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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
January 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
January 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology
January 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Antitrust View More
January 16, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
China's Supreme People's Court has rejected claims by eight textile and dyeing companies that their sole steam supplier abused its dominance through unfair pricing. The judges pointed out that abusive pricing ... (more story)
January 16, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
LG Electronics won again in its long-running damages suit against Taiwanese LCD panel makers AUO, formerly AU Optronics, and HannStar Display, with an appeals court this week ordering the suppliers to pay abou... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation convened a meeting with major new-energy... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 16, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Green lawmaker Sergey Lagodinsky criticized the European Commission for failing to act decisively against X’s AI chatbot Grok after it was used to generate non-consensual sexual images. He urged temporary susp... (more story)
January 16, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
Adding to the global fallout from provocative deepfakes created with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok, Japan issued its sternest warning yet, threatening “all possible measures” against his company X.
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Hong Kong’s privacy regulator warned about risks linked to X’s AI chatbot Grok amid concerns that it can be used to generate indecent or malicious images and videos. The Office of the Privacy Com... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the Control of Concentrations Regulations, marking the first substantive reform since 20... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corporation said in a statement Friday that it is entering the US shale gas sector after agreeing to pay $5.2 billion for all equity interests in Aethon III LLC,... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Automotive supplier American Axle & Manufacturing won conditional clearance in China on Friday to acquire UK rival Dowlais Group, after the State Administration for Market Regulation raised compe... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has published a policy paper setting out how its new Software Security Ambassadors Scheme will operate, detailing the commitments that companies will make to promote secure soft... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Online platforms using account-based services must follow clear conditions for cross-device cookie consent, France’s data protection authority said on Friday. The Commission Nationale de l’Inform... (more story)
January 16, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission plans to expand EU cybersecurity certification schemes to cover companies’ overall risk-management posture, under a revised Cybersecurity Act due on Jan. 20. Draft rules would use certi... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 16, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China consolidated its position as a global powerhouse in digital-economy innovation in 2024, an annual report from the country’s top intellectual property regulator shows.
January 16, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court overturned a patent office decision that upheld trademark protection for “Micro pig cafe,” ruling that the term had already become a descriptive label for animal interaction cafes by the ... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy met late Thursday with 10 organizations representing creators, copyright management and artificial intelligence ind... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Sanjay Kaushik, of India, was sentenced in the US to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to export controlled aviation components with dual civilian and military app... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Senator Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, deferred consideration of amendments to a draft bill that would create a regulatory edifice for cryptocurrencies, shortly after Coinbase CEO Brian Arms... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The French Senate on Wednesday passed a law granting stronger legal protections to in-house lawyers without amending the text adopted by the lower chamber, or National Assembly. The text is thus ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Board of Directors will meet on Jan. 22 to consider amendments to its guidelines for appeals of material supervisory determinations.
January 15, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
The biggest threat to European banks' competitiveness remains the fragmentation of the European market rather than the capital rules imposed by the bloc, said European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guind... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
Veteran German center-right lawmaker Markus Ferber will lead talks in the European Parliament on the so-called “master regulation" section of a jumbo EU legislative package designed to better integrate and sup... (more story)
Trade View More
January 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China and Canada issued a joint statement on Friday following a meeting of their respective leaders in which they agreed to strengthen their bilateral economic and trade partnership and welcomed ... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Imports of fused alumina from China into the European Union will be subject to definitive dumping duties of up to 110.6 percent, the European Commission said Friday. In July, the EU trade regula... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade said the country’s cold-rolled stainless steel flat exports to Turkey have been freed from the risk of trade remedies after Turkish authorities terminated an 18-mont... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Funding made by Durham County Council — a city in northern England — over tourist attractions has been challenged under UK subsidy rules, according to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The appella... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany's plan to spend €200 million to support the generation of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives in Canada has secured EU state aid approval, the European Commission said Thursday. The re... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has released its 2025 State Aid Scoreboard, showing that in 2024, EU countries spent 90 percent of their state funds on backing key EU priorities. More funds were channele... (more story)
Energy View More
January 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division secured victory against a Florida business owner who was found guilty of 34 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery by a federal jury in Miami, MLex has learned.
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers released legislation in the House of Representatives and the Senate to secure American access to critical minerals. The Securing Essential and Critical US Resou... (more story)
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US signed a trade agreement which includes commitments by Taiwanese semiconductor enterprises to... (more story)
Technology View More
January 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK developers of robotics and defense technology now have a new way to flag regulatory barriers, as the government’s Regulatory Innovation Office opens Front Door, an experimental process for col... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator and industry ministry on Friday published enforcement cases involving online misconduct in the auto sector following a recent cleanup campaign. In a statement, the auth... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia
MLex summary: The Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology on Friday said it is monitoring international action against Grok AI over its alleged misuse to generate non-consensual and ... (more story)