Data Privacy and Security
November 05, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Antitrust, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology
November 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
Trade
November 04, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk
November 05, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Google, Meta Platforms and other major technology companies face calls to improve complaint handling, explain account suspensions and provide greater transparency over their dealings with Japanese businesses as Japan prepa...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Free TV Australia has asked the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to "urgently: review Meta Platforms’ proposed content-scraping terms, arguing they could breach misuse of market power laws and provisions on unf...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Kakao Mobility’s appeal against the South Korean competition regulator’s sanctions over alleged abuse of market dominance is nearing a conclusion, with the Seoul High Court seeking to hear final oral arguments in January. ...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
South Korea plans to overhaul its financial-sector cybersecurity framework to strengthen defenses against growing AI-related threats, after 37 financial companies reported hacking incidents involving 473,000 cases of data ...(read more)
November 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission’s AI Office has selected a Capgemini-led consortium to assess cybersecurity risks posed by advanced general-purpose AI models, and to support enforcement of the AI Act. The consortium,...(read more)
MLex Summary: South Korea announced sweeping measures Thursday to strengthen cybersecurity in the financial sector amid heightened AI-related risks, saying 40 incidents involving 473,000 cases of data leakage had been repo...(read more)
MLex Summary: Lyntia Networks is under investigation in Spain over its compliance with reporting obligations linked to commitments meant to preserve competition in the dark fiber sector, the Spanish competition said Thursd...(read more)
MLex Summary: Paper-makers UPM and Sappi announced on Thursday the submission of remedies to EU merger regulators scrutinizing their planned €1.42 billion joint venture. The concessions include “capacity optimization” and ...(read more)
MLex Summary: Linfox Armaguard was ordered by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on Thursday to continue providing cash transport services and access to cash centers until June 30, 2027 to help prevent disrup...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Genta Nakanishi
Japan's expanded warning over vulnerabilities in the widely used PHP programming language has highlighted the difficulties companies face in updating aging IT systems. Japan's Innovation Platform Agency told MLex that miss...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | MLex staff
China plans to explore new governance mechanisms for data used in artificial intelligence and expand high-quality datasets, seeking to strengthen security while giving developers more room to innovate amid intensifying glo...(read more)
MLex Summary: Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku, operator of the Muji brand, said Wednesday in an update to its Oct. 30 disclosure that the full credit card numbers of approximately 1.09 million MUJI Card members may have b...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | MLex Staff
A Shanghai court ruling involving German engineering company Bosch shows how companies can recover costs from abusive intellectual property litigation through counterclaims, outlining criteria for identifying malicious law...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
BMW has defeated a battery-monitor maker’s bid to register “BMV” as an EU trademark. Judges found the name could benefit unfairly from the carmaker’s reputation, showing how famous brands can secure protection beyond their...(read more)
November 05, 2026 | Freny Patel
US biopharma major Incyte secured an Indian injunction against Melody Healthcare just 11 weeks before its ruxolitinib patent’s expiration. The Delhi High Court ruling highlights the availability of interim protection again...(read more)
November 04, 2026
MLex Summary: Canada's government introduced the Combatting Financial Crimes and Drug Trafficking Act, which would create new ministerial powers to address abuses of money services businesses and restrict large cash transa...(read more)
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department said it has sanctioned the criminal network of India-based Suniel Kumar Sharma and his spouse, Jaspreet Preeti Shahid, who have supported Iran’s shadow fleet through a web of mariti...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia, North America
A US judge will review documents related to how the government decided to charge Smartmatic with corruption, after ruling late Tuesday that there's “some evidence” supporting the voting machine producer’s claim that it's t...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Neil Roland
US bank examiners looking at AI risk should inspect an institution’s existing risk categories, such as operational, compliance and credit threats, rather than a "separate and distinct" risk category, according to the Offic...(read more)
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to the rules that define which registered investment companies, investment advisers and business development companies qualify as small entitie...(read more)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has unveiled its 2027 work program, outlining initiatives to strengthen EU competitiveness, deepen the single market and reduce regulatory burdens. Priorities include tackling high ene...(read more)
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: China has urged the EU to carefully assess the effects of its new import charges on cross-border e-commerce, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said at a regular press briefing on Thursday. Responding to a q...(read more)
MLex Summary: Representatives from Boeing, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Ford and Sanofi were among attendees from more than 100 multinational companies and foreign business associations at a roundtable meeting hosted by China's M...(read more)
MLex Summary: Indonesia has called for deeper Asia-Pacific economic integration through a proposed regional free trade area, stronger digital-trade cooperation and greater use of artificial intelligence to improve trade ef...(read more)
MLex Summary: German airline Condor has won its appeal against the annulment of €321 million in German restructuring aid due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the EU's top court overturning a lower court ruling on Thursday. J...(read more)
MLex Summary: Air-France KLM has overturned a ruling that annulled European Commission approval for a €3.4 billion state-aid package granted to the Dutch airline by the Dutch government during the Covid-19 pandemic. The EU...(read more)
MLex Summary: Parties interested in Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company — to refurbish the Cernavodă 1 reactor — have one month to provide input, the Eur...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant
European Parliament lawmakers backed weaker CO2 emissions targets for new cars and vans Wednesday, partly aligning with demands from France and Germany to ease EU automotive rules. The proposals would allow certain renewab...(read more)
A European Commission plan to reform energy taxation remains under discussion by EU member states, despite being listed for withdrawal in an earlier draft of the EU executive's 2027 work program, the commission has said. T...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Cynthia Kroet
Steel, electric vehicles and critical technologies would be priorities for a new EU-UK “Trusted Partnership” to strengthen supply chains and limit the impact of trade restrictions on each other, according to a draft summit...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Regulator Ofcom has been accused of taking a "minimalist" approach to implementing the UK's Online Safety Act. During a parliamentary session examining the impact of the law, witnesses said Ofcom was not using the full sco...(read more)
MLex Summary: California Representative Zoe Lofgren, the US House Science Committee ranking member, who will be seeking the chairmanship next year when Democrats control the House, said Congress needs to stop politicizing ...(read more)
MLex Summary: US House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., who is set to take charge of the committee once the Democratic majority is sworn in this January, said the committee's priority is to ...(read more)