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Antitrust
January 06, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Financial Crime
January 05, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
January 05, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
January 07, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
The UK competition regulator’s enforcement of threatened actions this year to change Apple and Google’s practices is a touchstone of its broader digital markets enforcement powers. While the watchdog is consid... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Italy’s football federation, FIGC, has lost an appeal before Italy's highest administrative court, which confirmed that the federation abused its dominant position by restricting the activity of sports promoti... (more story)
January 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A plea by Apple and Amazon over the deadline for a €173 million Italian antitrust fine has been dismissed by the EU's top court. The EU Court of Justice judges said the national law that obliges ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 07, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
Nvidia has struck an optimistic tone on the prospect of Beijing approving sales of its H200 chips, with Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang arguing that strong demand from Chinese customers would be the clear... (more story)
January 07, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: A group of 17 South Korean civil-society organizations has jointly submitted comments on the draft version of a national artificial intelligence action plan that the National AI Strategy Committe... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s northeastern province of Liaoning will apply Big Data and artificial intelligence to government-procurement oversight in 2026 to flag bid-rigging risks early and reduce room for “human manipulation” in... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 07, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance, or PSKY, filed Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification forms regarding its merger proposal for Warner Brothers Discovery on Dec. 8, 2025. On Dec. 23, the US Department of Jus... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Anglo American has filed its merger with Teck Resources for EU competition approval. The mining company filed the deal to the European Commission under its “simplified” procedure, which is used to assess deals... (more story)
January 07, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Netflix said it welcomed the Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors’ continued support for its merger proposal, and its unanimous recommendation that stockholders reject the revised offer from... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 07, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Debeka, a private health insurer, will soon face a ruling by Germany’s Federal Administrative Court over whether it may analyze sensitive patient billing and diagnosis data for voluntary preventive care progra... (more story)
January 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has called for feedback on how to strengthen Europe's open-source tech ecosystem as part of its wider strategy to help the sector grow and reduce its dependence on foreign... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK lawmakers have criticized the government’s cybersecurity bill for leaving major victims of recent attacks, such as retailer Marks & Spencer and carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, outside the scope of new rules. Du... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 07, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has disclosed how a copyright lawsuit involving artificial intelligence was resolved through mediation, underscoring its push to use alternative dispute resolution to manage emerging legal risks in the AI sector.
January 07, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Major League Baseball’s “Blue Jays” lacks reputation in India, the Delhi High Court has ruled, allowing an Indian apparel brand to retain its “Blue Jay” trademark.
January 06, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A challenge to the agreement governing adoption of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification has been roundly rejected in the US. Last week’s summary judgment in favor of California-based H... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 07, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A former Jefferies International employee has denied a single count of insider trading as he appeared in a London court on Wednesday alongside a close friend. The pair will stand trial in January 2028.
January 07, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Two former finance directors at Carillion have been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds on Wednesday after failing to alert that the construction company faced “serious financial difficulties.” The construct... (more story)
January 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A former New York-based employee of TD Bank, Wilfredo Aquino, pleaded guilty to facilitating a money laundering network’s movement of hundreds of millions of dollars through TD Bank accounts.
Financial Services View More
January 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
Negotiation of multiple proposals to foster EU capital markets, new decisions on improving the banking sector’s competitiveness, debates over multi-issued stablecoins, as well as appointments to EU finance top... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The European Commission should further delay the implementation of the Basel III bank capital requirement rules — known as the FRTB framework — until 2028, according to ISDA, AFME and the IIF. However, the thr... (more story)
January 06, 2026 | Frank Hersey and Sofia Gerace
Europe
Zurich UK is among insurance firms asked by the Financial Conduct Authority to experiment with artificial intelligence to speed up the processing time for awarding bereavement payments, a senior compliance sta... (more story)
Trade View More
January 07, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday launched an antidumping investigation into imports of dichlorosilane from Japan, saying it had accepted an application filed last December by Tangshan Su... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has tightened export controls on dual-use items to Japan, marking a further escalation in bilateral tensions rooted in disputes over Taiwan and raising compliance risks across regional supply chains. In ... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japan has lodged a strong protest against China’s decision to impose new export restrictions on dual-use goods targeting Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, K... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Portuguese airline TAP now has until June 30 to divest its shareholding in ground-handling provider SPdH and Cateringpor to fulfil the conditions imposed by the European Commission in 2021, when ... (more story)
January 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Amended guidelines on state aid measures under which more industrial sectors in the bloc will benefit from compensation to cover rising carbon costs have been released on Monday. The rules, which... (more story)
January 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Broadcaster Telly and the Czech Association of Satellite Operators have asked the EU Court of Justice to overturn a May ruling by the bloc's lower tier court relating to the use of radio-frequenc... (more story)
Energy View More
January 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Protecting wholesale markets from manipulation, strengthening cross-border electricity and gas trade and supporting energy security are key priorities for the EU energy watchdog this year, its 20... (more story)
January 06, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government has set out an ambition to make financial regulation simpler, more proportionate and more supportive of growth. But for financial-services lawyers, 2026 is shaping up to be another demanding ... (more story)
January 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: About 2,000 kilometers of electricity lines were approved by Germany's energy regulator last year, about 45 percent more than in 2024, it said Friday. The first approval procedures for major high... (more story)
Technology View More
January 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A forum representing four key UK digital regulators has invited users to apply by Feb. 6 to help test a new library that aims to gather all their guidance in one place. The one-stop-shop Digital ... (more story)
January 07, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
Japan’s Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Tuesday the government is keeping sexual deepfakes under a close watch, with a comprehensive study based on the new AI Act underway.
January 07, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Companies operating in China face diverging pressures in 2026 as data privacy and cybersecurity policy pull in several directions at once. Public unease over data misuse, rising geopolitical friction with the ... (more story)