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Antitrust, Technology
March 19, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
March 18, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust
March 17, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Antitrust View More
March 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Marc van der Woude, the president of the EU’s lower-tier General Court, is set to leave the judiciary this autumn, MLex has learned. His resignation will take effect on Sept. 15 and is for personal reasons, a ... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The European Commission has been told by patent owners that extensive requirements for technology pools will prove costly and cumbersome, according to a document seen by MLex. The push, comprising stakeholders... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe, a trade association, has filed an antitrust complaint at the European Commission against Broadcom, accusing it of unfair licensing practices and ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: National governments are set to propose a set of actions to ensure the bloc remains "highly competitive," according to a draft statement obtained by MLex, to be adopted at a summit today. The act... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK lawmakers late on Wednesday approved amendments to create a criminal offense for AI chatbots deemed unsafe, backing campaigner-led proposals over the government's preferred approach to regulating the techno... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission is examining whether existing laws adequately address crimes involving the use of artificial intelligence, amid growing global scrutiny over deepfake pornography and misinform... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Spreadex has lost its appeal against the UK antitrust regulator’s decision to make it divest the consumer-facing business of Sporting Index after raising concerns about the merger. The Competitio... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
German energy companies E.On and RWE have seen an end to six years of EU court litigation over a 2018 asset swap — after the bloc’s top court rejected German utilities’ appeals against E.On’s side of the deal.... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
AkzoNobel’s planned merger with Axalta Coating Systems to create a $25 billion new company is drawing concerns from car repair shops in Europe that it will raise prices of coatings used to refinish damaged veh... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: More clarification is needed on the proposed EU cybersecurity framework, which includes revision of the existing Cybersecurity Act and targeted amendments to the NIS2 Directive, key EU data secur... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Reddit’s £14.5 million UK privacy fine would have been £17.6 million, but the Information Commissioner’s Office reduced it after considering the company’s representations and revising aspects of ... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe, North America
Online forum 4chan has escalated its challenge to UK regulators' powers to enforce it after receiving a £520,000 fine for breaches of the Online Safety Act. It said it wouldn't comply and questioned the enforc... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss, Charlotte Westphal and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
This week, the Unified Patent Court saw key rulings on infringement, fair licensing defenses in standard essential patent disputes, and jurisdiction clarifications. Judges also issued rulings on procedural rul... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
The head of the EU Intellectual Property Office has suggested that EU businesses could be given the option of cheaper filing for trademark protection for five rather than ten years, saying that the current sys... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Tokyo court rejected a real estate firm’s claim that former employees misappropriated customer data to fuel a rival business, holding that overlapping deals and employee departures weren’t enough to prove tr... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 19, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, the co-founder of Smartmatic, urged a US judge to dismiss money laundering charges against him in a corruption case because the government alleges only transfers ... (more story)
March 18, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A Texas-based businessman was charged with offering “a substantial amount in bribes” to an official of Mexico’s state-owned energy company to help an equipment company obtain a $540 million supply contract. He... (more story)
March 18, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a general license authorizing certain transactions involving Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PdVSA). The types of business with... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 19, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Lawmakers in the UK’s upper chamber have voted to prevent the government from holding a reserve power to force certain pension schemes to invest a minimum percentage of assets in specific areas. A total of 217... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Heads of states and governments of EU countries that use the euro currency are set to call for an acceleration in preparations for a digital euro, according to a draft statement to be adopted on ... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog has published its annual regulatory priorities for wholesale markets, including increasing operational resilience, improving competitiveness, and enabling safe adoptio... (more story)
Trade View More
March 19, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: France, Germany, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan said they are ready to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz after condemning Iran’s atta... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The UK Trade Minister Chris Bryant has said he had "good conversations" with his French counterparts about the possibility of including Britain in the EU’s Made in Europe plans. He added that after the meeting... (more story)
March 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Administration announced a countervailing duty investigation into Chinese imports of truck bed covers. The investigation follows a petition from American truck accessor... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Japanese Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill to amend the Economic Security Promotion Act for submission to parliament. The bill would add services to ensure the stable supply of critical goo... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties wishing to make comments on Denmark's tariff model for the discharge and treatment of companies' wastewater now have one month to provide input to the European Commission. In January, the... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU Court of Justice has requested amendments to its internal rules, most significantly, to allow the institution to deliver a ruling even after the participating judges have left the court. T... (more story)
Energy View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The slow deployment of the EU Innovation Fund is limiting its impact on clean-tech competitiveness and emissions cuts, the EU's main auditing body has said. In a statement, the EU Court of Audito... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU plans to invest €330 million in fusion energy, nuclear safety and innovation in the European Atomic Energy Community, or Euratom, 2026-2027 program, the European Commission said. The fundi... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
EU-wide emergency measures to curb energy costs are unlikely at the March 19-20 European Council, as divisions persist among EU countries. Leaders are expected to focus on national steps, including tax cuts an... (more story)
Technology View More
March 19, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
A German court has ordered TikTok to change parts of its website’s recommender system and reporting mechanism, finding its implementation of the EU’s Digital Services Act doesn't meet accessibility and user-fr... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to quickly approve France’s planned ban on social media access for children under 15. In a letter seen by MLex, Mac... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
An EU court opinion has said member states may exclude high-risk telecom vendors on national security grounds if measures are proportionate and based on specific assessments. The non-binding opinion, in a case... (more story)