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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 15, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
April 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Services
April 15, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
April 16, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ motion for judgment against claims it fixed prices has been denied, but the US states and territories suing the company must now focus on alleging Amneal carried out a conspiracy over t... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Connecticut federal judge granted summary judgement in favor of Sun Pharmaceutical against state plaintiffs' US antitrust claims over the pricing of the drugs Methylphenidate and Phenytoin. Dis... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The European Commission has decided not to offer an automatic exemption from antitrust rules to Licensing Negotiation Groups in the final version of its updated guidelines on tech transfer rules published on T... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 16, 2026 | Emma Whitford
Asia, North America
Several bills pending in Congress could help the United States maintain its lead over China in building and amassing the chips undergirding advanced artificial intelligence models, a new US House committee rep... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Elon Musk, OpenAI, Microsoft and other parties have agreed to the structure of a two-phase trial due to begin April 27 that will be bifurcated between a liability phase and a remedy phase in whic... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A revamp of the EU’s data protection rules would clarify how companies should tackle the complex use of pseudonymized data under a compromise text to be debated by European legislators, according to a document... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 16, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
A report from the Brazilian competition authority revealed that the number of preventive measure appeals ruled on by the agency's Tribunal jumped to 20 in 2025, up from just one in 2024.
April 16, 2026 | Wesley Brown
Asia, Europe, North America
A coalition of congressional Democrats asked the US Department of Justice and Acting Inspector General William M. Blier to open an investigation into potential corruption within the agency pertaining to antitr... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: A coalition of congressional Democrats asked the US Department of Justice and Acting Inspector General William M. Blier to open an independent investigation into potential corruption involving th... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 16, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Following a lull in 2025 in US state legislative activities concerning comprehensive privacy laws, this year has seen a strong start with multiple bills progressing. But so far, industry-friendly legislation h... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platforms using age inference to remove accounts that look likely to belong to under-13s is not enough under the UK regulatory framework, the privacy and online safety watchdogs told a conference. The I... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of 41 senators wrote a letter to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging the Trump administration to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is up for a revi... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 16, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Onesta IP must defend the validity of two US patents — and allegations both were misused when they were asserted against BMW in Germany. That potentially high-risk outcome “does not kill” future tests of last ... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
An extra filing opportunity for patent owners before a determination of a substantial new question of patentability during an ex parte reexamination is supposed to tamp down the spike of new reexam requests. B... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published a new version of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, with its accompanying guidelines. The text provides clarity for tech-transfer arrangemen... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Mining company Glencore has won a bid to keep some internal documents out of the hands of investors who are pursuing claims linked to overseas corruption. Glencore is being sued under the UK’s Financial Servic... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Svenska Handelsbanken's Norwegian unit has been found to have “serious deficiencies” in its anti-money laundering controls, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday. The lender hasn't been fined, but... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A British accountant has been charged with an alleged breach of the UK’s Russian sanctions legislation and a money laundering offense by the National Crime Agency. John Ormerod, 76, became the first UK-based n... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Democrats on the US Senate Banking Committee called for the delay of any nomination proceedings for Kevin Warsh as Chairman of the Federal Reserve while the administration's criminal investigatio... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK financial regulators have defended their oversight of artificial intelligence, rejecting lawmakers’ criticism that they are taking a “wait and see” approach and failing to act quickly enough to manage emerg... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has opened a call for evidence on restricted subscription and private credit ratings, seeking input on their uses, participants, and how they are pro... (more story)
Trade View More
April 16, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
A key US economic official has signaled the Trump administration may invoke the trade law blocked by the Supreme Court to collect tariffs in the conflict with Iran, but the lack of a formal war declaration is ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US House of Representative's Select Committee on China released a new report detailing how China is using both legal and illegal means to buy semiconductor chips to power its artificial intel... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European NGOs have urged the European Commission to propose a renewed EU-wide windfall tax on oil companies, building on the bloc’s previous solidarity contribution, according to a joint letter p... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company, to refurbish the Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor, has drawn an in-depth EU state aid probe.
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Compensation by the Dutch government to coal plant operators RWE Eemshaven Holding and Uniper Benelux for profit losses caused by a cap on CO2 emissions doesn't amount to state aid, the European ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Sweden has secured European Commission clearance to extend its program to increase the use of sustainable biofuels in the transport sector until the end of December 2032. The €1.3 billion measure... (more story)
Energy View More
April 16, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The EU and UK are close to reaching an agreement agrifood standards, with the UK government currently helping businesses to prepare for the rules, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the UK Minister for the Constitution and ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hungary cannot tax free carbon emission permits in a way that undermines their purpose, the EU’s top court has said. Such a tax would weaken the system designed to encourage companies to cut emis... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission plans to tax electricity below fossil fuels and allow zero tax rates for energy-intensive industries, according to an internal document. The draft also points to stronger use of EU emis... (more story)
Technology View More
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said a jury verdict in a monopolization lawsuit by 33 US states and the District of Columbia against Live Nation and Ticketmaster is "a win for ever... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European regulators want fining powers under EU consumer protection rules to bolster the EU's national-based system and to tackle a flood of illegal and harmful products imported into the 27-nation bloc, a sen... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron is convening EU leaders to build support for stricter national rules limiting minors’ access to social media, including the introduction of a “digital age of majority.” The pus... (more story)