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Antitrust, Technology
March 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Artificial Intelligence
March 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Crime
March 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
March 24, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A five-week public consultation on whether to raise the financial thresholds at which mergers and acquisitions need to be notified to the Irish competition authority has been opened. The Competit... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
UK veterinary practices for household pets will see legally binding measures to improve transparency and cap fees charged to write prescriptions, as the country’s antitrust regulator concluded a market probe d... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Fujitsu Frontech, a subsidiary of information and communications company Fujitsu, received a corrective order on Tuesday for breaching Japan’s Subcontract Act. The Japan Fair Trade Commission fou... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 24, 2026 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America
The global Financial Stability Board said it is focusing this year in part on improving its assessment of vulnerabilities in the nonbank sector. The FSB, the regulatory coordinator for the Group of 20 economic... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Four in five UK adults want the government to regulate to ensure AI systems are safe by design and introduce mandatory AI-related harms testing of products before they are released, according to poll commissio... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: A transparency report has found that artificial intelligence chatbots Character.AI, Nomi, Chai and Chub AI are failing to protect children from exposure to sexually explicit content, the Australi... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 24, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
AkzoNobel's merger with Axalta Coating Systems would bring together companies which largely focus on different markets but compete in two key areas: powder coatings and car refinishes. In their bid for EU appr... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Toyota Industries said Tuesday that a tender offer by Toyota Asset Preparatory, a subsidiary of Toyota Fudosan, has been successfully completed. Based on the final offer price and total shares ou... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
European consumers don't typically plan on buying Pringles, and may do so only when spying them on display in a supermarket. That observation undermined concerns that it was a "must-have" brand for retailers a... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Australia’s under-16 social media restrictions are being hailed as a “stunning success” by the regulator, backed by a headline figure of 4.7 million accounts removed, but questions continue to cloud that claim... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Illegal spam senders and related businesses in South Korea will face fines of up to 6 percent of relevant revenue under amendments to the Network Act. The Korea Media Communications Commission sa... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed Proposed Senate Resolution No. 357 seeking an inquiry into US game platform Roblox and other online gaming platforms over risks to minors. The measure... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 24, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court upheld the rejection of Yamaha Motor’s motorcycle design application, ruling that a computer generated image published online a day before the patent filing counted aga... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Insta360 said patents disputed by drone maker DJI were independently developed by former DJI employees during their time at Insta360, with evidence showing a lawful research and development process.
March 24, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
A cancer screening patent from US-based biotechnology company Geron Corp. was rejected as non-patentable by the Delhi High Court in a ruling that emphasized India’s strict patent law and dismissed the relevanc... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s cabinet on Tuesday promulgated the law establishing the Serious Crimes Investigation Office, setting in motion the next phase of the government’s plan to fully separate investigatio... (more story)
March 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US District Judge Carol Bagley Amon has granted ZTE and Huawei's motions to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they had aided and abetted terrorism through their relationships with Iraq-based front compa... (more story)
March 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A US clerk of court entered default judgement on behalf of the government in its forfeiture effort toward virtual currencies associated with North Korean information technology fraud schemes.
Financial Services View More
March 20, 2026 | Neil Roland
Asia, North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission should examine how China might be exploiting murky corporate structures called variable interest entities, which may be used by hundreds of Chinese companies listed on... (more story)
March 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The former chief executive of Nodus International Bank, a Puerto Rican lender, has pleaded guilty to leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least $24.9 million from the bank and conspiring t... (more story)
March 20, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
The former chief executive of Nodus International Bank pleaded guilty in US court to leading a scheme to fraudulently obtain nearly $25 million from the Puerto Rican lender and to violate sanctions on Venezuel... (more story)
Trade View More
March 24, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe, Oceania
The EU and Australia on Tuesday signed a free trade agreement in Canberra after eight years of negotiations. The deal aims to cut almost all tariffs on EU goods exports to Australia, secure critical raw materi... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Shu Wei, vice chief of China's market regulator, called on US businesses to contribute to stable US-China trade relations, the State Administration for Market Regulation said in its official rele... (more story)
March 24, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China's top market regulator Luo Wen met with US-China Business Council President Sean Stein and member companies in Beijing on Monday, the State Administration for Market Regulation said in its ... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Denmark has secured European Commission approval to spend €5 billion to support the construction and operation of the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind farms. The 20-year measure will con... (more story)
March 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has secured EU approval for a program to support the construction of 1 GW of hydrogen electrolysis capacity, the European Commission said Monday. The measure, which comes in the form of a ... (more story)
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)
Energy View More
March 23, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
European gas stockpiling should start early to prepare for next winter, relying on flexibilities introduced in last year’s revised gas storage regulation, according to a letter from EU Energy Commissioner Dan ... (more story)
March 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU countries should start stockpiling gas for next winter as early as possible to benefit from a longer injection period, help mitigate against any pressure on prices, and avoid an end-of-summer ... (more story)
March 23, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
Major South Korean oil refiners — SK Energy, GS Caltex, S-Oil and HD Hyundai Oilbank — are being raided by prosecutors over collusion allegations, the Korea Prosecution Service confirmed Monday, with search-an... (more story)
Technology View More
March 24, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japanese lawmakers signaled potential legislative action to regulate social media’s role in elections after holding a hearing on Monday with representatives from TikTok and Meta Platforms amid mounting concern... (more story)
March 24, 2026 | Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj
Asia
Thailand is proposing amendments to its criminal code that would expand liability for online child exploitation, as part of a broader push to address online harms, introducing new offenses that capture conduct... (more story)
March 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
A state-court jury in California, in the trial for a lawsuit against Meta Platforms and YouTube over their social media apps’ impact on youth mental health, is having difficulty reaching agreement on a verdict... (more story)