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Trade
April 14, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Artificial Intelligence
April 13, 2026 | Amy Miller and Mike Swift
North America
Financial Crime, Financial Services
April 09, 2026 | Neil Roland
Asia, North America
Antitrust View More
April 14, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Google has attacked competition to its Play Store app store, leveraging its dominant market share in the Android app distribution market to maintain additional monopolies, suppress rivals’ access to the market... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Portuguese Android app distributor Aptoide filed a US complaint accusing Google of using unlawful agreements to monopolize the markets for Android app distribution and Android In-app billing. “Bu... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A collector of sports cards filed a US complaint challenging Collectors Holdings’ acquisition of Sportscard Guaranty and Beckett Grading Services. The complaint alleges that the deals substantial... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Alexander Chantzos
Europe
Online platforms aren't doing enough to stop foreign interference and misinformation in UK politics, following reports that hundreds of pro-Scottish independence X accounts went dark when Iran shut down the in... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
AI-driven markets will be among a key challenge for the Italian competition authority in the coming years, its outgoing President Roberto Rustichelli told lawmakers on Tuesday as he presented the AGCM's 2025 a... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Models used for risk assessment by insurers should not fall under the EU’s AI Act, the European Insurances and Occupational Pensions Authority has said. In its letter addressed to several Europea... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A politically diverse coalition told the US Federal Communications Commission that Nexstar's actions since the FCC approved its merger with Tegna show why the coalition's application for review s... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Global gas firm Air Liquide’s Brazilian unit’s planned acquisition of Grupo Lumiar will be subject to a full-form review by CADE, the country's competition regulator.
April 14, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Hungary’s new government under Péter Magyar is expected to reset relations with the EU, pursue judicial reforms to unlock frozen funds and dismantle key Orbán-era institutions. While maintaining some continuit... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 14, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez was in Washington, DC, on Tuesday speaking with members of Congress about the state’s $375 million jury-awarded penalty against Meta Platforms and asking lawmakers to re... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: An independent audit by privacy platform found Google, Microsoft and Meta are not honoring opt-out signals, including Global Privacy Control. WebXray scanned 7,587 websites popular in California... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Electronic Frontier Foundation sent complaints to the attorneys general of California and New York urging them to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices related to the company's pro... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 14, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The EU is treating intellectual property as a strategic economic and security asset, citing risks stemming from technological dependencies. Maria Martin-Prat of the European Commission’s trade department warns... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
President Donald Trump signed a bill Monday that reauthorizes funding for a pair of research and development grant programs that are critical to tech transfer. Advocates praised the reauthorizations of the Sma... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has published a new framework to counter what it describes as foreign “unlawful extraterritorial jurisdiction,” strengthening its tools to block such measures and impose trade and investment restrictions... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 14, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Federal prosecutors violated the due-process rights of a Texas-based Mexican businessman in a recent corruption trial when they prevented him from contesting electronic messages key to the government’s case, a... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Judge Kenneth Hoyt granted a post-trial motion from Texas-based Mexican businessman Ramon Alexandro Rovirosa Martinez, who had argued that prosecutors violated his Sixth Amendment right to con... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In a post on X, the US Treasury Department said it's "moving aggressively" to maintain maximum pressure on Iran, warning that it's ready to deploy secondary sanctions on foreign financial institu... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 14, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on President Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, on April 21 with Warsh present, the two top senators on the committee said.
April 14, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
A European Commission official signaled on Monday that loosening capital rules is not relevant to boosting EU banks' competitiveness. Almoro Rubin de Cervin, who is in charge of banking regulation and supervis... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Conclusive Financial Ltd, a UK claims management company which also trades as PCP Refunds, has been told to remove misleading adverts on car finance compensation by the Financial Conduct Authorit... (more story)
Trade View More
April 14, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
North America
The Quartz Manufacturing Alliance of America called on the US International Trade Commission to recommend an immediate 50 percent tariff and a quota of 155 million square feet to counteract unfairly traded qua... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
Airlines are urging the EU to grant exemptions from key fuel and aviation rules, as concerns grow over potential jet fuel supply disruptions. The sector is seeking flexibility on airport slot usage, refueling ... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Nuctech warned against EU meddling in corporate freedom to structure IT systems, telling judges that European Commission demands to access data in China went too far. In a hearing before the EU courts, lawyers... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Security scanner company Nuctech told judges on Tuesday that EU officials had forced it to hand over digital information "under duress," even though it risked breaking China's data security law. The EU court i... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Energy infrastructure company Deutsche ReGas is challenging the European Commission's 2024 approval of German aid to Deutsche Energy Terminal. The company says the EU state aid regulator "failed... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Dutch government has secured EU clearance for a €615.7 million program to back reduced activity in the dairy farming sector, contributing to lower greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions. The fi... (more story)
Energy View More
April 14, 2026 | Helena Freitas
Europe
EU auditors have raised concerns that the European Commission’s proposed Temporary Decarbonization Fund may provide limited incentives for new green investment, warning that elements of its design risk weakeni... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Stronger demand signals, stable EU carbon market pricing and faster infrastructure rollout to de-risk investment are among the demands of the European hydrogen industry in a position paper publis... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU leaders will focus on energy prices, security risks and the economic fallout for European industry stemming from the Middle East crisis at an informal summit in Cyprus on April 23 and 24, acco... (more story)
Technology View More
April 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Julia Tar
Europe
Social media platforms should work closely with regulators ahead of national elections to ensure that content that could interfere with elections is removed promptly, European regulators said on Tuesday. Regul... (more story)
April 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's highest court has released questions from the Brussels Court of First Instance asking whether domestic rules should protect the exclusive rights of event organizers to sell tickets. The ... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Criminal liability for tech platform executives and stricter takedown duties for non-consensual intimate images come under debate by UK lawmakers on Tuesday. The government-proposed measures would mean senior ... (more story)