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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
April 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trade
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Data Privacy and Security
April 24, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
Antitrust View More
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex summary: A federal judge in Hawaii has again thrown out a lawsuit by airline passengers seeking to unwind Alaska Air Group’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, ruling that the plaintiffs did not plausibly ... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Alphabet unit Google on Monday saw the European Commission publish draft instructions on how to ensure the AI-relevant features on Android smartphones comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act. Th... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Google may have to give ChatGPT, Perplexity and other rival AI services access to the “wake word” and allow them to command apps on Android smartphones to comply with an EU law on digital gatekeepers. Google s... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 27, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Meta Platforms has been scheduled an antitrust hearing in Brussels on May 5 over its decision to charge other companies for putting their AI chatbots on its WhatsApp service, MLex has learned. Meta started cha... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Asia
Mlex Summary: China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top economic planner, said Monday it has blocked the foreign acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus and ordered the... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Malaysia’s digital minister Gobind Singh Deo said responsibility for artificial intelligence must remain with human actors, even as policymakers debate AI legal personality. Speaking at a legal conference on M... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 27, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
Associated British Foods said it would probably have to close down its bakery business in Northern Ireland in the event that it doesn’t gain antitrust clearance for its acquisition of Hovis Group because of th... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic’s acquisition of energy company Italiana Petroli has received approval from the EU under its foreign subsidy rules. The European Commission had a Monday deadlin... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
A Hawaii federal judge has dismissed again a challenge by a group of consumers seeking to undo Alaska Air Group’s acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The court had granted a motion to dismiss the initial complai... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has called on internet platforms and delivery companies to better protect gig workers’ rights, urging tighter oversight of algorithms, stronger data privacy safeguards and curbs on unfair fees and anti-c... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security sent a new draft decree guiding the implementation of the cybersecurity law to the Ministry of Justice for assessment on Saturday. Compared with the previous... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is studying potential restrictions on youth access to social media and is not committing to an outright ban, Law Minister Edwin Tong said Monday, signaling a preference for targeted safeguards to add... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 27, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Innoscience has secured another legal victory in its ongoing patent dispute with Infineon Technologies, after a Chinese court upheld the validity of two of its core gallium nitride, or GaN, patents.
April 27, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court has canceled a JPO, decision that upheld a thermoplastic resin patent used in display materials, finding that the invention was obvious and that its claimed performance benefits weren’t c... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
An Indian court has set aside the refusal of Huntington Alloys’ patent application, ruling that authorities must provide reasoned explanations even in atomic energy cases.
Financial Crime View More
April 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A former financial director of Stericycle’s Latin American division has pleaded not guilty to US charges over his alleged role in a foreign bribery scheme at the waste-management firm, according to court recor... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
International law firm Dentons is facing a further UK court case over its handling of a wealthy client after court of appeal judges rejected its bid to dismiss the case on Monday. The case is focused on claims... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Asia, Latin America
MLex Summary: In a disclosure to the Singapore Stock Exchange, Seatrium said the general division of the High Court in Singapore has approved a deferred-prosecution agreement related to the Operation Car Wash ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s financial regulator has been given some relief in its push to roll out a sweeping redress plan for the car-finance mis-selling scandal, after the industry’s main trade body confirmed it would not moun... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU finance ministers have been asked to consider the scope of direct supervision and the governance framework in a policy initiative to improve the EU's capital markets called the Market Integrat... (more story)
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial regulator has said it wants to simplify its rules on information sharing during initial public offerings, after the industry said the current framework is costly and complex. T... (more story)
Trade View More
April 27, 2026
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America
MLex summary: The US Commerce Department has announced antidumping investigations into oil country tubular goods from Austria, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates, and an antisubsidy case into Austrian subject imports.
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US Customs and Border Protection has extended an import ban on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan through April 28, 2029.
April 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined solar cells from Indonesia, Laos and India are sold or likely to be sold at less than fair value in the US. The preliminary determination follows investi... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Lufthansa has lost its legal challenge to a lower court verdict that ruled a German €6 billion recapitalization plan for the air carrier was illegal. In a judgment delivered Thursday, the EU's Co... (more story)
Energy View More
April 24, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Maine's Democratic governor said Friday that she’s vetoed a bill that would have made Maine the first US state to pause construction on large new data centers. The decision highlights the tough choices for pol... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Additional sanction proceedings against power sector companies regarding the April 2025 blackout have been opened by Spain’s competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competenci... (more story)
April 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will accelerate its shift to domestic clean energy and push to complete the single market by 2027, following talks in Cyprus between... (more story)
Technology View More
April 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s planned law to strengthen protection and digital fairness for consumers, the Digital Fairness Act, could create disproportionate impacts on low-risk media businesses, trade groups repres... (more story)
April 27, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is preparing to start its new Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) framework, introducing a dedicated Online Safety Commission with powers to order rapid content removal and strengthen victim re... (more story)
April 24, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers
North America
Pork processors are set to face off against Minnesota direct action plaintiffs in an alleged price-fixing civil lawsuit, with a US federal judge setting Sept. 9 as the trial date following weeks of discussion.