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Artificial Intelligence

April 20, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Musk faces down US judge's demand to affirm no financial gain from OpenAI trial
Front grille and logo of a Firefly new energy vehicles at NIO store in Shanghai

Intellectual Property

April 20, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

Chinese EV maker Nio loses Firefly trademark ahead of UK car launch
Close-up of a hundred-dollar bill with a red rectangular label featuring raised white letters placed diagonally across the portrait.

Trade

April 17, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Questions emerge as US Customs rolls out new refund system

Antitrust View More

TikTok says it’s immune from US antitrust claims over sports memorabilia

April 20, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

TikTok Inc. told a US judge it is entirely immune from claims that it participated in a conspiracy to monopolize the market for sports memorabilia, arguing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immuniz... (more story)

Banks fail to get US high court review of bond manipulation case

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Barclays, Citibank, Goldman Sachs and other banks failed to convince the US Supreme Court to review an antitrust case accusing them of illegally conspiring to inflate the interest rates for a typ... (more story)

California AG releases public motion for injunction against Amazon in price-fixing case

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an unredacted version of a motion for a preliminary injunction in the state's existing lawsuit against Amazon over alleged price fixing. In a filing in... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU governments, lawmakers have agreed on less controversial AI law changes

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU governments and lawmakers have agreed on some of the less controversial aspects of a legislative package to amend the EU's AI law, including the provisions on AI literacy, the legal basis for ... (more story)

EU countries asked for flexibility on AI Act changes’ key issues; final deal in sight

April 20, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

EU governments are being asked for feedback on compromise proposals, to weigh in on different options and to indicate their flexibility on five key unresolved issues in AI Act amendments, ahead of a final deal... (more story)

China signals tailored approach to AI law as new risks mount, official says

April 20, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A senior Chinese legislative official has offered a fresh glimpse into Beijing’s evolving approach to legislation on artificial intelligence, signaling new priorities while maintaining continuity with earlier ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Charter execs queried on emergency, low-income services in utilities hearing

April 20, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Executives from Charter Communications faced questions Monday about the company's services during emergencies and commitments to services for low-income customers at the start of a week-long evidentiary hearin... (more story)

US judge excludes streaming from Nexstar-Tegna relevant market in PI order

April 20, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

North America

A California federal judge said the relevant product market in Nexstar’s acquisition of broadcaster Tegna is retransmission consent licenses for the Big Four broadcasting stations, explicitly excluding streami... (more story)

Risks to innovation, data-sharing and labor detailed in EU’s new M&A guidelines

April 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Merging companies will see the EU pay close attention to the impact of their deals on the innovation race as well as the risk of them accessing sensitive data on rivals, according to new guidelines under consi... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

In unredacted suit against JustAnswer, US FTC points to 679,000 consumer complaints

April 20, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

The US Federal Trade Commission's newly unredacted complaint against JustAnswer LLC reveals new details about what the company allegedly knew about its own deceptive sign-up practices.

Redacted ROSCA complaint against JustAnswer unsealed by US judge

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex: After a federal judge ordered previously redacted portions the US Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against online question-and-answer platform JustAnswer unsealed, the FTC filed an unredacted version r... (more story)

NetChoice stops Arkansas social media law from taking effect

April 20, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

A US judge enjoined an Arkansas law on Monday that was set to take effect tomorrow which modified the already-barred Arkansas Social Media Act.

Intellectual Property View More

US appellate court awards BMW costs in Onesta IP's appeal of antisuit injunction

April 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday granted BMW’s motion to dismiss a bid to undo an antisuit injunction it was awarded in January — and the judges ordered Onesta I... (more story)

Abbott secures UPC injunction in diabetes monitoring device appeal against Chinese rival

April 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Abbott Diabetes Care has secured a UPC injunction against Sinocare’s GlucoMen iCan, with appeal judges overturning a refusal and finding indirect infringement and likely validity. Judges cited urgency, warning... (more story)

Japan's justice ministry sets civil-law panel on AI-era voice, portrait rights

April 20, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s justice ministry is moving to clarify when generative artificial intelligence users may face civil liability for copying a person’s voice or likeness without consent, setting up an expert panel that co... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Florida man sentenced to prison for money laundering, fraud

