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Trade

May 01, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Zack Budryk

North America

USTR's forced-labor probe mostly China focused, raising questions in broad probe

Artificial Intelligence

May 01, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US DoD enters agreements with frontier AI companies amid Anthropic fight
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Financial Services

May 01, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

Challenges to UK car finance redress plan risk ‘fresh uncertainty,’ FCA warns

Antitrust View More

Amazon ruling over Digital Services Act obligations challenged by EU Commission

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has appealed a General Court judgment in its dispute with Amazon, arguing that judges wrongly allowed the company to use a plea of illegality to challenge certain Digital ... (more story)

Samsung sees Dutch dispute on 'interbrand' competition referred to EU Court

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Dutch judge requested guidance from the EU higher-tier court on how to analyze the impact of resale price maintenance. The issue refers to a dispute between the Dutch competition authority and ... (more story)

Google is testing a new DMA compliance solution for flights, hotel search

May 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Google is revamping the top of its search results in response to flight and hotel-booking queries in its latest bid to comply with an EU law regulating digital “gatekeepers,” MLex has learned. 

Artificial Intelligence View More

Singapore central bank pilots cross-bank AI to detect scams earlier

May 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with five banks, the Government Technology Agency of Singapore and the Singapore Police Force to test AI and machine learning for pre-emptive ... (more story)

China draws line on AI job cuts as court backs fired worker

May 04, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Asia

A Chinese court has ruled that a tech company illegally fired a worker who refused a 40 percent pay cut after artificial intelligence replaced his quality-control role. The ruling, highlighted as a guiding pre... (more story)

Vietnam, Japan agree to deepen digital, semiconductor cooperation

May 04, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Vietnam and Japan have agreed to deepen their cooperation in information and communications technology and digital transformation, following a state visit by Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sana... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Challenge to INSCO's acquisition of HNG dismissed again by Indian watchdog

May 04, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

AGI Greenpac’s challenge to INSCO’s acquisition of Hindusthan National Glass & Industries saw India's antitrust watchdog finding no structural irregularities or competition concerns. The Competition Commission... (more story)

Xerox sees EU decision on Lexmark's acquisition published

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has disclosed the public version of its decision allowing Xerox to acquire Lexmark Intermational, a US laser printers and imaging products company. The deal was cleared wi... (more story)

Dubai Aerospace's bid for Macquarie AirFinance approved by Australian watchdog

May 04, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's bid to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital in Macquarie AirFinance has been cleared by Australia's competition watchdog. In a Monday statement, the Austra... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Australian privacy commissioner launches privacy awareness week 2026

May 04, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner on Monday launched Privacy Awareness Week 2026. The campaign calls on government agencies and regulated agencies to lift the standards for ho... (more story)

Roblox feels regulatory pain in its pocketbook as age-gating slows growth

May 01, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America, Oceania

Even as Roblox rushes to enable new age-gating technology, it faces regulator online safety lawsuits from seven US states, the company said in a securites filing Thursday. After recently reaching settlements h... (more story)

US federal court braces for flood of 96,000 Google Incognito damages claims

May 01, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A federal judge said she’s ready to approve Google’s Incognito privacy settlement, but flagged a new hurdle: how to manage some 96,000 individual damages claims now headed to federal court after plaintiffs add... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China's trademark office should take more action to fight bad-faith filings, Pop Mart exec says

May 04, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

Asia

A senior executive at Beijing-based toy brand Pop Mart has said that the Chinese trademark authority should be more proactive in refusing bad-faith filings, as the country anticipates new legislation to address the issue.

