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Antitrust, Technology

March 04, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Live Nation says it is not 'big, fat, lazy' monopolist as US DOJ trial kicks off
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram

Data Privacy and Security

March 04, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift

North America

Instagram head confronted at N.M. trial with troves of 'inappropriate' child content
book of FCPA law and gavel

Financial Crime

March 03, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Businessman fights translations of messages shown to jury at US bribery trial

Antitrust View More

Epic Games, Google fashion new settlement in response to US judge’s concerns

March 04, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Epic Games and Google said Wednesday that they reached a new comprehensive settlement that addresses a US judge’s concerns about their initial deal to modify a court-ordered injunction mandating changes to the... (more story)

CVS Health gets dismissal with prejudice of hospitals’ US antitrust claims

March 04, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

CVS Health doesn't have to face Brandywine Hospital and Reading Hospital's amended tying claims over its third-party administration service Wellpartner, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled. The plaintiffs doubl... (more story)

WhatsApp changes terms in EU, Brazil to address 'interim' antitrust concerns (update*)

March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe, Latin America

Meta Platforms is allowing AI chatbots to temporarily access WhatsApp in the EU and Brazil in response to regulators' concerns. The company, which argues that WhatsApp wasn’t designed to carry heavy traffic fr... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge' seeks to insulate consumers from AI costs

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: President Donald Trump unveiled a five-point Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed by seven American technology companies. The pledge states that signatories "agree to protect American consumers fro... (more story)

Google's AI chatbot caused son's delusions, suicide, Fla. family alleges

March 04, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Google is facing a wrongful death case in the US over alleged harms caused by its artificial intelligence tool Gemini. The family of Florida resident Jonathan Gavalas, 36, alleges that Google’s AI chatbot fuel... (more story)

Google sued by Florida family alleging AI chatbot coached suicide

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google is facing a lawsuit filed by the family of a Florida man that alleges the company’s Gemini AI chatbot spent weeks manufacturing an elaborate delusional fantasy before helping him commit su... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Sumitomo Forestry, Tri Pointe Homes file US Hart-Scott-Rodino notification

March 04, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: Sumitomo Forestry, a Japanese homebuilder and timber company, and California-based homebuilder Tri Pointe Homes have filed their Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification with the US Department of... (more story)

Merging parties must show economic 'incentive' to innovate, EU's Loriot says

March 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Economic incentives that drive innovation, rather than promises to innovate, should be key for deals to pass EU merger review following an overhaul, a top EU enforcer said.

Retelit, Italy finance ministry make third try at EU approval of Sparkle deal

March 04, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Telecommunications service provider Retelit and the Italian Finance Ministry filed their intended acquisition of Sparkle for clearance with the European Commission, according to an update on the regulator's we... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Russian ransomware administrator pleads guilty in US to wire fraud charge

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Russian national pleaded guilty in US federal court to a wire fraud conspiracy charge connected to a ransomware conspiracy. Evgenii Ptitsyn administered the sale, distribution, and operation of... (more story)

Social media executives' live testimony not guaranteed in US trials due to distance

March 04, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A New Mexico jury has heard only from current Meta Platform executives through taped depositions, as the state is expected to rest its case after hearing from its final live witness on Wednesday.

LeakBase hacker forum dismantled in global operation

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of the LeakBase database, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.

Intellectual Property View More

USPTO shifts outreach focus to universities, boosting tech transfer

March 04, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office is looking to university campuses to host its community outreach offices across the country, an effort tech transfer leaders tell MLex will uplift innovation. The focus also ... (more story)

For IP-intensive defense vendors, Pentagon, Anthropic clash has high stakes

March 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A brewing battle between the US Department of Defense and Anthropic over military use of advanced artificial intelligence could be a pivotal moment for intellectual property rights in government contracting. 

