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 29, 2026
MLex Summary: Goldman Sachs, Currenex, and others facing US antitrust claims over an alleged conspiring to rig auctions for foreign exchange transactions were denied the opportunity to appeal a lower court rul... (more story)
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)
Europe
MLex Summary: UK regulators have been asked by the government to identify potential legislative and procedural changes designed to ensure that the regulatory system isn't overburdensome on business and support... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
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)
MLex Summary: UK guidance on special category data under the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, has been updated by the British privacy regulator to reflect changes made by the Data (Use and Access) ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Austria’s proposed social media restrictions for under-14s face European Commission objections while the EU negotiates its Kids Act, the commission said on Thursday. The response signals how the EU executive c... (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: The law firm Dechert’s quarterly report on US and European agencies’ merger probes indicates that, unless enforcement activity surges at the end of the year, the Federal Trade Commission and Depa... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brazil’s competition authority cleared, without restrictions, White Martins’ acquisition of all shares in Locmed Hospitalar and LCM Comércio e Serviços Hospitalates, finding that sufficient competition will re... (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.
Connecticut and more than 30 other states reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors over its deceptive practice of selling consumers’ driving data, including precise geolocation measured every thre... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Searches by online providers to detect child sexual abuse material could target individual users or specific parts of their services, subject to safeguards and oversight, according to an Oct. 27 draft of propo... (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 | Jean Comte
Meta Platforms saw its arguments against two French antitrust injunctions comprehensively rejected on Thursday, with appeal court judges upholding the orders to negotiate "in good faith" a remuneration system ... (more story)
Meta Platforms has lost its legal challenge against two French antitrust injunctions that ordered the US digital giant to negotiate with press publishers "in good faith" over a remuneration system to use journ... (more story)
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)
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)
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)
MLex Summary: The White House announced a memorandum of understanding with the Finnish government to collaborate on developing post-quantum cryptographic standards and improving cybersecurity companies’ trade ... (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 27, 2026
Asia
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 | 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 28, 2026 | Amy Miller
The Trump administration is mounting a series of legal maneuvers to shut down the NAACP’s lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s xAI of illegally operating gas-fired turbines at its Mississippi data center. The Departme... (more story)
October 28, 2026
MLex Summary: The EU will develop a joint roadmap with the refining industry to support domestic fuel production, energy security and the sector's transition to cleaner fuels, Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Small platforms hosting dangerous content should face additional online safety duties, UK lawmakers said on Thursday, as they called for a review of how the Online Safety Act determines which services qualify.... (more story)
Social media platforms may need safeguards beyond age checks if the UK's planned ban for under-16s is to work effectively, the online safety regulator said in an assessment published Thursday. These could incl... (more story)
MLex Summary: App stores could support the UK's planned social media ban, but any new duties restricting children's access to apps would depend on reliable age checks, the online safety regulator said in a rep... (more story)