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Data Privacy and Security, Energy, Technology, Trade
January 14, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Artificial Intelligence
January 14, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust
January 13, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Antitrust View More
January 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Political appointees at the US Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division are being barred from speaking at public events by the agency’s leadership, MLex has learned. Names of multiple antitrust enforcers who... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Chris May and Clayton Vickers
North America
The National Association of Realtors, top US brokerages and class counsel representing home sellers defended their antitrust settlements over broker commissions on Wednesday before a US appeals court panel tha... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Zillow and Redfin moved to dismiss what they called “threadbare” antitrust claims brought by the US Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, arguing the plaintiffs ignore renters who benefit from ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica will face a revamp of EU telecom rules that will, according to an early draft, include EU-wide harmonization of radio spectrum, unlimited license duration by default and... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Social-media platform X has reportedly stopped the Grok AI chatbot integrated into it from responding to requests to sexualize photos of real people by removing their clothes, both for users of its free and pa... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Ferrari
Europe
Meta Platforms still faces the prospect of a possible EU injunction against its WhatsApp platform over a policy to exclude rival AI chatbots. EU competition commissioner Teresa Ribera said she was “still consi... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 14, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission increased the jurisdictional threshold for deals filed under Hart-Scott-Rodino to $133.9 million and approved new filing fees ranging from $35,000 to $2.46 million.
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission approved revised jurisdictional thresholds and a revised filing fee schedule. The new size-of-transaction threshold for reporting proposed mergers and acquisitions... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Bus, van and truck companies didn’t give Brazil’s competition authority much pushback on Savar’s proposed acquisition of Mecasul Auto Mecânica, a Mercedes-Benz dealership focused on heavy vehicles and related ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 15, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission has finalized a 20-year privacy order against General Motors and OnStar that will limit how the US carmaker with the largest market share can collect detailed location informati... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
Social media giants including Meta Platforms and Google may be banned from utilizing in-house data and technological tools, including artificial intelligence and facial recognition, to conduct research on juro... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
EU social-media age restrictions, including a potential ban for young users, will be discussed by an expert panel drawn from 20 scientists, physicians and other academics as well as advocacy professionals, acc... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America, Oceania
The Motion Picture Association and intellectual property policy experts warned the US House on Tuesday that media tax, ownership and reporting requirements in Canada and Australia violate trade agreements and ... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday failed to complete mark up for a second time on a bill that mandates transparency for third-party litigation funders, despite recent concessions around disclosure requi... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Asia, Europe
In the wake of a semiconductor supply crisis, Dutch chipmaker Nexperia has urged judges to investigate its Chinese parent company Wingtech, and to keep in place court-ordered measures that were imposed after a... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 14, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Swedish lender Swedbank said the US Justice Department has closed a money laundering investigation without filing charges, and that a probe by the New York State Department of Financial Services continues.
January 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The past management of Home REIT, a UK-listed social housing company, is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office as part of a probe into suspected bribery and fraud involving £300 million. The SFO said... (more story)
January 13, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division had a “markedly slower” year in fiscal 2025 compared to the year before and the lowest level of activity in 10 years, a private analysis by the ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 14, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer prodded Republicans to call on Justice Department officials to testify about their investigation of the Federal Reserve’s building renovations. In a floor speech today... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A planned 2027 update to EU capital rules risks significantly reducing investment flows from the UK financial sector into the bloc, the governing body of London’s financial district and think tank New Financial say.
January 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Retail banks in the UK are set to send annual regulatory reporting on their business models to the Financial Conduct Authority, under a proposal released on Wednesday. The requirements will apply... (more story)
Trade View More
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex summary: President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation directing his Cabinet to negotiate trade deals with countries on processed critical minerals and derivative products and to explore potential pric... (more story)
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex summary: President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff rate on certain advanced semiconductor chips similar to the Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X. Trump carved out exemptions f... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
An advisory committee for the US Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday formally submitted recommendations to customs to clarify tariff rules, including exemptions for in-cargo transit and insignificant de... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 09, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has clarified how it will analyze market distortions stemming from subsidies outside of the EU, and how it will balance those against any potential positive effects. In ne... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Companies backed by subsidies from countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia have received greater clarity on how the European Commission will apply rules that police their M&A activity and procurement ... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand has set out a long-term national strategy to expand its semiconductor and advanced electronics industry, with a focus on power semiconductors, sensors, photonics, discrete devices and an... (more story)
Energy View More
January 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Global temperatures in 2025 were the third-highest on record, while Europe also experienced its third-warmest year, according to the latest EU’s Copernicus climate report. Copernicus warned curre... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko faces a “tentative” US trial date in July on corruption charges stemming from his alleged role in a bribery scheme in Ghana. The trial is expected to last around two we... (more story)
January 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Details on an exemption from the EU’s carbon border tax for fertilizer imports were published Thursday by the European Commission. The regulator says the exemption could be triggered under an eme... (more story)
Technology View More
January 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, has failed to overturn fines and a binding order imposed by The Netherlands’ Autoriteit Consument & Markt. The Rotterdam District Court ruled that Fortnite’s in... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission is putting together an open letter to garner industry backing for upcoming legislation to include preference for Europe in public procurement, according to an early draft obtained by ML... (more story)
January 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The chair of a key UK parliamentary committee has warned that the government’s planned ban on AI “nudification tools” may not capture multi-purpose systems such as X’s Grok chatbot. Science, Inno... (more story)