WIPO pushes AI-driven reforms to sustain IP system amid global pressures

May 04, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Asia, Europe, North America

The World Intellectual Property Organization is advancing AI-driven and operational reforms, including digital platforms and treaty updates, chief Daren Tang said. The aim is to modernize global IP systems, im... (more story)

Vietnam urges US to reassess IP record after 'Priority Foreign Country' tag

May 04, 2026 | Hoa Dinh

Asia, North America

Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the US to provide “an objective and balanced assessment" of the progress the country has made in improving intellectual property protection, in response to the U... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trump signs order widening US sanctions on Cuba

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban government and widening existing measures to add restrictions under the International Emergency Economic Po... (more story)

US Treasury issues sanctions warning over Strait of Hormuz tolls

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an alert warning the maritime industry that paying “tolls” to the Iranian regime for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz... (more story)

Chinese oil terminal operator sanctioned by US for importing Iranian crude

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US State Department has blacklisted Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co., Ltd., a China-based petroleum terminal operator that has imported tens of millions of barrels of sanctioned Iranian crude o... (more story)

Financial Services View More

EU plan for harmonized company rules opened for feedback

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission opened a consultation on plans for an EU-wide rulebook to help companies invest and operate more easily across the bloc. The proposal would create a single corporate frame... (more story)

US banking regulators mulling how to supervise Anthropic’s Mythos AI, Bowman says

May 01, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US banking regulators are considering supervisory approaches for Anthropic’s Mythos AI model and other third-party risk management guidance to be applied to banks, said Michelle Bowman, the Federal Reserve’s v... (more story)

US senators banned from using prediction markets

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Bernie Moreno announced that the Senate has passed by unanimous consent a resolution banning sitting senators, officers, and staff from using prediction markets.

Trade View More

EU Commission engaging with US administration in wake of new tariff threats

May 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

The European Commission continues its engagement with the Trump administration, including a meeting between the EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič and US trade representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday, in the wake ... (more story)

Lithuanian changes to determine the amount of antitrust fines become effective

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in Lithuania will see a fifty percent reduction in the base amount of fines levied for antitrust breaches in the country, under updated rules to set the amount of penalties which entere... (more story)

Trump's latest tariff threat a 'massive challenge' for EU-US relations, German industry says

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: US President Donald Trump's latest announcement to raise the tariff rate on European cars from 15 to 25 percent poses yet another massive threat to transatlantic economic relations, and it goes b... (more story)

State Aid View More

Ferrovie del Sud Est's bailout prompts again EU Court questions

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An Italian judge has requested guidance from the EU Court on whether EU law precludes the recovery of state aid declared unlawful in the context of the procedure for access to crisis and insolven... (more story)

Corsica Ferries asks EU judges to annul state aid in favor of two rivals

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission found that a French measure would compensate Corsica Linea and La Méridionale for the provision of passenger and freight maritime transport services between Marseille and ... (more story)

Belgium enters exclusive negotiations to acquire Engie’s nuclear activities

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Belgian state is negotiating to take over Engie’s nuclear-energy activities, including its seven reactors, which currently generate about half of the country’s electricity. The deal would tra... (more story)

Energy View More

US official cites critical mineral procurement concerns with Project Vault

April 30, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

A key US official working on the Export-Import Bank’s new critical minerals stockpile said he remains concerned with the ability to procure enough minerals for the unprecedented effort. 

EU told to prepare for consequences if jet fuel stocks still declining beyond May

April 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU should start preparing for possible consequences if the decline in commercial stocks of jet fuel from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues beyond the end of May, experts from the ... (more story)

Countries to accelerate transition from fossil fuels, conference co-hosts say

April 30, 2026

Europe, Latin America

MLex Summary: Countries representing about one-third of global GDP have agreed on to step up efforts to transition away from fossil fuels at a conference in Colombia, co-hosts Colombia and The Netherlands have... (more story)

Technology View More

X challenges procedural rules under Digital Services Act in EU court appeal

May 04, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

Social media platform X is challenging the European Commission’s handling of evidence and process for allowing access to documents in its appeal against a landmark €120 million fine for breaking the bloc's dig... (more story)

Details of X’s Digital Services Act appeal published in EU Official Journal

May 04, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Details of X’s appeal against a €120 million Digital Services Act fine have been published in the EU’s Official Journal, showing that X and related parties are contesting both the substance of th... (more story)

US FTC, states file second amended ROSCA complaint against Uber

May 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission, joined by a group of 21 states, the District of Columbia and Alameda County, California, has filed a second amended complaint alleging that Uber Technologies viol... (more story)