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Antitrust
April 22, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Financial Crime
April 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Financial Services
April 21, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
April 22, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Chile's National Economic Prosecutor’s Office is confident its ex officio probes and leniency program are well positioned to tackle cartel cases, a top official said.
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Minnesota federal judge rejected a request by the US Department of Justice and state attorneys general to authorize, less than two weeks before their antitrust trial begins, a corporate represe... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Members of a committee of the California Department of Food and Agriculture asked a federal court to dismiss US antitrust claims alleging their involvement in a cartel agreement as quota-holding dairy farmers,... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A group of former senior national security officials, diplomats, intelligence professionals and subject-matter experts told a US appeals court that the government’s designation of Anthropic as a ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Organized religion can offer guideposts to lawmakers debating if and how to regulate artificial intelligence in the United States, according to people working at the intersection of faith and policy, who say t... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Amazon told a US appeals court that Perplexity is trying to undermine a "narrow injunction" barring it from using its Comet AI to access password-protected parts of Amazon's website by misstating... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 22, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
RTL has received unconditional EU approval for its takeover of Sky Deutschland, after the European Commission deemed advertising market concessions the entertainment group offered unnecessary due to a lack of ... (more story)
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Media group RTL's acquisition of Sky Deutschland has received unconditional approval from the European Commission. The regulator said the deal raised no concerns, and that markets were "undergoin... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
Belgian food manufacturer Vandemoortele said it will “engage constructively” with the antitrust regulator as its buyout of rival frozen pastry supplier Délifrance unexpectedly moved to a deeper phase II invest... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Google and Flo Health’s $56 million settlement has been granted preliminary approval. It resolves US privacy allegations against the companies over Flo’s allegedly illegal sharing of users’ repro... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Business Software Alliance issued a statement saying it welcomes the introduction of the SECURE Data Act. BSA said that the law should help reinvigorate bipartisan efforts to advance a compre... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Latin America
Brazil’s child online safety law has entered force, but key questions on how and when it will be enforced remain open, and companies are seeking guidance on compliance. At a recent UK conference, regulators sa... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Overlapping name changes by two prominent animal welfare advocacy groups have sparked litigation over the exclusive right to use “humane society.” For nonprofits operating in a crowded field, the case undersco... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Footwear manufacturer Crocs lost an appeal against a finding of invalidity for the design for its rubber shoe. The General Court of the EU ruled that the addition of an ankle strap was not enough to make Crocs... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court has ordered carmaker Geely to withdraw a Chinese request for a global interim license, finding it could undermine Nokia’s Standard Essential Patent enforcement. Judges said the move wa... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Stuart Holloway, a former relationship manager with the Royal Bank of Scotland’s specialist Global Restructuring Group, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admit... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden and Goldman Sachs jointly told a US judge they've reached an agreement in principle to resolve a shareholder lawsuit alleging that investors lost money becau... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In a securities filing, Chilean mining company Sociedad Quimica y Mineras de Chile (SQM) said a US foreign bribery investigation has resumed after a pause ordered by the US government. The compan... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government has further diluted its proposed powers over pension fund asset allocation, following pushback from lawmakers in Britain’s upper chamber. Pensions minister Torsten Bell said the latest propos... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A UK consumer group is set to bring the Financial Conduct Authority to court over its £9.1 billion car-finance redress plan, after claiming that drivers will be left undercompensated. The FCA set out in March ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government is moving ahead with plans to remove the Certification Regime from national financial regulations, amid concerns that it’s hindering economic growth. The finance ministry has said it will int... (more story)
Trade View More
April 22, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Europe, North America
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer indicated that the agency has "certain Section 301 potential actions in draft" to address digital sector trade barriers on multiple countries and is willing to utilize th... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US will push to ensure 100 percent of federal cargo is moved by US-flagged ships, part of an increasing effort to restore American shipbuilding, a top official said Wednesday at a congressional hearing.
April 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress
Asia, Latin America, North America
The US Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department’s remand determination in a scope ruling for wood moulding products, agreeing with the agency’s interpretation of an importer’s product as ... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission outlined coordinated measures to contain rising energy prices, including possible oil stock releases and joint gas storage efforts to avoid price spikes. In an announcement Wednesday, t... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU has criticized the removal of a Chinese subcontractor from a consortium bid for works on the Lisbon metro system, saying the company didn't make a critical... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has won EU approval for a program worth €300 million to cover advisory services to businesses processing, producing and selling agricultural products. To receive the support, the services ... (more story)
Energy View More
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed five directives to invoke the Defense Production Act to shore up domestic supply chains for grid, large-scale energy, liquefied natural gas, coal and petroleum infrastructure.
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU countries should remove barriers to power purchase agreements — long-term contracts that let companies buy electricity directly from producers at stable prices — to help industry manage energy... (more story)
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to address rising energy costs driven by tensions in the Middle East. The plan combines emergency support for households and in... (more story)
Technology View More
April 22, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
The European Commission's proposal for a new definition of personal data in the EU’s digital simplification package has sparked debate between data protection regulators and the AdTech industry, with opposing ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Google’s video-sharing platform YouTube has formally pledged to comply with Indonesia's child-protection requirements, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs announced Wednesday, following a recent ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
EU regulators and companies are debating whether cookie consent rules should be changed so that users make choices at the browser level rather than being bombarded with consent banners and suffering from “cook... (more story)