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Financial Crime, Financial Services

January 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Former StanChart exec faces skeptical US appeals court in bid to revive lawsuit

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

January 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

Nexstar, Tegna argument for expanding relevant US market gets assist from Oscars
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Financial Services

January 20, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Trump’s case against Cook may chill his Supreme Court hot streak

Antitrust View More

Ticketcorner, Zurich arena get Swiss fine for illegal cooperation agreement

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Ticketcorner and Aktiengesellschaft Hallenstadion Zürich, or AGH, have been fined a total of 115,000 Swiss Francs (around $145,000) for a 2008 deal under which the indoor stadium would only be re... (more story)

Samsung SDI inspection opens South Korean review of battery subcontracting

January 22, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

Samsung SDI is facing an on-site inspection by South Korea’s competition watchdog, which is moving to scrutinize how major secondary battery makers are treating smaller suppliers as the industry enters a cost-... (more story)

China's SAMR flags foreign antitrust risks in solar sector, details Lalamove probe

January 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China's top competition regulator outlined its 2025 campaign against destructive competition, highlighting interventions in the photovoltaic industry, online freight platforms and local government policies. In... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Japan begins drafting national AI robotics strategy, eyes service robot gap

January 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Wednesday held its first meeting to draft a national strategy for AI-powered robotics, reviewing the reasons behind Japan’s weakness in service ... (more story)

South Korea unveils program to encourage AI adoption at medical centers

January 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that it will allocate 14.2 billion won ($9.7 million) in funding this year to encourage the adoption of artificial intelligence-based cl... (more story)

South Korea opens help desk as AI law takes effect

January 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea on Thursday opened a dedicated service to answer questions from, and provide help to, those developing, doing business with and using artificial intelligence tools while complying wit... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Constellation-ABVR deal provisionally cleared in UK

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Constellation Developments’ acquisition of car-auction company ABVR Holdings has been provisionally cleared by the UK antitrust regulator, following an in-depth review of the deal. The Competitio... (more story)

Mitsubishi Fuso, Taiwan's Foxconn to jointly produce zero-emission buses in Japan

January 22, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus and Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, agreed on Thursday to a joint venture that will produce zero-emission buses in Japan. The new compa... (more story)

Salesforce denied Australian notification waiver for agentic marketing supplier deal

January 22, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Customer relationship management software provider Salesforce’s notification waiver application for its acquisition of US-based Qualified.com was denied by the Australian competition watchdog. In... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

UK social media ban for under-16s backed by House of Lords

January 22, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK lawmakers in the House of Lords approved an amendment late Wednesday that would require social media platforms to block users under 16, adding the proposal to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The ... (more story)

China pushes back on EU plan to phase out 'high-risk' ICT suppliers (update*)

January 22, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, Europe

The Chinese government and industry players have pushed back against the EU's plan to mandate a phaseout of “high-risk” information and communications technology suppliers under a revised Cybersecurity Act. Sp... (more story)

South Korea's Kakao appeals court loss in KakaoTalk open-chat privacy case

January 22, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

South Korean tech giant Kakao has moved to keep its privacy fight alive, filing an appeal this week against a lower court ruling that dismissed the company’s challenge to the privacy watchdog’s sanctions over ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Tokyo police pursue trade-secret leak case linked to former Russian trade official

January 22, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia, Europe

Japan’s Metropolitan Police Department has referred two men — a Japanese national and a former Russian trade official — to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the country’s Unfair Competition Prevention Act ... (more story)

House bill targets nuisance patent suits against small businesses

January 21, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The CLEAR Act, introduced in the US House, would grant automatic stays of patent infringement litigation against end user businesses when a manufacturer joins the suit as a defendant. But the measure could cre... (more story)

UPC curbs long-arm reach in lock patent suit, blocks Swiss infringement claims

January 21, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court has confirmed its approach to long-arm jurisdiction in a lock patent dispute, clarifying that once validity risks become concrete, the court's reach must stop at the border. All claims... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Airwallex faces audit over potential breaches of Australian AML laws

January 22, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Payment platform Airwallex Designated Business Group Australia will face an audit over suspected failures to comply with Australia’s anti-money laundering laws, the country’s financial crime watc... (more story)

