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Jensen Huang

Artificial Intelligence, Financial Crime, Technology, Trade

November 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Emma Whitford

North America

US scrutiny of Nvidia AI chip exports to continue despite Huang's resignation
Brazil AI act regulation symbol.

Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

November 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil's digital markets bill could help tackle AI competition risks
A train parked on a railroad

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

November 12, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

Union Pacific CEO's speech scrutinized by US rail board

Antitrust View More

Brazil CADE's Oliveira seeks greater public participation on decisions

November 13, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Paulo Henrique de Oliveira, chief of staff to the president of Brazil’s antitrust authority, said the current administration is focused on restoring the participation of organizations in the decision-making process. He mad...(read more)

DaVita, Fresenius vow to vigorously defend against Washington's noncompete suit

November 12, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

DaVita and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings have vowed to defend themselves vigorously against an antitrust lawsuit brought by Washington state alleging the two companies illegally imposed noncompete agreements on medical d...(read more)

Unilateral conduct decisions show divergence between Brazil CADE bodies

November 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Significant divergences between the Brazilian competition authority's investigative unit and its Tribunal in cases involving alleged unilateral conduct were found in a study, reinforcing calls for clearer guidance on how s...(read more)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Australia's AG says OpenAI prosecution questions remain unresolved

November 13, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia’s Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has left open the possibility of criminal charges against OpenAI over unauthorized access to government websites, while acknowledging that existing criminal laws have not been ...(read more)

Australian prudential regulator to stress test financial system's AI risks in 2027

November 13, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s financial system remains resilient, but the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in a November report on risk outlooks warns that global market shocks, AI-driven cyberthreats and dependence ...(read more)

Stronger copyright licensing can bolster South Korea AI ambitions, global group says

November 13, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea can become an artificial intelligence leader while protecting its creative industries by strengthening copyright licensing, backed by transparency requirements, an official at the International Federation of Re...(read more)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

NextEra-Dominion merger elicits responses in Virginia, mostly negative

November 12, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Virginia utility customers have largely voiced opposition to NextEra’s acquisition of Dominion during hearings this fall, arguing that it will likely lead to higher utility bills, undermine the state’s alternative energy s...(read more)

US state use of AI tools for antitrust enforcement coming 'very soon,' official says

November 12, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Companies are using AI-powered software tools for both offensive and defensive antitrust compliance, and how those tools are used is top of mind for US states preparing to get in on the action, a senior enforcer with the C...(read more)

Union Pacific CEO's rate-hike comment sounded like threat, US STB told

November 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: When Union Pacific Railroad CEO Jim Vena ended a speech with a remark about possibly hiking rates for shippers who oppose his firm's buyout of Norfolk Southern Railway, shippers watching those remarks didn't ...(read more)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Manage My Health inquiry costs widen New Zealand privacy regulator's deficit

November 13, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: New Zealand’s privacy regulator reported a larger-than-budgeted deficit for 2025–26, partly because of contractor costs associated with its investigation into Manage My Health. In its annual report published ...(read more)

TikTok tentatively ordered by Calif. judge to produce financial, restructuring documents

November 13, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

TikTok must produce financial and corporate restructuring documents in California’s lawsuit over alleged harms to children, a state judge tentatively ruled Thursday.

Meta, US FTC spar over reopening 2020 privacy settlement as judge weighs in

November 12, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday that he has the broad authority Meta Platforms is seeking to block the US Federal Trade Commission from reopening its 2020 privacy settlement, questioning whether the company cou...(read more)

Intellectual Property View More

Anthropic loses bid for OpenAI records in Reddit lawsuit in Calif.

November 12, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

A California state judge tentatively denied Anthropic's bid to obtain internal OpenAI documents for its defense against Reddit's data-scraping lawsuit, raising concerns about service of the subpoena and why Anthropic hadn'...(read more)

Claims under US state likeness laws poised to increase in AI music suits

November 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The company that manages Elvis Presley's likeness rights and rightsholders of hundreds of his songs invoked Tennessee’s ELVIS Act in a copyright infringement complaint against AI company Suno in California federal court la...(read more)

Skeptical UK panel hints at potential Getty copyright overreach

November 12, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

Europe

Getty Images faced pointed questioning from the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday over its theory that an AI model can qualify as an "infringing copy" without reproducing the photographs it was trained on. If the stock image ...(read more)

Financial Crime View More

Democratic US lawmakers demand administration retain records on Nvidia AI chip sales

