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Artificial Intelligence
March 03, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 03, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Antitrust, Technology
February 28, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Chris May
North America
Antitrust View More
March 03, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
An Australian Federal Court judge on Tuesday questioned Stillwater Pastoral’s argument that market power should be assessed on a relative basis in its appeal against electricity generators Stanwell and CS Ener... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has opened a new regional office that will oversee competition and consumer protection issues in the Gyeonggi and Incheon areas, which surround Seoul. The new Gye... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Amazon’s antitrust fight with California drew pointed questions Monday from a state judge about the timing of newly added price-fixing allegations and a bid for a preliminary injunction before trial.
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 03, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's annual legislative meetings starting Wednesday will thrust artificial intelligence to the forefront of policy debates, with lawmakers preparing proposals that zero in on data gaps, smart manufacturing ... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Samsung Electronics announced strategies to transition all its manufacturing operations worldwide into “AI-driven factories” by 2030, fully integrating artificial intelligence across the entire m... (more story)
March 03, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Leaders of South Korea and Singapore have agreed to start negotiations to upgrade their 20-year-old bilateral free trade agreement to fully reflect the “evolving trade and economic security dynam... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 03, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Personal-care product manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Corporation is seeking approval in New Zealand for its plan to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Kenvue as part of a global merger, the New Ze... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Kimberly-Clark’s $48.7 billion acquisition of Kenvue is expected to proceed with no appreciable impact on competition in India. The parties told the Competition Commission of India on Monday that despite minor... (more story)
March 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Marketing platform operator Semrush said in a press release that Adobe's $1.9 billion buyout of the company had received US antitrust clearance in January, and that the transaction had been appro... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 03, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Meta Platforms challenged a psychiatrist’s diagnosis of "social media addiction" for Kayley, the 20-year-old plaintiff suing the company for harms caused by its allegedly addictive app designs, by contrasting ... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
New Mexico’s attorney general called a high school principal to the stand on Monday to illustrate what the state says is the real-world impact of Meta Platforms’ platforms on children: students distracted in c... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
New Mexico will not be calling witnesses from the analytics firm hired by the state to investigate Meta Platforms in the state's consumer protection lawsuit after incurring sanctions for failing to disclose di... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 03, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Tokyo District Court dismissed a damages suit against Recruit, a major human resources and consumer services conglomerate, over its “Air Cash” merchant funding service, rejecting both a business method paten... (more story)
March 03, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Puma has won a key appeal after China’s top court ruled that a sneaker design patent conflicts with the German sportswear maker’s iconic Formstrip trademarks, overturning earlier decisions that had upheld the patent.
March 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Generative artificial intelligence was compared last week to the printing press — a technological leap that expanded global prosperity while simultaneously destabilizing entire societies. Experts warned, howev... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A rule aimed at combating money laundering through the US residential real estate sector took effect on Sunday, even as the government faces a new lawsuit challenging its implementation. The rule effectively e... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Latin America, North America
Cemex said it believes the US government is no longer actively pursuing an investigation into alleged corruption stemming from the Mexican multinational’s construction of a cement plant in Colombia. Its belief... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Asia, Europe
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation on Monday saw the UK’s top court reject bids by the Serious Fraud Office and law firm Dechert to block the miner from adding $128 million in losses to an ongoing legal cl... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a public consultation on the barriers that private equity investors face when exiting investments in the EU. Exits — such as selling a stake through a listing o... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU lawmakers reviewing a package proposal to enhance the bloc's capital markets have agreed a timeline for their talks, with a first discussion of a draft stance due on July 2 and a full European Parliament vo... (more story)
February 27, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules carrying out the 2025 Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act that largely subjected overseas private issuers to the same insider ownership and securiti... (more story)
Trade View More
March 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled for a coalition of small businesses and 12 Democrat-run states that requested a mandate to allow requests for refunds to proceed at the Court... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe, Middle East, North America
Oil and gas prices have surged since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. While well below levels reached during the 2022 Ukraine crisis, prices are expected to continue climbing. Europe's concern is not to see... (more story)
March 02, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The US Trade Representative's annual report to Congress on the president's trade agenda this year pledged to follow several objectives, including pursuing fairer trade through "reciprocal" tariff... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 02, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Rapidus, Japan's state-backed startup that aims to begin next year mass production of highly advanced 2-nanometer chips in the northern island of Hokkaido, on Friday disclosed the list of private... (more story)
February 27, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
The New Lottery Company has lost its UK lawsuit alleging that an award of funds by the Gambling Commission to Camelot, which ran the UK's National Lottery, was an unlawful subsidy. An application requiring the... (more story)
February 27, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Shipping companies saw the EFTA Surveillance Authority clear an updated Norwegian tax refund plan, under which businesses employing seafarers are being reimbursed for income tax and social securi... (more story)
Energy View More
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission and Switzerland on Monday signed a broad package of agreements to ease cross-border supply. A common food-safety area will cover all parts in the food chain. Switzerland w... (more story)
March 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: AI developers and energy companies are being consulted by the UK government on what datasets would be needed to enable artificial intelligence applications for improving energy security and effic... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Arguments over the concept of market power dominated the first day of a two-week hearing in Stillwater Pastoral’s appeal in its antitrust class action against Australian electricity generators Stanwell and CS ... (more story)
Technology View More
March 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A minor filed a US complaint against Roblox and Discord, accusing them of providing havens for adult sexual predators who use their “negligently” designed apps to gain access to and prey upon tho... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European governments should support the satellite and cloud-service industries to boost demand after companies made substantial investments in their systems, the chief executives of satellite provider Eutelsat... (more story)
March 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
US game platform Roblox may soon be designated as a Very Large Online Platform, or VLOP, under the EU’s Digital Services Act, MLex has learned Monday. A confirmation by the EU in the coming months that the pla... (more story)