TD Bank employee pleads guilty in US to facilitating ATM money laundering scheme

January 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A former New Jersey-based employee of TD Bank, Oscar Marcel Nunez-Flores, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in return for facilitating a money laundering network’s movement of over $26 million t... (more story)

US SEC asks for alternate means to serve Indian billionaire in civil bribery case

January 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal judge to authorize an alternate method of serving Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew in a civil bribery case. The pair know a... (more story)

Financial Services View More

City of London says UK leads global finance; financial services growth falters

January 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

London has retained its position as the world’s leading financial center for a sixth consecutive year, even as UK financial services growth slowed amid mounting pressure on the sector to drive economic growth.... (more story)

US Supreme Court tilting toward Cook in Fed test with Trump

January 21, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

A majority of US Supreme Court justices appear inclined to block Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s dismissal by President Trump and send the case for further adjudication. At least several Republican-appoin... (more story)

EU sustainable finance advisory group’s new mandate members announced

January 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday published the list of members for the third mandate of the Platform on Sustainable Finance — its advisory body on the EU taxonomy and the broader sustainable ... (more story)

Trade View More

US growers urge injury finding on Mexican winter strawberries

January 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US winter strawberry growers on Wednesday urged the International Trade Commission to make a preliminary domestic industry injury finding from Mexican subject imports despite objections from numerous American ... (more story)

US producers seek trade relief from Canadian, Indian citric acid imports

January 21, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Imports of citric acid and certain citrate salts (CACCS) from Canada and India will continue to materially injure US industry unless the US government implements antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders, three ... (more story)

Russian-US dual national sent to US prison over plan to send aircraft to Russia

January 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Sergey Nechaev, a dual US-Russian citizen, was sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison with three years of supervised release for his role in attempting to illegally export aircraft to ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Property developer goes to EFTA court over duty to pay back Norwegian aid

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Property developer Masserud Utvikling is challenging a decision made by the EFTA Surveillance Authority last year which ordered recovery of Norwegian support it deemed illegal, and granted to the... (more story)

India adopts 'techno-legal' approach to regulate AI, minister says

January 22, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Championing a "techno-legal" model for regulating artificial intelligence, India's Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw argued that law alone cannot govern the digital age. Speaking at a global summit,... (more story)

Italian dairy cooperative can have €18.2m in public funds, EU watchdog says

January 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Centro Latte Bressanone, an Italian dairy farmers' cooperative, may receive a direct grant worth 18.2 million euros from the national government, the European Commission said on Wednesday, cleari... (more story)

Energy View More

Poland loses EU court appeal against Turów daily mining fine

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s top court has dismissed Poland’s appeal against a ruling that allowed the European Commission to recover daily penalty payments imposed over continued lignite mining at the Turów site in... (more story)

Cyprus eyes quick agreement on changes to EU critical raw materials law

January 21, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Louis de Briant

Europe

Cyprus, the country chairing the meetings of EU ministers in the first half of this year, is keen to move quickly to secure agreement among member states on changes to the Critical Raw Materials Act to reduce ... (more story)

South Korea vows big push on fusion-energy project, with eye on AI

January 21, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said Wednesday that the nuclear fusion research and development plan will start in earnest this year, with the aim of advancing the timeline for commerci... (more story)

Technology View More

Plaintiffs in MultiPlan antitrust case can pursue new discovery, US judge says

January 21, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

A US judge allowed plaintiffs suing Multiplan over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy to seek new discovery concerning its Medical Audit and Review Solutions service, pursuant to a motion-to-compel which claim... (more story)

US judge signs off on committee overseeing Google search monopolization remedies

January 21, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Tammy Savage, Gerry Campbell and John Abowd will serve as the three members of a technical committee overseeing court-ordered remedies as part of monopolization litigation brought against Google ... (more story)

UK's Ofcom seeks input on spectrum use for broadcast and live-events companies

January 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Input on future spectrum needs is sought from companies in program making and special events, Ofcom — the UK’s telecoms regulator — said on Wednesday. Growing use of wireless equipment used by th... (more story)