November 12, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: US House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden demanded the Trump administration retain all records relating to its project to allow — a...(read more)

Balt bribery case's anonymous 'John Doe' asks to not attend hearing

November 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

An executive of medical device company Balt who has been referred to as “John Doe” on the court docket in a US corruption case has asked a judge to let him skip a public appearance at an upcoming hearing. “Once disclosed, ...(read more)

US trial of former CEO of Subway restaurant supply cooperative moved to January

November 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge has granted a request to adjourn the fraud and money laundering trial of a former chief executive of the Subway restaurant supply cooperative and her brother to January 2027, according to a court o...(read more)

Financial Services View More

EU retail investment deal rejected by European Parliament

November 12, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The European Parliament on Thursday rejected a deal with EU governments on a legislative proposal to boost retail investment in the bloc. The rejection leaves the future of the legislation uncertain, with opposition from l...(read more)

Former HealthBeacon employee fined by Irish regulator for insider trading

November 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Former HealthBeacon employee Alan Dalton has been fined €67,580 by the Irish Central Bank for insider trading after he twice wrongly sold shares in the medical devices company. The regulator said that Dalton ...(read more)

Indonesia steps up financial-sector cyber defenses amid wave of detected attacks

November 12, 2026 | Roffie Kurniawan

Asia

Indonesia's financial regulators are strengthening cybersecurity defenses amid heightened cyber threats to banks and other financial institutions. The Financial Services Authority and Bank Indonesia have activated cyber in...(read more)

Trade View More

Singapore reiterates export-control stance as Megaspeed server probe continues

November 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore does not enforce other countries’ unilateral export controls but will act against fraud or dishonest practices used to circumvent them where domestic laws are breached, its Ministry of Home Affairs ...(read more)

China, UK trade ministers discuss EVs amid trade tensions

November 13, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a video call with UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds on Wednesday to discuss electric vehicles and other trade and economic issues of mutual concern, China's Minis...(read more)

USMCA panel upholds US Commerce 2017 softwood lumber order on Canada

November 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A binational panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement upheld the Commerce Department's second remand of an antidumping order on softwood lumber from Canada, which was first challenged in 2017.

State Aid View More

EU Commission right to intervene in Latvian Parex banka case, legal opinion says

November 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Moves by a private citizen to seek damages from the European Commission for intervening in a Latvian court case about the rescue of Parex banka should fail, according to a legal opinion for the EU's highest c...(read more)

EU competition-law system needs rethink to speed cases, judge Laitenberger says

November 11, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission should consider bringing together independent advice on competition cases into a single opinion that could better inform subsequent court scrutiny, EU General Court judge Johannes Laitenberger has s...(read more)

Top EU court curbs need for legal opinions for clear answers to 'new' questions

November 10, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Cases before the EU's highest court may proceed more quickly, even when they raise a new legal question, after a change in approach that means no advisory opinion is needed if the answer is clear. Maciej Szpunar, first Adv...(read more)

Energy View More

Data center NDAs helped fuel AI opposition, Stanford conference hears

November 13, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Secretive data center deals have fueled public anger at local officials as communities confront water use and landscape changes without clear benefits from AI. At a Stanford conference, speakers cited rapid AI adoption and...(read more)

Aquind's EU energy rules appeal should be partly rejected, legal opinion says

November 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK-based energy company Aquind's challenge to the EU energy regulator's refusal to grant an exemption from the bloc's electricity market rules for its planned UK-France interconnector should be partly rejecte...(read more)

Poland's EU climate legislation challenges rejected by top court

November 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Poland's legal challenges to seven key pieces of the EU's climate legislation were rejected by the bloc's top court on Thursday, upholding major elements of its Fit for 55 package. The cases concerned carbon ...(read more)

Technology View More

Huang resignation doesn't absolve Nvidia for security risks, Sen. Warren says

November 12, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation Thursday does not "absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility for putting our national security at risk or for any potential violat...(read more)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns in wake of scandals

November 12, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Jensen Huang has resigned as chief executive of US chip-maker Nvidia, the Board of Directors said. The announcement follows reports that Huang had extramarital affairs, including with a businesswoman who US i...(read more)

Meta, TikTok fault EU’s DSA user-counting system as ECJ hears fee dispute

November 12, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Meta Platforms and ByteDance’s TikTok on Thursday urged the EU’s highest court to uphold judgments annulling decisions setting their Digital Services Act supervisory fees, with Meta’s lawyer warning that the European Commi...(read more)