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Data Privacy and Security, Technology

April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Social media the new focus for EU child safety drive, but legal certainty lacking

Technology

April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Google fights EU over categorization of its Shopping service under digital law
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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

April 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes

Europe, North America

News sector emerges as growing US antitrust concern

Antitrust View More

US DOJ approves DOE consortium’s updated voluntary agreement, plans of action on nuclear energy

April 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice, after consulting with the Federal Trade Commission, published approvals for an updated voluntary agreement and related plans of action from the Department of Energy’... (more story)

Tech groups warn against EU SEP customs enforcement, patent holders seek stronger rules

April 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Tech companies asked the EU to exclude standard-essential patents from customs enforcement, warning that border measures are ill-suited to complex licensing disputes and could bypass EU rules on good-faith neg... (more story)

Brazil CADE upholds daily fine for Meta over WhatsApp AI non-compliance

April 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Europe

The Tribunal of Brazil’s competition regulator maintained a violation notice issued against Meta Platforms as part of an investigation into an alleged breach of a preventive measure relating to the WhatsApp Bu... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US government says foreign entities stealing AI, to coordinate defense with companies

April 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US White House issued a statement saying that the government has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in China, are running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to steal American arti... (more story)

UK telcos face scrutiny over AI cyber risks from Claude Mythos Preview

April 23, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK telecom providers have been urged by Ofcom to follow guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK AI Safety Institute on risks linked to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview. Speaking at a confe... (more story)

UK telecom providers warned of cyber risks posed by Claude Mythos Preview AI

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK telecom providers have been warned by regulator Ofcom about the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Mythos Preview. Businesses should “assess security risks arising from f... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Coalition opposing US FCC cap waiver for Nexstar-Tegna files statement of issues

April 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A consortium including Free Press, Public Knowledge and the Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania filed a preliminary statement of issues with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Ci... (more story)

US Anesthesia Partners, FTC reach settlement in monopolization case

April 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission announced it has reached an undisclosed agreement in principle with US Anesthesia Partners to settle an antitrust case. The preliminary settlement resolves claims ... (more story)

RTL-Sky deal sees EU champion scale, dynamic analysis as guidelines loom

April 23, 2026 | Andrew Boyce, Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

RTL's acquisition of Sky Deutschland this week has seen the EU turn up the volume on key ideas crucial to its forthcoming guidelines: a dynamic market analysis that allows the emergence of a strong European co... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

TikTok asks judge to postpone trial against Texas AG to October

April 23, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: TikTok asked a judge in Travis County, Texas, to delay the company's trial against the Texas attorney general until October of this year, citing the aggressive deposition and document requests fr... (more story)

US federal judge sends New Jersey lawsuit against Discord back to state court

April 23, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A New Jersey federal judge remanded the state’s lawsuit against Discord, which alleged state consumer protection violations, back to state court on Wednesday.

Huawei racketeering trial delayed to September after US unseals trimmed-down case

April 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

A US judge delayed to September the racketeering, sanctions violations and trade-secret theft trial of Chinese networking equipment giant Huawei Technologies, days after prosecutors unsealed a new superseding ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Patent insurers cite NPE litigation, USPTO shift as growth drivers

April 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

What was once a niche product is moving into the mainstream as companies that depend heavily on their patent portfolios drive demand for defensive patent insurance, a trend that insurers attribute in part to r... (more story)

US Supreme Court could rethink induced infringement with ‘skinny label’ case

April 23, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma next week over what constitutes induced patent infringement for generic medications sold with a so-called “skinny la... (more story)

Microsoft’s challenge over copyright matters in UK licensing case heard next week

April 23, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Microsoft’s appeal of matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses will be heard by the Court of Appe... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Fresh EU sanctions package targets Russian shadow fleet, banks, industry

April 23, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The EU has approved a new sanctions package targeting Russia’s energy shipping, financial services, and trade sectors, expanding its crackdown on the shadow fleet and oil revenues. The measures add 46 vessels,... (more story)

