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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

Artificial Intelligence

March 12, 2026 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

North America

Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation felt across broader AI industry

Trade

March 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

New tariff refund system underway, US customs says

Financial Crime

March 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Halkbank criminal resolution is US executive prerogative, prosecutor tells judge

Antitrust View More

HMD takes VoiceAge 4G patent battle to Germany’s constitutional court

March 13, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

HMD has filed a constitutional complaint challenging a ruling by Germany’s top court in its 4G standard-essential patent dispute with VoiceAge, arguing that judges wrongly refused to seek EU courts' guidance i... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa face UK lawsuits from builders’ merchant EH Smith

March 13, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Mastercard and Visa face UK lawsuits from builders’ merchant EH Smith. The actions — the latest in a series of suits targeting the payment-card giants — was filed at the High Court in London. Mastercard, and r... (more story)

SocialRyse says YouTube pressured distributors to drop US antitrust case

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: SocialRyse opposed YouTube’s motion to dismiss US antitrust claims, saying YouTube is improperly trying to portray SocialRyse’s removal from the automated video monetization ecosystem as an indep... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

SerpApi moves to dismiss Reddit's amended US DMCA complaint

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: SerpApi moved to dismiss Reddit’s amended US copyright complaint, saying it fails to fix the deficiencies in the first complaint. “Reddit now claims to have authored some miniscule amount of cont... (more story)

Common position on AI Act changes endorsed by EU countries

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The ambassadors of the EU’s member states on Friday endorsed a common position on the legislative package amending the EU AI Act, known as the AI omnibus. The European governments largely agreed ... (more story)

AI developers see how EU Commission could access their models under draft rules

March 13, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Draft procedural rules for enforcing the AI Act would give the European Commission the power to access and inspect general-purpose AI models, including source code, model weights and hosting infrastructure. Th... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Alaska Airlines wins discovery pause as Hawaii court weighs dismissal bid

March 13, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

A Hawaii federal court has paused discovery in the private challenge to Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, ruling that the burden of producing more than 1.5 million documents outweighs plaintif... (more story)

Alaska Airlines granted stay of discovery by US judge

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US District Court for the District of Hawaii granted a stay of discovery for Alaska Airlines, Inc. in a private challenge to its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, saying that the defendants w... (more story)

‘Independent’ agencies crucial for economic, democratic strength, German judge says

March 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Antitrust enforcers need their independence protected from political pressure to ensure they can work to strengthen economies, according to Stephan Harbarth, the president of Germany's constitutional court. He... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

ITA, Alitalia fined total €1.4m for data protection breaches in Italy

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italia Trasporto Aereo, or ITA, and Alitalia have been fined €1 million and €250,000 respectively by Italy's data-protection authority for breaking the EU's data privacy rules, including sharing ... (more story)

Amazon's €746m GDPR fine scrapped as Luxembourg watchdog told to reassess case (update***)

March 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

Online retail giant Amazon has persuaded a Luxembourg appeal court to overturn a €746 million fine imposed by the country's data protection authority for GDPR breaches related to targeted advertising and send ... (more story)

Intesa Sanpaolo gets €17.6m fine in Italy for data-protection breach

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Intesa Sanpaolo has been fined €17.6 million by Italy's privacy watchdog for unlawfully processing the data of around 2.4 million customers transferred to its subsidiary and fully digital lender ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Asda victory in UK plant breeders’ rights case brings long-awaited clarity

March 13, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Asda’s victory over Nador Cott Protection in the UK High Court over Tang Gold oranges marks the first ruling of its kind in the UK, lending judicial weight to what were previously non-binding guidelines. The c... (more story)

Indonesia advances copyright amendment addressing AI-generated works

March 13, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesia’s House of Representatives has approved a proposed bill amending the country’s 2014 Copyright Law as a legislative initiative, paving the way for deliberations on proposed provisions addressing artif... (more story)

China shifts from follower to frontrunner in global SEP licensing, innovators say

March 13, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Chinese technology companies have shifted from followers to emerging rule shapers in the licensing of global standard-essential patents, industry leaders said at a conference in Shenzhen, citing stronger paten... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former Odey fund exec calls misconduct probe ‘low point,’ board dismissal a ‘relief’

