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Technology
December 24, 2025 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Intellectual Property
December 24, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Data Privacy and Security
December 23, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Antitrust View More
December 26, 2025 | Chris May
North America
Corporate executives under pressure to present Wall Street with rosy pictures of future business prospects should take heed of the cautionary tales offered by a trio of recent US antitrust lawsuits where defen... (more story)
December 26, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
For Republican US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador, one persistent source of frustration is when merger trial judges discount or ignore the negative implications of clearing anticompetitive transactions,... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Portugal's competition authority has said it will prioritize investigating cartels in 2026, “particularly in the markets for public procurement, labor and liberal professions.” The AdC said it wo... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
December 26, 2025 | Emma Whitford
North America
A lawsuit alleging algorithmic tenant screening company RentGrow's services violate Washington, DC, consumer protection law will advance in 2026 — a bright spot for plaintiffs as organizations defending consum... (more story)
December 26, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
The administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s early AI overhaul has succeeded in reviving momentum after some delay due to domestic politics, but his AI policy agenda now faces tougher regulator... (more story)
December 25, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
A prominent Chinese legal scholar has called for advancing legislation to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence, rekindling debate over how Beijing should regulate the fast-growing technol... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
December 26, 2025 | Neil Averitt
North America
When a new administration takes office, the year is often marked by quick changes in general policy, which can be far more important than specific cases. This was especially true in the head-snapping transitio... (more story)
December 26, 2025 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The EU’s merger investigations in 2025 confirmed its strong preference for competition concerns to be addressed by “structural” remedies, rather than by “behavioral” ones. This year the European Commission app... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Austrian construction company Porr has secured antitrust clearance to acquire Viacama's Austrian project development business Vamed Standortentwicklung und Engineering, known as VSG. Porr said th... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
December 26, 2025 | Xu Yuan
North America
The first three trials against social media platforms set to begin in January will test the viability of the allegations that companies including Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap deliberately designe... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: Authorities in southeastern Fujian have rolled out a negative list governing data outflows in its free trade zone. The document identifies important data and personal information categories in th... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian Financial Services Authority, or OJK, which oversees the country’s banking and financial services sector, has issued new regulation Number 32 of 2025 on so-called "buy now pay late... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
December 26, 2025 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Major copyright cases at the EU Court of Justice — involving generative AI, press publishers and streaming platforms — will likely come to judgment in 2026, testing how far EU law can adapt to platforms’ power... (more story)
December 26, 2025 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
An Osaka court found that Hermes’ Birkin bag shape and its H-shaped sandal upper were protected in Japan but awarded only modest damages for online sales of lookalikes.
December 25, 2025 | MLex Staff
Asia
In its latest post-hearing listing document filed with the Hong Kong stock exchange, artificial intelligence startup MiniMax Group denied copyright-infringement allegations by major US movie studios related to... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
December 24, 2025 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A new UK roadmap for tackling corruption promises to tackle financial crime and dirty money flows, crack down on professional enablers, and speed up Serious Fraud Office investigations with AI. But only signs ... (more story)
December 23, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
On the February day that President Trump ordered a pause on enforcement of a key US anti-bribery law, companies previously targeted under that law whose stocks are publicly traded saw an average gain in market... (more story)
December 22, 2025
North America
MLex Summary: Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of state attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the complete defunding of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Th... (more story)
Financial Services View More
December 26, 2025 | Fanny Roux
Europe
While dismissing EU countries’ request for finance-simplification packages, the bloc’s executive arm wants to show that all its legal proposals are aimed at streamlining the rules. The European Commission is, ... (more story)
December 24, 2025 | Neil Roland
North America
The vast majority of US banks would enjoy loosened regulatory oversight under a US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency proposal amending 2008 financial crisis rules. The proposal would raise the threshol... (more story)
December 23, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The British Chamber of Commerce has listed 25 recommendations to the UK government in order to improve ties between the EU and UK, five years after the trade agreement between the two regions was concluded. Th... (more story)
Trade View More
December 26, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The EU is taking urgent steps to shield its customs system as a surge of parcels from the likes of e-commerce giants Shein and Temu outpace its ability to police safety, compliance and fair competition. Interi... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Asia
MLex Summary: China will impose countermeasures on 20 US defense-related companies and 10 senior executives in response to the latest US arms sales to Taiwan, according to a decision published by China’s Minis... (more story)
December 26, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China has lodged formal protests with Washington through the China–US economic and trade consultation mechanism over a planned US move to impose additional Section 301 tariffs on its semiconducto... (more story)
State Aid View More
December 23, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Corsair is set to benefit from €167.8 million in support after the EU approved the state aid from France following an in-depth probe. In a statement, the European Commission said the aid for the ... (more story)
December 23, 2025 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
More European industries will benefit from compensation under the bloc’s state aid rules as technical guidelines get an update to ensure companies don’t shift activities outside of the EU to countries with wea... (more story)
December 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The Czech government's planned €18 million support for three digital terrestrial television infrastructure operators, České Radiokomunikace, Digital Broadcasting and Česká televize, was incompati... (more story)
Energy View More
December 24, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission moved to tighten oversight of plastic imports by introducing separate customs codes for virgin and recycled plastics and stepping up monitoring of EU and global markets, l... (more story)
December 23, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: A new EU strategy for the Arctic is being prepared as the bloc moves to update its approach to the region’s climate, security and geopolitical challenges, with a call for public feedback now open... (more story)
December 22, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: France has won approval from the European Commission for a €20 billion reform of its electricity capacity mechanism aimed at ensuring security of supply during winter peak periods. The program, w... (more story)
Technology View More
December 26, 2025 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
A proposal to regulate the activities of video-on-demand firms, ranging from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to YouTube, is causing widespread dissatisfaction, as the draft law creates different tax rates for c... (more story)
December 25, 2025
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China hopes the companies involved can reach a solution on TikTok’s operations in the US that complies with Chinese laws and regulations and reflects a balance of interests, Commerce Ministry spo... (more story)
December 24, 2025
Europe
MLex Summary: Operational technology used in the UK’s critical infrastructure faces growing cyber risks due to aging systems, increased connectivity and a shortage of specialist skills, a government-commission... (more story)