Artificial Intelligence, Financial Crime, Technology, Trade
November 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
November 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
November 12, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
November 13, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Companies would be subject to regulation under a proposed Brazilian Digital Markets Bill only if they meet all the established criteria, which include revenue, operations across different markets and vertical integration, ...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Germany and eight other EU governments are pressing the European Commission for a fresh patent-licensing proposal, warning that uncertainty threatens Europe’s competitiveness and economic security. Their joint call revives...(read more)
November 13, 2026
MLex Summary: Five healthcare and hospital groups and an executive face a Spanish antitrust probe over suspected collusion affecting a public tender for sports accident insurance in Galicia, the competition regulator said ...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Masha Borak
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights should be updated to protect personal identity and likeness from AI deepfakes and guard against algorithmic discrimination, EU lawmakers have said. A resolution adopted on Thursday come...(read more)
MLex Summary: Agentic AI and large language models do not create a new set of data protection requirements for online advertising, the UK’s Information Commission’s Office said in a report published on Friday. However, com...(read more)
MLex Summary: Age checks under the proposed EU Kids Act should be necessary and proportionate, with lawmakers considering where safety by design could protect all users instead, the European Data Protection Supervisor has ...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Talent in artificial intelligence could be treated as an asset when assessing acquisitions, prominent Chinese competition scholar Huang Yong said, outlining a preliminary approach based on the value personnel could create....(read more)
November 12, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Virginia utility customers have largely voiced opposition to NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion during hearings this fall, arguing that it will likely lead to higher utility bills, undermine the state’s alternative energy s...(read more)
November 12, 2026 | Chris May
Companies are using AI-powered software tools for both offensive and defensive antitrust compliance, and how those tools are used is top of mind for US states preparing to get in on the action, a senior enforcer with the C...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Imogen Howse
UK software companies could be given stronger incentives to develop more secure software, MLex has learned. The UK government is exploring how procurement and proportionate certification could encourage secure software dev...(read more)
MLex Summary: Tinder has drawn a fine of €11 million from Ireland’s data protection watchdog for failing to give users complete copies of their personal data on request. The Data Protection Commission said in a statement t...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
MTCH Technology Services, which operates the Tinder dating platform, has been fined €11 million for failing to provide users with complete copies of their personal data, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said on Friday....(read more)
A former executive at Chinese specialty chemicals maker Shenzhen Capchem Technology has been convicted of criminal trade-secret infringement after disclosing proprietary chemical formulations to a competing business.
November 13, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
South Korea can become an artificial intelligence leader while protecting its creative industries by strengthening copyright licensing, backed by transparency requirements, an official at the International Federation of Re...(read more)
November 12, 2026 | Amy Miller
A California state judge tentatively denied Anthropic's bid to obtain internal OpenAI documents for its defense against Reddit's data-scraping lawsuit, raising concerns about service of the subpoena and why Anthropic hadn'...(read more)
November 12, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: US House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded the Trump administration retain all records relating to its project to allow — a...(read more)
November 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
An executive of medical device company Balt who has been referred to as “John Doe” on the court docket in a US corruption case has asked a judge to let him skip a public appearance at an upcoming hearing. “Once disclosed, ...(read more)
MLex Summary: A US judge has granted a request to adjourn the fraud and money laundering trial of a former chief executive of the Subway restaurant supply cooperative and her brother to January 2027, according to a court o...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Fanny Roux
The European Parliament’s rejection of a deal on the EU Retail Investment Strategy is seen as a victory for the financial industry, but a setback for stronger protections for individual investors. While the reform is not o...(read more)
November 12, 2026 | Fanny Roux
The European Parliament on Thursday rejected a deal with EU governments on a legislative proposal to boost retail investment in the bloc. The rejection leaves the future of the legislation uncertain, with opposition from l...(read more)
MLex Summary: Former HealthBeacon employee Alan Dalton has been fined €67,580 by the Irish Central Bank for insider trading after he twice wrongly sold shares in the medical devices company. The regulator said that Dalton ...(read more)
MLex Summary: EU dumping duties on imports of mono ethylene glycol from the US and Saudi Arabia are being reviewed to see if their scheduled expiry on Nov. 16 would lead to continued dumping and harm to the EU industry, th...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Jet Damazo-Santos
Malaysia is considering tighter controls on chip trade as authorities check whether artificial intelligence processors brought into the country by Megaspeed-affiliate Speedmatrix were re-exported lawfully, adding a possibl...(read more)
MLex Summary: Definitive safeguard measures currently in place on EU imports of certain ferroalloys — such as ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, ferrosilico-manganese and ferro-silico-magnesium — are subject to a planned firs...(read more)
MLex Summary: A €900 million ($995 million) Dutch capital increase for promotional bank Invest-NL's impact investment unit and the continuation of an annual €10 million subsidy to its development subsidiary until 2032 have...(read more)
MLex Summary: Germany has received state aid approval for two measures totaling €286 million ($316 million) to support infrastructure projects at the port of Hamburg, the European Commission said. The measures, in the form...(read more)
MLex Summary: Moves by a private citizen to seek damages from the European Commission for intervening in a Latvian court case about the rescue of Parex banka should fail, according to a legal opinion for the EU's highest c...(read more)
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: Accelerating global electrification will remain an EU priority in the second week of the ongoing United Nations climate change conference, COP31. The EU delegation will also focus on implementation of the Par...(read more)
MLex Summary: Poland is on track to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17.7 percent by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, meeting its target under EU rules, according to a European Commission assessment on Friday of its updated ...(read more)
MLex Summary: EU lawmakers and governments have reached a provisional agreement to increase free carbon emission allowances for energy-intensive industries between now and 2030. The deal would provide around 121 million al...(read more)
November 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
More large tech firms should be obliged to share data and open up their systems along the entire stack of AI products and services to ensure market competition, a Nobel-prize winner for economics said. Philippe Aghion said...(read more)
MLex Summary: Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation Thursday does not "absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility for putting our national security at risk or for any potential violat...(read more)
MLex Summary: Jensen Huang has resigned as chief executive of US chip-maker Nvidia, the Board of Directors said. The announcement follows reports that Huang had extramarital affairs, including with a businesswoman who US i...(read more)