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April 16, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Antitrust, Technology
April 16, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Trade
April 16, 2026 | Emma Whitford
Asia, North America
Antitrust View More
April 17, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
The Japanese antitrust watchdog filed a criminal accusation on Friday against five diesel sellers — including East Japan Usami, Eneos Wing and Enex Fleet — for their suspected involvement in a price cartel for... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
South Korea's plan to split investigative and prosecutorial powers into two separate bodies marks a major shift in its criminal justice system, but it also raises uncertainty for criminal antitrust enforcement... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s Fair Trade Commission said it had criminally accused five diesel sellers, including Eneos Wing, Enex Fleet and Higashi-Nihon Usami, over an alleged price cartel involving diesel sold to t... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 17, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Nvidia’s bid to dismiss direct and contributory copyright infringement claims over using US authors’ works to train its AI models was met with skepticism by US District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, Californi... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Mike Swift
Europe, North America
Michael McGrath, the European Commission’s consumer protection chief, visited Silicon Valley this week with a message: The EU’s planned Digital Fairness Act, set to be proposed by the end of this year, is not ... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft have agreed to split the liability phase of their upcoming trial over the legality of OpenAI’s conversion to for-profit status from the remedies phase, they told US District Jud... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 17, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Insurance Australia Group's bid to acquire Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia's insurance operations will proceed to an in-depth Phase 2 review under Australia's new mandatory merger regime, the compet... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Prosus has agreed to sell about 4.5% of Delivery Hero to Uber as part of its obligation to reduce its stake following EU approval of its 2025 acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com. Prosus said it ... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Insurance Australia Group's bid to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital in RAC Insurance from RACI, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, will pr... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 16, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A US federal judge said Thursday he will approve more than $56 million in settlements for women whose intimate health data was secretly shared with tech giants.
April 16, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
A US Securities and Exchange Commission request for public feedback on its stock-trades warehouse should give the agency a chance to restructure the 2012 database to protect investors’ privacy, Commissioner He... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs bringing privacy and sex-trafficking claims against X Corp. filed a reply in support of their petition for the US Supreme Court to review their case. The brief says, “This petition is ... (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 | 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)
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)
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 17, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China posted stronger-than-expected trade and growth figures for the first quarter of 2026, but rising geopolitical tensions and weakening global demand could test the durability of that momentum in the months... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
China is accelerating its shift away from fossil fuels with plans to significantly boost non-fossil energy supply by 2030, a top economic planning official said Friday, underscoring Beijing's push for energy s... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Linqing Hengtai Metal Materials has been granted new exporting producer treatment on its imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with tin. The company will now... (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
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)
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)
Technology View More
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
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)
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)