Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
October 29, 2026 | Chris May, Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford
Europe, North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
October 29, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe, Latin America, North America
Data Privacy and Security, Energy, Technology, Trade
October 29, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
October 30, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Pan Xiaodong, the deputy chief newly assigned to oversee antitrust enforcement at China's market regulator, pledged stronger competition enforcement in talks with executives from the internet platform, automot... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi
Japanese bolt manufacturer Nikko received a corrective recommendation Friday from Japan's competition watchdog for improperly reducing payments to 16 subcontractors. The privately held company has already paid... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Bunnings Group could face a bid to close its planned Queensland store shortly after opening if hardware rival Woodman Beenleigh succeeds in its misuse-of-market-power lawsuit. At a Federal Court hearing on Fri... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
A wave of cyberattacks exposing Japanese companies to compensation costs and damages claims is sharpening questions about whether the country needs stronger safeguards against misuse of artificial intelligence... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Yonnex Li
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini capture more than 90 percent of Taiwan's consumer AI usage, but most users say they would switch tools if prices rose or quality declined, a new regulatory survey shows. Th... (more story)
October 30, 2026
MLex Summary: Hyundai Motor Group said Friday that Hyundai Motor Co and four other group affiliates had decided to join the group’s project to build and operate a hyperscale artificial intelligence data center... (more story)
MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Friday published its quarterly list of merger clearances for July through September, including Deutsche Lufthansa’s acquisition of a 41 percent stake in Italian... (more story)
MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission on Friday said it has fined Pilipinas Enterprise Management Holdings Inc. and MERALCO PowerGen Corp. 5.8 million pesos ($91,100) for repeatedly missing repor... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
The six significant European merger investigations completed so far in 2026 are an exceedingly low volume, according to a Dechert law firm quarterly report, and put the EU on pace for the lowest annual total m... (more story)
MLex Summary: Cathay Pacific said Friday that unauthorized access to systems at travel-technology provider Amadeus IT Group had exposed reservation data for around 53,000 bookings between August 2023 and Septe... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Malaysia expects to introduce its proposed AI Governance Bill in Parliament in early 2027, establishing the country's first cross-sector legal framework for managing risks associated with artificial intelligen... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Sean Maguire
New Zealand's privacy watchdog has concluded its inquiry into the 2025 Manage My Health data breach, saying the incident should serve as a warning to agencies about handling personal information. The final rep... (more story)
China’s top court is signaling a tougher stance on plant-variety infringement, easing rights holders’ evidentiary burden, applying punitive damages and tackling attempts to evade liability.
October 29, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Three Google Gemini copyright cases could reshape EU rules on AI training as the European Commission considers new licensing, opt-out and payment requirements. The parallel court and legislative processes expo... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Giorgi Dvalishvili
This week the Unified Patent Court ordered SK Nexilis to pay €1.1 million in costs, including those of an undecided conditional revocation counterclaim. Preliminary injunctions targeted Dreame’s Mira Mop and P... (more story)
October 29, 2026
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged two foreign-operated, Colorado-incorporated entities for allegedly orchestrating a fraud scheme that used false SEC filings to boost confidence i... (more story)
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, wrote to Attorney General Todd Blanche, calling on him to conduct a full criminal invest... (more story)
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: A US magistrate judge scheduled a hearing in December to address discovery requests from current and former Smartmatic executives who are fighting corruption charges related to an alleged bribery... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on draft rules that would ease collateral requirements for derivatives trades when either trading party falls below a €8 billion activity threshold. Th... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Providers of blockchain-based identity and document verification tools, including digital wallets, could face additional General Data Protection Regulation duties when sharing data about people they can't iden... (more story)
MLex Summary: EU banks should no longer have to report certain indicators on fees, commissions and trading-book activities under the bloc's green taxonomy rules, the European Banking Authority has told the Eur... (more story)
MLex Summary: Imports of certain cellulose ethers from China and South Korea will face EU customs registration, allowing anti-dumping duties to be collected retroactively if the legal conditions are met. The E... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of between 39.8 percent and 48.1 percent on Chinese PET spunbond. The duties take effect following an investigation prompted by ... (more story)
MLex Summary: Imports of certain steel wire ropes and cables from Turkey, India and Thailand are set to face EU customs registration, allowing anti-dumping duties to be collected retroactively if the legal con... (more story)
October 27, 2026
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 29, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Proposed EU requirements preventing electricity from being taxed more heavily than gas faced government opposition Thursday, with several countries arguing that the measures require unanimous approval under a ... (more story)
National regulators should not act in isolation, EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said Thursday, defending proposed powers over electricity network charges as governments seek greater national discretion. ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe, Oceania
Climate commitments are putting pressure on the EU’s trade agenda from opposite directions. Australian opposition politicians want assurances against potential climate-related trade penalties, while an environ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
A group of parents are trying to convince a US federal judge not to send their claims against Roblox over child safety failures to arbitration, arguing in court on Thursday that the mass arbitration framework ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
The Washington DC Attorney General’s Office and others are seeking to depose TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about his knowledge of potential child sexual exploitation issues that have arisen from TikTok Live.
MLex Summary: Penske Media and Chegg have appealed an order granting Google's motion to dismiss their antitrust claims to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Penske and Chegg accuse Google of using its... (more story)