PwC fined by Hong Kong regulators over Evergrande audit

April 23, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: PwC has been fined a total of HK$1.3 billion, around $166 million, by two Hong Kong regulators over its accounting work on collapsed property company Evergrande. The Securities and Futures Commis... (more story)

Builder.ai's UK founder faces fraud claim in India

April 23, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

Asia

A UK tech entrepreneur who founded the collapsed Builder.ai business is facing allegations of fraud in India that he received millions of dollars in laundered funds. The AI company led by Sachin Duggal, previo... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Proposed bank risk changes may add complexity, weaken oversight, EU watchdog says

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority warned that proposed changes by the European Commission to new rules on operational risk could increase complexity and weaken supervisory effectiveness. In an opini... (more story)

ESG rating providers face new EU rules on conflicts of interest, disclosures

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies that provide environmental, social and governance ratings have been given new EU rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest and requiring clearer disclosures about methods and data... (more story)

UK finance firms unite to drum up consumer investment in stock market

April 23, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

MLex Summary: A group of leading financial services firms in the UK has begun a campaign to persuade consumers to invest in the stock market. The campaign, named “Invest for the Future,” is backed by governmen... (more story)

Trade View More

EU, US to consider coordinated trade policies for critical minerals, draft text says

April 23, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

The EU and US aim to work together to support the supply of critical minerals crucial to their commercial and defense industries — through possible coordinated trade policies and mechanisms including market an... (more story)

USITC opens case into Covid vaccine precursors

April 23, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US International Trade Commission opened an antidumping and antisubsidy investigation into precursor chemicals from China used to create vaccines and diagnostic test kits for the virus that causes Covid-19.

EU sanctions Russian shadow fleet, energy exports as G7 talks continue

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU has adopted a new sanctions package focusing on Russia’s energy revenues, including 46 additional vessels deemed to be part of a shadow fleet, new listings across the oil sector, and restr... (more story)

State Aid View More

Estonia's €36m aid for energy-intensive industry wins EU clearance

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)

Croatian aid for gaming business hub can go ahead, EU watchdog says

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)

Germany's €6bn Covid-19 bailout for Lufthansa illegal, EU top court says

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Lufthansa has lost its legal challenge to a lower court verdict that ruled a German €6 billion recapitalization plan for the air carrier was illegal. In a judgment delivered Thursday, the EU's Co... (more story)

Energy View More

Solving EU fertilizer crunch carries risks for bloc's industrial, trade policies

April 23, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU's carbon border levy faces an early test as one of the bloc's main tools to keep carbon-intensive industries competitive. The Iran war's pressure on fertilizer prices and imports has seen the commodity ... (more story)

EU gas prices to stay volatile as conflict tightens supply, EU watchdog says

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European liquified natural gas markets face sustained price volatility and higher storage costs as Middle East disruption tightens global supply, the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy... (more story)

Trump invokes DPA to shore up energy supply chains

April 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed five directives to invoke the Defense Production Act to shore up domestic supply chains for grid, large-scale energy, liquefied natural gas, coal and petroleum infrastructure.

Technology View More

EU mulls change in key consumer protection law to strengthen enforcement

April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

The European Commission is considering making a key EU consumer law, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, directly applicable across the whole bloc so it has direct enforcement powers in the biggest cros... (more story)

TikTok appeals German ruling on recommender system under EU Digital Services Act

April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

TikTok says it has appealed a German court ruling requiring changes to parts of its web-based recommender system and reporting tools. The ruling was among the first to clarify how obligations under the EU's Di... (more story)

Disclosing meetings with US tech companies could harm UK-US ties, Ofcom says

April 23, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

The UK online safety regulator Ofcom has refused to disclose details of meetings with US tech companies, arguing that releasing the information could harm UK-US relations and undermine its ability to engage wi... (more story)