For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss
Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Top News
.jpg)
Artificial Intelligence
January 29, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Trade
January 29, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Financial Crime
January 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
January 30, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Poste Italiane, the national postal incumbent, has lost its appeal before the country’s top administrative court, which upheld the €23 million antitrust fine imposed by the AGCM. The Council of State confirmed... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Changes that Epic Games proposes to its UK antitrust claim against Google over Play Store fees aren’t prejudicial to the tech giant, it told judges. Its claim is one of three three lawsuits against Google that... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
The text of the EU decision that saw Elon Musk’s X platform fined €120 million under the Digital Services Act sheds rare light on the European Commission’s data room and evidence-access rules, which X argues u... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 30, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission's plans to revise the EU's landmark AI law should include changes explicitly cover AI agents, ban sexual deepfakes, reinstate registration duties, tighten safeguards on sensitive data u... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
An Italian injunction against WhatsApp over a ban on rival AI chatbots over its platform should trigger EU-level intervention, the consumer group BEUC has said. The messaging platform is under a temporary Ital... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Several EU countries are pushing back against the European Commission’s plans to centralize AI Act enforcement in its AI Office, arguing that it would undermine national regulatory powers. Italy, Germany and o... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Sevita Health and BrightSpring Health Services, two providers of residential healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, have signed a merger settlement involving a di... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Anglo American has won EU antitrust approval for its merger with Teck Resources. The European Commission said the deal raised no competition concerns, given the companies’ limited positions on th... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
AkzoNobel has said it met with EU competition investigators last week to set out the case for its merger with Axalta Coating Systems. The Dutch paint and coatings maker said the deal would bring together “real... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 30, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK online safety regulator Ofcom has formalized how the Internet Watch Foundation will support enforcement of the Online Safety Act, setting out how the charity can assist in the identification of child sexual... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
An outsourced study on out-of-court dispute settlement bodies under the EU's Digital Services Act involves the European Commission examining issues including admissibility of complaints, platforms’ data-sharin... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Game platform Roblox is under formal investigation by The Netherlands’ Autoriteit Consument & Markt over potential risks faced by minors on its platform, as the ACM examines whether the company has taken suffi... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 30, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Tech giant Alibaba Group and its e-commerce platform Tmall have won a trademark appeal after a Chinese court ruled that Tmall’s cat-head logo qualifies as a well-known trademark entitled to cross-class protection.
January 30, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Chinese police have shut down the BATO.TO network of unauthorized manga websites, seen as the world’s largest manga piracy operation, in a case that showcases rare cooperation between Japanese and Chinese auth... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the immediate study into measures to speed up patent reviews for startups in artificial intelligence and advanced biotechnology, including creation of a new ult... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting bribes and facilitating the laundering of more than $5.5 million to Colombia while employed by TD Bank.
January 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Babak Morteza Zanjani, an Iranian investor who previously embezzled billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenue, and... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea has formally codified attorney-client privilege for the first time after the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Attorney-at-Law Act. The revision introduces a new provision ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 30, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK-listed companies will be required to issue climate-related disclosures to investors from 2027, according to a proposal from the financial watchdog released on Friday. The Financial Conduct Authority is repl... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has told more than 20 EU countries they have two months to fully notify national measures applying new consumer finance laws or face further steps in its infringement proc... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK listed companies have received a proposal for new sustainability disclosures requirements from the Financial Conduct Authority. The consultation, which closes on March 20, attempts to align th... (more story)
Trade View More
January 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department opened a documentation request for importers of medium and heavy duty vehicles to apply for exemptions from 25 percent Section 232 tariffs only on the US content of a s... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The European aluminum sector is calling for a 30 percent export duty on all aluminum scrap to countries outside the bloc to address current market distortions, its members said in response to a European Commis... (more story)
January 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the US to impose secondary tariffs on any country that sells oil to Cuba, effective Jan. 29. The order also empowers his cabinet to investigat... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Denmark faces an in-depth investigation into its degressive tariff model for the discharge and treatment of companies' wastewater. Under the system, businesses that discharge large volumes pay a ... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The town of Tychy, southern Poland, may receive a direct grant worth €25.8 million to support a project for the construction of a green economy hub. The measure will allow an underdeveloped build... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The EU can evolve its tools of antitrust, merger review and state aid to deliver on the bloc's objectives of growth, innovation and sustainability, while still remaining "faithful" to their core purpose, Enric... (more story)
Energy View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Bulgaria and Austria have been told by the European Commission that they could face legal action if they do not appoint national authorities for monitoring and enforcing the EU's methane rules wi... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has been told by the European Commission that it could face legal action if it doesn't fully apply rules meant to speed up permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects within t... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: 16 EU member states that remain parties to the international Energy Charter Treaty have been urged by the European Commission to leave, following the withdrawal last year of the EU and Euratom, i... (more story)
Technology View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Gaming platform Roblox is under formal investigation by the Autoriteit Consument & Markt, over potential risks faced by minors, the ACM said on Friday. The probe will assess whether Roblox has pu... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Competition regulators said that international cooperation in digital market regulation could reduce the compliance burdens on Big Tech companies as rules evolve around the world. As new digital regulation law... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Chris May
North America
New Jersey’s top law enforcers increasingly look for antitrust angles when thinking about how best to protect consumers, and competition law is an important tool for addressing “very substantial consolidation”... (more story)