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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes
Europe, North America
Trade
April 22, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Europe, North America
Data Privacy and Security
April 22, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Antitrust View More
April 23, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea's paper industry has been handed one of the country's largest cartel penalties after competition authorities found producers colluded for years to raise the price of printing paper, a key input use... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: The Australian government is proposing a regulatory framework to ensure the cash distribution system continues to operate in the public interest. In a statement on Wednesday, Australian Treasurer... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Six paper companies in South Korea have been fined a combined 338.3 billion won ($228.7 million) by the country’s antitrust regulator for nearly four years of collusion to raise printing paper pr... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Anthropic argued in a motion for summary judgment that using the lyrics to music publishers’ songs, along with billions of other copyrighted works, to train its artificial intelligence model Clau... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Amy Miller and Mike Swift
North America
Anthropic cannot control how the military uses its technology, the artificial intelligence company told a US appeals court Wednesday. Once Anthropic’s large language model Claude is deployed by the Defense Dep... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Anthropic told the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that the US Department of Defense violated its constitutional rights of due process and First Amendment-protected speec... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Asian private equity fund MBK Partners has received a Japanese government recommendation to halt its planned tender offer for Japanese machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, according to a fi... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Charter Communications’ recent commitments related to diversity, equity and inclusion policies as part of its proposed acquisition of Cox Enterprises, Inc. are the result of shifts in legal and regulatory pres... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
RTL has received unconditional EU approval for its takeover of Sky Deutschland, after the European Commission deemed advertising market concessions the entertainment group offered unnecessary due to a lack of ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: A group of US Republican lawmakers has urged South Korea not to discriminate against US companies such as Apple, Google, Meta and Coupang, which they said play an important economic role in bilat... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Two Australian regulators will work together under a new agreement to protect people’s privacy and ensure online safety. In a joint statement published on Thursday, the Australian eSafety Commiss... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Online gaming platforms including Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite and Steam have been issued legally enforceable transparency notices by the Australian regulator amid concerns about grooming. In a st... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Overlapping name changes by two prominent animal welfare advocacy groups have sparked litigation over the exclusive right to use “humane society.” For nonprofits operating in a crowded field, the case undersco... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Footwear manufacturer Crocs lost an appeal against a finding of invalidity for the design for its rubber shoe. The General Court of the EU ruled that the addition of an ankle strap was not enough to make Crocs... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The Unified Patent Court has ordered carmaker Geely to withdraw a Chinese request for a global interim license, finding it could undermine Nokia’s Standard Essential Patent enforcement. Judges said the move wa... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Stuart Holloway, a former relationship manager with the Royal Bank of Scotland’s specialist Global Restructuring Group, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admit... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden and Goldman Sachs jointly told a US judge they've reached an agreement in principle to resolve a shareholder lawsuit alleging that investors lost money becau... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In a securities filing, Chilean mining company Sociedad Quimica y Mineras de Chile (SQM) said a US foreign bribery investigation has resumed after a pause ordered by the US government. The compan... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government has further diluted its proposed powers over pension fund asset allocation, following pushback from lawmakers in Britain’s upper chamber. Pensions minister Torsten Bell said the latest propos... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A UK consumer group is set to bring the Financial Conduct Authority to court over its £9.1 billion car-finance redress plan, after claiming that drivers will be left undercompensated. The FCA set out in March ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government is moving ahead with plans to remove the Certification Regime from national financial regulations, amid concerns that it’s hindering economic growth. The finance ministry has said it will int... (more story)
Trade View More
April 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US will push to ensure 100 percent of federal cargo is moved by US-flagged ships, part of an increasing effort to restore American shipbuilding, a top official said Wednesday at a congressional hearing.
April 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress
Asia, Latin America, North America
The US Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department’s remand determination in a scope ruling for wood moulding products, agreeing with the agency’s interpretation of an importer’s product as ... (more story)
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.
State Aid View More
April 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission outlined coordinated measures to contain rising energy prices, including possible oil stock releases and joint gas storage efforts to avoid price spikes. In an announcement Wednesday, t... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU has criticized the removal of a Chinese subcontractor from a consortium bid for works on the Lisbon metro system, saying the company didn't make a critical... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has won EU approval for a program worth €300 million to cover advisory services to businesses processing, producing and selling agricultural products. To receive the support, the services ... (more story)
Energy View More
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU countries should remove barriers to power purchase agreements — long-term contracts that let companies buy electricity directly from producers at stable prices — to help industry manage energy... (more story)
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to address rising energy costs driven by tensions in the Middle East. The plan combines emergency support for households and in... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU member states on Tuesday called for urgent action through foreign and security policy to strengthen resilience against climate, environmental and energy security threats. They highlighted the ... (more story)
Technology View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A total of 63 percent of webpages that contain child sexual abuse material are hosted on EU servers, the Internet Watch Foundation said in its report for 2025, published on Thursday. According to... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Latin America
Brazil’s child online safety law has entered force, but key questions on how and when it will be enforced remain open, and companies are seeking guidance on compliance. At a recent UK conference, regulators sa... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
The European Commission's proposal for a new definition of personal data in the EU’s digital simplification package has sparked debate between data protection regulators and the AdTech industry, with opposing ... (more story)