March 13, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

A former executive at Odey Asset Management told a UK court on Friday that an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against the hedge fund's founder, Crispin Odey, took a toll on his health, citing ... (more story)

Only Fox executive, company get FIFA corruption charges dismissed, US says

March 13, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

The government’s move to dismiss charges in a soccer corruption case only concerns a former 21st Century Fox executive and a sports marketing company, and it has no legal effect on the convictions of other def... (more story)

US answers questions from judge in FIFA corruption case

March 13, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The Justice Department responded to a series of questions from US District Judge Pamela Chen regarding its decision to end an effort to sustain the guilty verdicts of a former 21st Century Fox ex... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Chinese regulator summons online lenders over personal data, marketing practices

March 13, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s National Administration of Financial Regulation said on Friday that it had summoned five online lending platforms — Fenqile, a financial services platform targeting young consumers; Qifu ... (more story)

EU insurers invited to comment on reducing disclosure burden

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has opened a consultation on possible inefficiencies, overlaps and inconsistencies in reporting and disclosure rules for insurers and pe... (more story)

US SEC drops crypto fraud case against BitClout founder, others

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a joint stipulation with defendant Nader Al-Naji and other relief defendants to dismiss, with prejudice, the agency's civil enforcement action agai... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade investigation probes 60 nations over forced labor

March 13, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US has launched another Section 301 trade investigation that will probe some 60 countries, including the country's largest trading partners, over allegations of forced labor.

Chinese steel fencing dumped, US Commerce finds

March 13, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department determined that temporary steel fencing imported from China is dumped in the US.

Chinese steel fencing subsidized, US Commerce finds

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has determined that temporary steel fencing imports from China are being provided countervailable subsidies. 

State Aid View More

French aid for printed-press distribution wins EU approval

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: France has won European Commission approval for a program worth €107.5 million to support the distribution of printed materials via a network of distributors, wholesalers and retailers. The plan ... (more story)

Energy-price shocks see EU ‘attentive’ to abusive corporate conduct

March 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The risk that an energy-price spike may see companies exploit customers requires the attention of antitrust enforcers, but regulators are better prepared after past conflicts, Teresa Ribera said. The EU's comp... (more story)

Spain may grant €70m to support digitalization of printed press

March 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary:  Publishers of printed press and periodicals will be eligible for direct grants, under a Spanish plan worth €70 million to support them in the acquisition of digitalization solutions such as edit... (more story)

Energy View More

Energy prices expected to be key focus in EU meetings in week ahead

March 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Energy prices are expected to be a key focus in EU meetings in the week ahead, with gas price caps, electricity market reforms and carbon pricing likely to feature prominently in discussions against the backdr... (more story)

EU small nuclear reactors strategy raises questions over cost and tech hurdles

March 13, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

The economic case for small modular nuclear reactors is complicated by the large number of designs and concepts, even as the European Commission and industry stress standardization and serial production to cut... (more story)

UK petrol, energy retailers to be asked by govt to pass on costs fairly

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK petrol retailers and energy suppliers will be pressed by finance minister Rachel Reeves and energy minister Ed Miliband in a meeting on Friday on what they are doing to keep prices down and wh... (more story)

Technology View More

NetChoice sues Chicago over social media tax

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NetChoice announced a US complaint against the City of Chicago to challenge its newly enacted “Social Media Amusement Tax,” which would force social media companies to pay a tax of 50 cents per m... (more story)

Live Nation, Arkansas settle antitrust claims in deal identical to US DOJ term sheet

March 13, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Office of the Arkansas Attorney General and Live Nation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Ticketmaster have settled their antitrust claims. The parties signed a term sheet detailing the terms o... (more story)

Porn company AVS fails to pay UK online safety fine, watchdog eyes 'next steps'

March 13, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: AVS Group, which operates at least 18 pornography websites, has failed to pay an online safety fine issued by UK regulator Ofcom within the deadline, and the watchdog is now considering “next ste... (more story)