Philips wins UPC sleep-therapy patent dispute; ABM plans appeal

March 04, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court has revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring’s sleep-therapy patent in counterclaim proceedings brought by Philips, clearing its NightBalance device of infringement in three countries. ABM pl... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Retail tech firm founder pleads guilty in US to $300m fraud scheme

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Christine Hunsicker, founder and former chief executive of CaaStle, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors in the retail-technology busine... (more story)

UBS cleared by Swiss appeal judges over Bulgarian drug money case

March 04, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

UBS has been cleared of a Credit Suisse legacy issue by Switzerland’s appeal court over claims that the lender failed to prevent an employee from laundering the proceeds of Bulgarian drug money through the ban... (more story)

Appeals court affirms US forfeiture of condos from pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker

March 04, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to grant the US government's effort to forfeit condominiums and bank accounts held by two companies controlled by ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Kraken first crypto firm given access to US Fed’s core payments system

March 04, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Kraken became the first cryptocurrency firm to be granted access to the US Federal Reserve’s payments system, drawing consternation from banking groups. “As we know, the payments landscape is actively evolving... (more story)

Final rules on UK car-finance redress plan are coming soon, FCA says

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK's financial watchdog said on Wednesday that car-finance lenders will have between three and five months to process the claims generated by a nationwide redress program. The final details o... (more story)

US bank liquidity rules on discount window to follow Basel III proposal, Bessent says

March 03, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

After the US Federal Reserve proposes bank capital rules, presumably by the end of the month, it will then consider “wholesale” changes to bank liquidity regulations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Bef... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court judge orders Customs to process goods without IEEPA duties

March 04, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

A US Court of International Trade judge on Wednesday ordered customs officials to process all goods without assessing emergency tariff authorities that the US Supreme Court overturned last month.

US customs says IEEPA duties still being liquidated; refunds to include interest

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a detailed response to a Court of International Trade order that officials are still liquidating entries for International Emergency Economic Powers Act d... (more story)

EU ports strategy features foreign investment monitoring, possible access curbs

March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

EU criteria for monitoring foreign investments in strategic ports will be set and market access possibly restricted under an EU ports strategy issued by the European Commission on Wednesday. The review of the ... (more story)

State Aid View More

New EU maritime, port strategies aim to drive competitiveness, green transition

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU maritime and ports strategies which aim to boost competitiveness and support the clean energy transition, security and resilience have been published by the European Commission. The plans ... (more story)

EU job ad to seek new head of competition department

March 04, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The European Commission is moving forward its search for the new director-general of its powerful competition department, agreeing Wednesday to publish an ad for the position, MLex has learned. Olivier Guersen... (more story)

Slovenian aid to Lekarna Ljubljana open for feeback in EU

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Parties interested in Slovenia's transfer of assets from the Ljubljana municipality to pharmacy chain Lekarna Ljubljana have now one month to provide input to the European Commission. The state a... (more story)

Energy View More

Battle over EU industry law's scope still has quite a way to go

March 04, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Debate about the scope of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act is far from over, despite the European Commission’s much-delayed plan being formally presented by industry chief Stéphane Séjourné on Wednesday. Qu... (more story)

MOL files EU antitrust complaint against Croatian pipeline operator JANAF

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hungarian oil company MOL and its Slovak subsidiary Slovnaft have filed an antirust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Croatian pipeline operator JANAF of abusing its market power b... (more story)

EU energy data space and AI tools set out in digitalization roadmap

March 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Matthew Newman

Europe

The EU energy sector would see a "Common European Energy Data Space" realized early next year to harmonize data access, under proposals in a draft European Commission roadmap. Agreements between public authori... (more story)

Technology View More

Epic Games, Google propose revised modified injunction in US antitrust litigation

March 04, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Google and Epic Games filed a renewed joint motion to modify a court-ordered injunction issued in their US antitrust litigation. The parties wrote that following a January hearing, they returned ... (more story)

Feedback on guidance to ease Cyber Resilience Act compliance sought by EU Commission

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a consultation on draft guidance aimed at helping companies comply with the obligations of the Cyber Resilience Act, as it steps up preparations ahead of the la... (more story)

EU regions urged to close enforcement gaps as digital risks to minors intensify

March 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Daily internet use among young Europeans has reached near universality, while cyberbullying, grooming, manipulative design and AI-driven harms outpace fragmented enforcement across member states,... (more story)