Financial Crime
October 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
October 27, 2026 | Xu Yuan
Antitrust
October 27, 2026 | Clayton Vickers and Alex Wilts
October 28, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea has fined Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.7 million) for effectively forcing app developers to use their in-app payment systems, improperly delaying app reviews and,... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Hong Kong will release as soon as Thursday the findings of an independent inquiry into a deadly apartment fire that killed 168 people last year, with Chief Executive John Lee expected to unveil reforms includi... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
South Korea’s competition regulator has revived a cartel remedy that it rarely used for nearly two decades — an order requiring companies found to have engaged in price-fixing to reset their selling prices to ... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
The Australian government government is still debating key rules for data centers ahead of legislation expected to be introduced shortly, with ministers saying operators will need to bring new renewable genera... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Freny Patel
US criticism of India’s intellectual-property regime raises questions over whether legitimate concerns about enforcement and investment uncertainty justify demands for stronger patent and copyright protections... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Amy Miller
The parents of a 31-year old software engineer allege ChatGPT coached her off epilepsy medication, told her to hide the change from her doctors, and reassured her as seizures returned. Bowen Wan died days afte... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
US Federal Trade Commission staffers have reportedly told uniform rental service providers Cintas and UniFirst that the combined market share that would result from their merger troubles the agency sufficientl... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
The US Federal Communications Commission's Space Bureau approved Amazon Leo's application to acquire about 25 megahertz of Globalstar's mobile-satellite service spectrum, ending its review of Amazon's $11.5 bi... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
RHI Magnesita said it has agreed a “revenue threshold” for potential asset sales that may be needed to gain antitrust approval for its acquisition of British rival Vesuvius. The Austrian company is in talks to... (more story)
MLex Summary: Japan’s data protection authority has set up an expert panel to review how central and local governments protect personal information amid differences in their data management practices. The Pers... (more story)
MLex Summary: GMO Internet Group, a Japanese internet infrastructure company, said Wednesday that its subsidiary GMO Internet will make additional payments of up to 3 million yen ($20,000) per disclosure to cu... (more story)
The Australian House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the government’s digital duty-of-care bill, which would require online platforms to identify and reduce risks on their services, give users over 16 t... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
GO Inc., one of Japan’s leading taxi app operators, has suffered a setback in a patent dispute with rival S.RIDE after Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court found that claims covering taxi-payment technolog... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | MLex Staff
China is proposing trade and investment restrictions against foreign entities that misappropriate Chinese trade secrets and threaten national interests, adding new economic measures to its intellectual propert... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
The Unified Patent Court on Tuesday granted Versuni a preliminary injunction against sales of Dreame’s electric “Mira Mop” in Germany, France and the Netherlands, with the Hague local division finding a risk o... (more story)
MLex Summary: The Star Entertainment’s Sydney and Queensland casino operators have been fined a combined A$260 million (US$182.82 million) for systemic failures to comply with Australia’s anti-money laundering... (more story)
October 27, 2026
MLex Summary: Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is leading a coalition of 21 attorneys general in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a Trump administration rule that exempted 99.9 percent of businesses from re... (more story)
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a $1.5 million settlement with Extreme Networks, a North Carolina -based cloud networking solutions provider, for making sa... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Neil Roland
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is looking at two rules in its consideration of how to deregulate startups and small businesses in an attempt to help them prosper in public markets, according to Chai... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Middle East
Israel’s election puts political stability, legal certainty and sanctions risk in focus for tech investors. Businesses seek predictable rules and international partnerships, while experts warn cryptocurrency a... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Helena Freitas
EU countries would face new obligations to assess climate risks by 2029 and adopt national resilience plans by 2030 under a proposed law. The European Commission also plans to establish a Climate Insurance All... (more story)
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: Swiss President Guy Parmelin will visit China from Friday to Sunday, China's Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. China and Switzerland will sign a protocol upgrading their bilateral free trade ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Japan’s cabinet on Monday approved definitive anti-dumping duties of 3.6 percent to 42.1 percent on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip from China and Taiwan. The dutie... (more story)
MLex Summary: The US Justice Department entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Extreme Networks, which agreed to pay criminal penalties totaling about $975,000 to resolve an investigation into sanctions... (more story)
MLex Summary: Japan's government-backed chipmaker Rapidus and Indian technology company HCLTech said on Monday that they have opened two semiconductor development centers in Bengaluru and Hubli, India, to supp... (more story)
October 26, 2026
MLex Summary: The Greek Council of State has released the public version of its decision in August to refer to the EU top court a dispute between the Greek state and the newspaper Dimokratia. The dispute regar... (more story)
October 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Lauwereys
Five Spanish industrial manufacturers saw their challenge of a state aid measure for power prices dismissed at the EU top court on Thursday. PGI Spain, Berry Superfos Pamplona, Promens Packaging, RPC Envases a... (more story)
October 27, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe, North America
The EU and Canada will work over the next year on developing an “Alliance for the Future” to further integrate supply chains, strengthen regulatory cooperation and support investment in critical raw materials,... (more story)
MLex Summary: EU countries would have to assess climate risks by June 2029 and adopt resilience plans by December 2030, under a proposed Climate Resilience Law unveiled on Tuesday. The accompanying European Co... (more story)
MLex Summary: The EU may need to import more liquefied natural gas this winter depending on the severity of the winter weather and gas demand, while stocks remain below historical levels after a slow summer re... (more story)
October 28, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant on Tuesday backed giving individuals the right to sue technology platforms for breaches of online-safety obligations, arguing that existing complaint systems ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed parliament on Tuesday on the government's digital duty-of-care legislation one day before it was approved by the House of Representatives. He ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs and the SNational Police are strengthening cooperation to combat cross-border online gambling networks, digital fraud and other cybercrim... (more story)