any potential positive effects. In ne... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Companies backed by subsidies from countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia have received greater clarity on how the European Commission will apply rules that police their M&A activity and procurement ... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand has set out a long-term national strategy to expand its semiconductor and advanced electronics industry, with a focus on power semiconductors, sensors, photonics, discrete devices and an... (more story)
Energy View More
January 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Details on an exemption from the EU’s carbon border tax for fertilizer imports were published Thursday by the European Commission. The regulator says the exemption could be triggered under an eme... (more story)
January 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The US decision to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is “regrettable and unfortunate,” EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday. He said support for internationa... (more story)
January 08, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has convened a second meeting with power and energy-storage battery makers in just over six weeks to steer the sector toward more orderly competition, widening its effort into a four-agency joint session... (more story)
Technology View More
January 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK government has said it will criminalize the creation of intimate images without consent “in the coming weeks,” criticized X’s decision to restrict Grok’s image editing tools to paying users, and pressed... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi and Matthew Newman
Europe
A revised EU cybersecurity law is likely to be delayed until Jan. 20, as a proposed mandatory regime for phasing out Chinese and other vendors of technology equipment from critical infrastructure that are deem... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
French booksellers, European banks and accountants are among those urging the European Commission to clamp down on US tech gatekeepers, voicing concerns about a continued stranglehold on some markets. Response... (more story)