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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
February 06, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Antitrust, Technology
February 06, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Chris May
North America
Antitrust
February 05, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Antitrust View More
February 07, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse granted Da Yang and Great Ocean’s motion to dismiss allegations that they were part of a crab price-fixing conspiracy. Tse previously found that plaintiffs plausib... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Chris May, Clayton Vickers and Khushita Vasant
North America
Even if Zillow Group possesses roughly 50-65 percent of the US market for online home search platforms, broader competitive conditions do not show the company wields market power justifying a preliminary injun... (more story)
February 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Takeda Pharmaceutical and Twi Pharmaceuticals were denied dismissal of claims accusing them of engaging in an illegal reverse payment agreement to restrain competition in the US market for Dexila... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 06, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Frontier AI initiative is shaping plans for a non-profit, world-leading AI lab in Europe, with early research priorities including reinforced learning, agentic AI, physical AI and world models. Th... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
China's State Administration for Market Regulation has imposed fines on companies mimicking popular artificial intelligence services like DeepSeek and ChatGPT. The actions follow Beijing's push to promote the ... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Hoa Dinh
Asia
Vietnam has released a draft decree to guide implementation of its AI law, which is due to take effect on March 1. The draft sets out risk-based obligations for AI system providers, including requirements to c... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 06, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Gustavo Augusto Freitas de Lima, president of Brazil’s competition watchdog, told MLex the use of preventive measures — an agency tool designed to prevent harm to competition — is necessary when dealing with t... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
California’s state premerger notification bill passed the Senate Monday and was presented to Governor Gavin Newsom on Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Senate Bill 25 derives from the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Antitrust... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
State lawmakers are entering 2026 with renewed momentum on antitrust policy, advancing a wave of proposals aimed at tightening competition rules and expanding enforcement authority. This week, a California pre... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 07, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
With a jury of six men and six women chosen Friday, the first bellwether trial in which a private plaintiff will argue that Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube were illegally designed to be addictive to young ... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
State attorneys general have taken on Big Tobacco and opioids, garnering industry-changing settlements. They're now using the same playbook on a novel subject — social media — with the first of many expected t... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
The Computer & Communications Industry Association has sued Utah officials to block a new app-store law set to take effect in May, arguing it unconstitutionally restricts access to protected speech.
Intellectual Property View More
February 06, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
A bill introduced in the US House this week would spend $375 million through 2030 to establish 10 regional hubs to accelerate the development of cutting-edge defense technologies. The program hopes to bring to... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
US biotech company Biogen is the target of an EU investigation regarding its compliance with antitrust laws for a multiple sclerosis treatment, MLex has learned. Last month, it was quizzed by the European Comm... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
NoCopyrightSounds, a UK music label, will regain control of licensed music from two companies that owe it more than £4 million, after a judge agreed to issue an injunction blocking the use of the label’s intel... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Roger Wicker, Co-Chairman Representative Joe Wilson, Ranking Member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Ranking Member Representative Steve Cohen and nine other... (more story)
February 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Amy Klobuchar reintroduced the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Finance and Counterfeiting Act to enhance criminal money laundering statutes.
February 06, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Europe, North America
Charges recently unsealed in the US amid a corruption scandal at a NATO procurement agency came after prosecutors dropped two cases last year involving alleged bribery of other officials in the same support ag... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced a 90-day extension to the comment period on the agency’s notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement the application provisions under... (more story)
February 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Russia is set to face a new EU sanctions package targeting energy, financial services and trade in response to its invasion of Ukraine, after the European Commission proposed new measures on Frid... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK’s wealth managers have told the Financial Conduct Authority to avoid unnecessary divergence from international client categorisation regimes, warning that misalignment could put UK firms at a competitive disadvantage.
Trade View More
February 06, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US and India announced that they've reached a framework for an interim agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade. "Today’s framework reaffirms the countries’ commitment to ... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Europe, North America
The US Commerce Department improperly assessed which market factors primarily influenced the price of phosphate rock when calculating an antisubsidy duty rate against Russian phosphate fertilizers, the Court o... (more story)
February 06, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade partially remanded the Commerce Department’s remand results for the review of an antisubsidy duty order on Russian phosphate fertilizers.
State Aid View More
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Estonia has won European Commission state aid approval for its methodology for calculating counter-guarantee premiums on new short-term banking guarantees, as well as guarantees on new loans to c... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany has secured approval for a €3 billion aid plan to back investments that contribute to clean technology manufacturing capacity. The measure, which involves grants and tax advantages, aims ... (more story)
February 05, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties interested in the European Commission's in-depth probe into whether Poland's €26 million investment aid in favor of MAN Trucks is in line with the bloc's state aid rules now have the chan... (more story)
Energy View More
February 06, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Some EU countries are opposing the European Commission’s proposal to suspend the appointment of an authorized representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries, MLex has lea... (more story)
February 06, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Italian lawmaker Pierfrancesco Maran is set to become the next chair of the European Parliament's committee on environment, climate and food safety, his center-left Socialists and Democrats group says.
February 05, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US State Department said the Trump administration has signed 11 new bilateral critical minerals frameworks, with Argentina, the Cook Islands, Ecuador, Guinea, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, the Phi... (more story)
Technology View More
February 06, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: NewsGuard filed suit in federal district court seeking to enjoin the Federal Trade Commission and its chairman, Andrew Ferguson, from continuing an investigation of NewsGuard. “While the FTC has ... (more story)
February 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Guidelines to help the largest online platforms, as designated under the Digital Services Act, implement the European Media Freedom Act were released by the European Commission on Friday. The gui... (more story)
February 06, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Chinese short-video app Kuaishou on Friday said it will implement corrective measures after receiving a 119.1 million yuan ($17.1 million) fine from Beijing regulators over cybersecurity and cont... (more story)