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Alain Bibliowicz Mitrani, a resident of Miami, Florida, and a citizen of France and Colombia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a sprawling money laundering and fraud operation ... (more story)

Private credit funds could provide less systemic-risk data under US proposal

April 20, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US regulators would require less systemic-risk data from private credit funds, which have been struggling of late, as well as from hedge and private equity funds, under a proposal today. Fewer investment advis... (more story)

Iranian man extradited to US to face sanctions violations, smuggling charges

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A 44-year-old citizen of Iran was extradited to the US and will appear in Seattle federal court on a nine-count indictment related to his alleged scheme to violate US trade sanctions against Iran... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK planning payments rules reform to boost fintech industry

April 20, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK government wants to establish a single payments framework for both traditional and tokenized payments, including stablecoins and tokenized deposits, as part of a wider drive to modernize its payments re... (more story)

US Senate Democratic report analyzes Fed nominee Warsh’s financial disclosures

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Democrats on the US Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released a new report with comprehensive analysis of Kevin Warsh’s publicly available financial disclosures and ethics agr... (more story)

Securitization deal among EU lawmakers still not secured as May 5 vote looms

April 20, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Ralf Seekatz, an EU lawmaker from the center-right European People’s Party, faces a tight deadline to secure support from several political groups for a revamped securitization framework ahead of a May 5 vote.... (more story)

Trade View More

US trade court mostly rules for South Korean steel plate company

April 20, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of International Trade partly remanded the Commerce Department’s latest revision to a 2023 review of an antisubsidy order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from South Korea, fi... (more story)

France won't oppose EU-Australia deal, despite resisting Mercosur over farming

April 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe, Oceania

The French government won't oppose the EU-Australia trade agreement despite voting against the EU-Mercosur deal last year over agricultural concerns, MLex understands. Expectations were that France, with an ac... (more story)

Ecorys to study effectiveness of EU’s trade defense tools

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Research business Ecorys will assess the economic impact of the EU’s trade defense measures, an award notice shows. The estimated length of the contract, commissioned by the European Commission's... (more story)

State Aid View More

Buttigieg on track to be reappointed as judge for the EU General Court

April 20, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The Maltese government has proposed renewing Eugène Buttigieg's appointment to the EU's General Court for another term, according to documents seen by MLex. National representatives are set to make an official... (more story)

HBOR can have Croatian capital injection, EU watchdog says

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Hrvatska Banka za Obnovu i Razvitak, a Croatian development bank, may receive a capital injection worth €411 million, the European Commission said on Monday, clearing the support under EU state a... (more story)

Romanian subsidy for nuclear power plant draws EU probe

April 16, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company, to refurbish the Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor, has drawn an in-depth EU state aid probe.

Energy View More

New Australian solicitor general warns of rise in climate-related legal actions

April 20, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins has warned of a rise in climate-related legal actions against corporations stemming from an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice las... (more story)

ICJ climate opinion may raise directors' duty of care, Australian legal report says

April 20, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: A legal opinion authored by Australia’s incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins and published Monday says an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change is likely to influen... (more story)

EU's Russia sanctions still face Hungarian block; Iran shipping efforts ramp up

April 17, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

No breakthrough on the EU's 20th Russia sanctions plan is likely at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council next week despite the political transition in Hungary, an EU diplomat said on Friday. The package... (more story)

Technology View More

US judge enjoins Arkansas social media law

April 20, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal judge in the Western District of Arkansas preliminarily enjoined the Arkansas Social Media Safety Act from going into effect. Ruling in favor of the tech trade association NetChoice ... (more story)

Google challenges user-count methodology under Digital Services Act at EU court

April 20, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Lewis Crofts

Europe

Google is taking the European Commission to court over how users are counted for its Google Shopping service under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, in a move that could clarify a key methodology under the bloc... (more story)

Apple falls short on DMA interoperability rules, software industry’s report says

April 20, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Apple retains broad discretion over interoperability, forcing developers into costly, slow and uncertain access processes, according to a report by Free Software Foundation Europe. Drawing on dev... (more story)