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January 09, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Antitrust, Intellectual Property
January 09, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
January 09, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Antitrust View More
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: I.C.O.N. has been fined €1.2 million in Spain for price-fixing and imposing commercial conditions for the resale of its professional hairdressing products. It has been also banned from participat... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Housebuilders are the target of a planned class action in the UK over alleged anticompetitive behavior affecting pricing, according to a statement from proposed class representative Mark McLaren.... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The financial thresholds for mandatory notification of mergers in Ireland should be increased to help focus resources on transactions which are more likely to raise competition issues, the countr... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 12, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU governments aim to reach a negotiating position by late March or early April on amendments to the bloc's AI Act following initial legislative discussions. Removing the registration requirement is proving co... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
X is under formal investigation in the UK after online safety regulator Ofcom opened a probe into whether the platform breached its duties under the Online Safety Act over the use of Grok to generate sexualize... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Frank Hersey
Europe
The UK government has constantly pushed the prospect of AI regulation further down its agenda. It is no longer clear when an AI bill might be published, if at all. Its stance on keeping abreast of AI by mainta... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 12, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Sanofi and Dynavax Technologies said they will file paperwork with the US antitrust authorities and expect the waiting period for their $2.2. billion deal to expire on Jan. 30. The companies also... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Europe, North America
Sanofi and Dynavax Technologies said they expect the antitrust waiting period with the US antitrust authorities for their $2.2 billion deal to expire on Jan. 30. The pharmaceutical companies also said they hav... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Volvo Construction Equipment has secured European Commission clearance for its plans to acquire sole control of its dealer Swecon’s businesses in Germany and Sweden, the EU merger regulator said ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Digi Spain Telecom has received a €120,000 fine for breaching the European General Data Protection Regulation, the Spanish Data Protection Agency said on Monday. The company had unlawfully proces... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore’s healthcare providers will be required to contribute patient data to the nationwide electronic health record system under a new law aimed at reshaping care delivery while tightening controls over ac... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government will publish its first guidance on screen use for children under five in April, officials said Monday. The non-binding guidance will be developed with input from parents and exp... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 12, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Cloudflare is threatening to withdraw from Italy after the communications regulator fined it €14 million for failing to block access to piracy websites under the “Piracy Shield” regime. CEO Matthew Prince crit... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Access Advance voiced disappointment but said it respects a ruling by China’s highest court upholding jurisdiction over an antitrust lawsuit brought by Zhejiang Dahua Technology, while remaining confident in t... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
The US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday designated as precedential or informative 13 Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions regarding their discretionary denial — the same that were designated in Decembe... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A Venezuelan national was charged by criminal complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia with conspiracy to launder money after allegedly using various bank accounts, cryptocurrency exchange a... (more story)
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced initiatives to combat rampant government benefits fraud in Minnesota, including notices of investigation to local money services businesses; the laun... (more story)
January 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Paul Jorgenson, former chief revenue officer of Doximity, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to trade in the company's stock and options based on inside information in... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 12, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the agency was served by the US Justice Department with grand jury subpoenas threatening a criminal indictment in connection with Powell’s congressional testimo... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Six candidates have applied for the post of vice president of the European Central Bank to replace Luis de Guindos when his term ends in May 2026. The applicants are Mário Centeno of Portugal, Mā... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A UK fraudster who left investors with millions of pounds of losses from an illicit peer-to-peer lending investment scheme called Collateral (UK) has been ordered to pay £265,523 to the victims. ... (more story)
Trade View More
January 12, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
Chinese electric vehicle exporters may avoid EU anti-subsidy duties by committing to minimum export prices under a framework published on Monday. The European Commission guidance explains how price undertaking... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Chinese producers of battery electric vehicles exporting to the EU can submit proposals to set minimum export prices in a bid to avoid paying anti-subsidy duties, the European Commission said Mon... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: China and the EU have made progress in talks aimed at resolving the EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese battery electric vehicles, agreeing on the need to provide exporters with general ... (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 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)
January 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The US decision to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is “regrettable and unfortunate,” EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said on Thursday. He said support for internationa... (more story)
January 08, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has convened a second meeting with power and energy-storage battery makers in just over six weeks to steer the sector toward more orderly competition, widening its effort into a four-agency joint session... (more story)
Technology View More
January 12, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The data protection unit within the European Commission will get a new head, with Andréas Stein taking over the role, MLex has learned. He will succeed Olivier Micol, who is set to move in February to lead the... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: X’s Grok platform is under formal investigation in the UK for potential breaches of the Online Safety Act, after widespread outrage over the use of the AI chatbot to create and share non-consensu... (more story)
January 12, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Zalando’s appeal of a General Court ruling challenging its classification under the Digital Services Act was published in the EU’s Official Journal on Monday. The online shoes, fashion and access... (more story)