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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
February 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Crime, Intellectual Property
February 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Nick Robertson
North America
Antitrust View More
February 25, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Bill Batchelor, a lawyer for ByteDance, saw the EU General Court on Wednesday reject his request to access European Commission documents related to the designation of his client as a “gatekeeper” under the EU ... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple’s proposed commitments to the UK antitrust regulator to give app developers access to key iPhone Operating System features to build products and services “are so weak they are essentially m... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts
Europe
Ethylene purchaser Celanese has told investors it has been the target of 11 new cartel damages claims since the start of 2025, and that it expects further lawsuits following an EU antitrust sanction. In additi... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 25, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
Agentic AI is a future concern for the UK data protection authority according to its head, following the Dutch watchdog's recent warning not to use tools such as OpenClaw as reports of privacy issues from its ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
US artificial-intelligence company Anthropic has accused three Chinese AI startups of improperly distilling its Claude models, alleging the practice could erode its competitive advantage and raise national-sec... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The State Bank of Vietnam has released a draft circular to regulate the application of artificial intelligence in the banking sector. The draft sets out requirements to ensure safety, manage risk... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 25, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: The proposal by AVC Operations, a subsidiary of Australian Venue Co. Holdings, to acquire 100 percent of the business and assets of Ash Promotions, trading as An Sibin Irish Pub, under an asset s... (more story)
February 24, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Brazil’s competition watchdog has been analyzing Arco Educação’s planned buyout of edtech firm Edify in a deal that would involve the buyer’s further expansion into private bilingual schooling, with an exclusi... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Paramount's latest bid for Warner Bros. "could reasonably be expected to lead to" a superior proposal as defined in WBD's deal with Netflix, according to the Warner Bros. Discovery board of direc... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 25, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Reddit’s £14.5 million UK privacy fine stems from failings that predate the Online Safety Act, the country’s data protection regulator has said. Information Commissioner John Edwards said the company breached ... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s draft Social Assistance Law, submitted Wednesday to the top legislator for a second reading, would further strengthen protections for privacy and personal information, according to state ... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Some 200,000 Taiwan-based Coupang accounts were affected by a data incident disclosed in November, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The affected information included users’ names, em... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The estate of the canonical author's late wife has appealed to the EU General Court after EUIPO refused “George Orwell” as a trademark for books and cultural services, ruling the name describes content rather ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court upheld Austrian packaging manufacturer Messerle’s cardboard tray patent, but dismissed its infringement claim against Sabert’s Tray2Go products. Judges in the Vienna division rejected ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
A Chinese court has raised damages in a case involving the unauthorized adaptation of a horror novel into an escape-room venue, signaling a willingness to push statutory awards higher when actual losses and in... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 25, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Convicted fraudster David Ames has been ordered to pay back just £283,000 from a £336 million fraud that saw him jailed for 12 years after thousands of investors were left out of pocket. In a ruling at a Londo... (more story)
February 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Christopher Alexander Delgado, president and chief executive of Goliath Ventures, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly running the ... (more story)
February 24, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Jay Clayton, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the office's new Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for illegal activity involving fraud and... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has published draft technical rules, setting revised clearing thresholds under EU law. The proposals retain five threshold categories, clarify how po... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Updated rules to assess the suitability of senior managers and key function holders at banks and investment firms have been opened for consultation by the European Banking Authority and the Europ... (more story)
February 24, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Federal Reserve proposed codifying its 2025 policy that bars reputational risk from being part of bank examinations — a proposal that dovetails with President Trump’s allegations that he was discriminat... (more story)
Trade View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a joint procedure to select the seat of the future EU Customs Authority, giving both institutions equal voting rights. Under the proces... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China said it is monitoring and will assess recent US tariff changes and will in due course decide whether to revise countermeasures targeting Washington’s original fentanyl-related and “reciproc... (more story)
February 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
US quartz surface product manufacturers argued in favor of increased domestic safeguards Tuesday at a Section 201 hearing by the US International Trade Commission, saying they were materially injured by the qu... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The granting of operating aid for renewable energy on a larger scale will become possible, and rules on aid for airports will become more flexible, under proposed changes to the EU's State Aid Ge... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Parliament could call for an "independent European Competition Authority" separate from the European Commission — the EU's executive branch — to ensure that there is "no political in... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Greece will be eligible for direct grants and tax advantages under a €400 million plan that has won European Commission state aid approval. The measure will back strategic investment... (more story)
Energy View More
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Presentation of the EU's energy package, which includes measures to strengthen energy security, an electrification plan, and a heating and cooling strategy, has been postponed to May 19, the Euro... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Wednesday adopted the final version of a three-year policy roadmap aimed at fostering the development and adopti... (more story)
February 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A package of measures to simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies by raising the thresholds for which they apply has been approved by EU ministers and will b... (more story)
Technology View More
February 25, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European regulators should focus on building their capacities to enforce existing digital rules rather than crafting new ones, a key enforcer for the EU's Digital Services Act said on Wednesday. The comment by... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
YouTube’s recommendation engine is designed to limit endless scrolling, its vice president of engineering told jurors Tuesday in a California state trial over youth social media addiction. Meta’s counsel also ... (more story)
February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
While Meta Platforms reported an overwhelming number of tips to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, it was simultaneously allowing groomers to access children on its platform, a jury in New M... (more story)