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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 05, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Europe, North America
Data Privacy and Security
March 05, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Trade
March 05, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk
North America
Antitrust View More
March 06, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Apple told a UK judge Friday that part of a mass damages suit alleging consumer overcharge from its iCloud service should be struck out because it targets those who used the cloud computing service but didn’t ... (more story)
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Italy’s rail infrastructure manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana has secured regulatory approval of its commitments to end a 2025 probe into alleged efforts with parent Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane... (more story)
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Several insurance companies and brokers in Spain were searched recently by antitrust officials over possible agreements or concerted practices in relation to coverage in claims for compensation, ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster sued Anna's Archive for direct copyright infringement in New York federal court, calling the defendan... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
As the US government moves ahead with a supply chain risk designation for leading domestic artificial intelligence company Anthropic, a growing chorus of critics is warning that the decision has undermined the... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is considering whether firms should be required to prove the competency of staff overseeing AI systems. While existing rules already make firms accountable for AI-driven ou... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 06, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
RedBird IMI, the owner of Telegraph Media Group, has said it is working with the UK government to get clearance to complete a £575 million cash sale of the newspaper company to Axel Springer. The German media ... (more story)
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Norway's competition authority has said that Karo Healthcare may acquire Aco Hud Nordic, on condition it divests the rights to market and sell Locobase-branded products to an independent buyer. K... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
CK Hutchison and the European Commission will appear once again before EU judges this June for a three-day hearing over the legality of a vetoed telecom merger in the UK, MLex has learned. The two sides have a... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Meta Platforms is using New Mexico’s investigation and lawsuit against Snapchat over the prevalence of child sexual abuse materials as part of its defense argument that it employs some of the best child safety... (more story)
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A US federal judge in San Jose, California, has granted preliminary approval for a proposed $135 million settlement of class action litigation over claims it illegally misappropriated the cellula... (more story)
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Hawaii state court Judge Kevin T. Morikone has given the Hawaii attorney general a February 2028 date for the start of a four-week jury trial against TikTok over the AG's addictive design allegations.
Intellectual Property View More
March 06, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
A report by the UK Intellectual Property Office has shown that despite doubling since 1997 the proportion of female inventors is still under 10 percent, with decades to go until parity is reached under current... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Asia, Europe, North America
Semiconductor companies have overtaken pharmaceutical businesses on a list of the world's 100 most innovative companies, while the number of technology research and development firms has also doubled, a report... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
A dispute brought by French start up KeeeX — against OpenAI, Adobe and others — will test how far the Unified Patent Court can extend its authority beyond its 18 contracting EU member states. A Court of Appeal... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 06, 2026
Middle East, North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice filed two civil forfeiture complaints against more than $15.3 million allegedly used to fund an illicit Iranian oil distribution network. According to the complaints,... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Canaccord Genuity failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering compliance program and didn’t report suspicious activity in over-the-counter trading markets, US regulators said Friday, imposing an $80 ... (more story)
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Canaccord Genuity announced resolutions with US regulatory agencies over failures in its anti-money laundering compliance program. “The Board is satisfied that these regulatory matters are now re... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 06, 2026 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Trump administration officials this week unveiled their upcoming approach to the liquidity squeeze that starved three US banks in the Spring of 2023 — and it’s largely the same policy floated by the Biden admi... (more story)
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a broker-deal industry self-regulator, fined Canaccord Genuity $20 million for compliance falilures.
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) assessed an $80 million civil money penalty against Canaccord Genuity for widespread compliance failures that included v... (more story)
Trade View More
March 06, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton partially suspended an earlier order directing Customs and Border Protection to stop collecting International Emergency Economic Powers Act dut... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US Court of International Trade on Friday denied an importer’s request for a pre-liquidation refund, finding its claim of extraordinary circumstances did not meet the criteria.
March 06, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, North America
Dumped and subsidized imports of Chinese lithium hexafluorophosphate, a key electrolyte used to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, have precluded the US industry as a whole from gaining a foo... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania has won EU approval for a €150 million plan to support the installation of new electricity storage capacity. The government will provide direct grants for standalone battery storage syste... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jon Menon
Europe
A UK probe into imports of titanium dioxide from China has started following allegations that imports of the material are being dumped into the market and harming the domestic industry. Separately China’s LB G... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China will promote more balanced trade by expanding imports and strengthening domestic demand, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said Friday at a National People’s Congress press conference in Beijing, as a record... (more story)
Energy View More
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Poland's Gaz-System meets the requirements for national certification for hydrogen transmission, the EU's energy watchdog has said. In a statement, the EU's Agency for the Cooperation of Energy R... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Ring-fencing and redistributing congestion income across jurisdictions in the European Commission's plans for improve EU cross-border energy infrastructure could weaken efficient investment signa... (more story)
March 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU ministers on Thursday adopted the amended European climate law, which sets a 90 percent reduction target by 2040 in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. From 2036 onwards, 5 p... (more story)
Technology View More
March 06, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Indonesia has issued a ministerial regulation barring children under 16 from creating accounts on designated high-risk digital platforms, with phased implementation starting March 28. The initial rollout will ... (more story)
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The provider of two unnamed online forums is under investigation by the UK online safety regulator over concerns the sites allow hosting of image-based sexual abuse, the watchdog said in a statem... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Live Nation engaged in coercive tactics when it was negotiating with the City of Irvine over potentially building an amphitheater in 2023, a former city official testified Thursday, saying he felt frustrated a... (more story)