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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
January 28, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
January 27, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust, Technology
January 27, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Antitrust View More
January 28, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japan’s competition agency aims to promote innovation through its competition policy and enforcement efforts, amid its widening mandate, a senior official at the Japan Fair Trade Commission, or JFTC, told repo... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s top competition regulator is breaking from its usual playbook of punitive crackdowns by spotlighting a quick merger approval in the energy-storage sector as a model for curbing price wars. The State Ad... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
Companies in South Korea may be subject to fines if they fail to cooperate with antitrust investigations, as the country's competition regulator seeks to introduce penalties for non-compliance as part of a bro... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 28, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese authorities are preparing new policy measures to cushion the labor impact of artificial intelligence, as automation accelerates across the economy and employment pressures mount. China’s Ministry of Hu... (more story)
January 28, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s industry ministry said Wednesday that its industry-sector research and development spending will focus on accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence in manufacturing facto... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
In a stark admission of Japan’s enormous manpower challenges in advancing artificial intelligence, the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recently told a government committee that it expects 3.3... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Portuguese hospital operator CUF has received clearance from the domestic competition authority for its acquisition of sole control over Hospital Particular do Algarve. To win approval, the buyer... (more story)
January 28, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippine Competition Commission has cleared the merger of non-life insurers FPG Insurance and Mercantile Insurance, finding no substantial lessening of competition. Notified in November 202... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Ilana Kowarski
North America
The Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice will be able to retain any excess premerger notification filing fees in fiscal year 2026 following an appropriations bill signed into law by President Don... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 28, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
The Philippine National Privacy Commission has ordered Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. to release complete CCTV footage and imposed a fine equal to 0.75 percent of its annual gross income, capped at 5 million p... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong's privacy regulator is teaming up with the city's banking authority to crack down on data misuse and fraud, as the financial hub grapples with rising data breaches and deception cases. The city recor... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
An inquiry into patient portal Manage My Health’s December 2025 cyber breach will examine how sensitive health data belonging to about 126,000 people was exposed and whether the company took adequate steps to ... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 28, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Foreign companies are increasingly turning to Chinese courts to resolve intellectual property disputes, China’s top court said, as rising caseloads, faster rulings and higher damages reshape the country’s IP l... (more story)
January 28, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned a patent office decision that had stripped most protection from a Riken Technos coating patent, faulting the patent regulator for assuming an obvious prior a... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
A California judge has dismissed claims that new state compounding pharmacy disclosure rules constitute a regulatory taking of trade secrets. Monday’s decision is a poor sign for compounders hoping to fight ba... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 28, 2026
North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled charges against Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and former executives Vince Macciocchi and Ray Young for allegedly materially inflating the performance of bus... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Cryptocurrency money laundering reached $82 billion in 2025, a more-than-eightfold increase since 2020, according to research released on Tuesday by the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis. After emerging... (more story)
January 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Chinese national Jingliang Su was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims in a digital asset investment conspiracy that was carried out fr... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador spoke at an agency workshop on noncompete agreements, saying such agreements can be anticompetitive but that a one-size-fits-all remedy can't be applied ... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
AI's impact on the UK's retail financial services is set for close scrutiny by the financial markets watchdog, which on Tuesday opened a review examining potential implications. The Financial Conduct Authority... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned there’s a “particular and urgent need” to boost the global resilience of market-based finance. His remarks come as UK financial regulators are tig... (more story)
Trade View More
January 28, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Measures to protect the EU steel market from global overcapacity, including lower import quotas, have been approved by the European Parliament's International Trade Committee. The lawmakers on th... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Asia, Europe
Getting EU free-trade deals signed with Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia is a priority for Cyprus in its role chairing legislative talks for member states in the first half of this year, the coun... (more story)
January 27, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Chinese steel nail exporter Shanghai Yueda Nails Co. sold its products at less than normal value in the US, the Commerce Department said in a preliminary determination. The determination follows ... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 27, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said it signed on Monday a statement of intent with the US Department of Energy to deepen bilateral collaboration on artific... (more story)
January 23, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Facing growing risks of semiconductor supply disruptions, Japan’s automotive industry is preparing to launch a common platform with chip suppliers to assess supply-chain conditions. The head of the industry gr... (more story)
January 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday it has approved loans and subsidies of up to $73 million to support the expansion and operation of undersea cables between Japa... (more story)
Energy View More
January 27, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Indian companies exporting goods in scope of the EU's carbon border tax will receive technical support under the EU-India trade deal announced on Tuesday, a European Commission official said. The agreement als... (more story)
January 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU energy watchdog has issued guidance on voluntary reporting to track cybersecurity performance in EU electricity networks. Power companies and service providers will share data on cyber thr... (more story)
January 26, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Several European states committed at the North Sea Summit on Monday to develop up to 100 gigawatts of a joint 300 GW ambition through cross-border cooperation projects. The industry pledged to reduce electrici... (more story)
Technology View More
January 27, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Renesas Electronics America has had a search warrant executed at its premises as part of a US Department of Justice investigation into suspected price-fixing of semiconductor components, MLex has learned.
January 27, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The UK’s online safety regulator, Ofcom, would like to share more of its progress with the big companies it supervises in order to build public trust in their efforts, the watchdog’s chief told lawmakers. The ... (more story)
January 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission is looking at compliance with civil investigative demands as it enforces consumer protection law, Chris Mufarrige, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said Tuesday.