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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 15, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
April 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Services
April 15, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A San Francisco Superior Court judge denied Amazon’s motion for summary judgment on its seventh cross-claim. In a statement, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that victory "is a key upda... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
A report from the Brazilian competition authority revealed that the number of preventive measure appeals ruled on by the agency's Tribunal jumped to 20 in 2025, up from just one in 2024.
April 16, 2026 | Wesley Brown
Asia, Europe, North America
A coalition of congressional Democrats asked the US Department of Justice and Acting Inspector General William M. Blier to open an investigation into potential corruption within the agency pertaining to antitr... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
A revamp of the EU’s data protection rules would clarify how companies should tackle the complex use of pseudonymized data under a compromise text to be debated by European legislators, according to a document... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU lawmakers and member states are clashing over how the AI Act should interact with sectoral laws, after the European Parliament rejected the latest proposal on the issue. Center-right lawmakers want to integ... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK financial regulators have defended their oversight of artificial intelligence, rejecting lawmakers’ criticism that they are taking a “wait and see” approach and failing to act quickly enough to manage emerg... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: A coalition of congressional Democrats asked the US Department of Justice and Acting Inspector General William M. Blier to open an independent investigation into potential corruption involving th... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Milk cooperatives Arla and DMK must file their intended merger for EU clearance by around the first week of May if they want to see the deal finalized by the middle of this year, as they have targeted. Ahead o... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The French competition authority has welcomed the approval by national legislators of new thresholds for merger reviews. The Autorité de la Concurrence estimated that the number of deals notified... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platforms using age inference to remove accounts that look likely to belong to under-13s is not enough under the UK regulatory framework, the privacy and online safety watchdogs told a conference. The I... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of 41 senators wrote a letter to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging the Trump administration to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is up for a revi... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senate Democrats introduced the Consumer Protection Remedies Act of 2026, which aims to restore the Federal Trade Commission's authority under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act, which it used to re... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 16, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
An extra filing opportunity for patent owners before a determination of a substantial new question of patentability during an ex parte reexamination is supposed to tamp down the spike of new reexam requests. B... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published a new version of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, with its accompanying guidelines. The text provides clarity for tech-transfer arrangemen... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
Unified Patent Court judges this week denied SharkNinja an injunction over likely invalid patents, revoked Flexicare’s medical device patent, and granted Corning broad relief against TCL. Courts also clarified... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Mining company Glencore has won a bid to keep some internal documents out of the hands of investors who are pursuing claims linked to overseas corruption. Glencore is being sued under the UK’s Financial Servic... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Svenska Handelsbanken's Norwegian unit has been found to have “serious deficiencies” in its anti-money laundering controls, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday. The lender hasn't been fined, but... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A British accountant has been charged with an alleged breach of the UK’s Russian sanctions legislation and a money laundering offense by the National Crime Agency. John Ormerod, 76, became the first UK-based n... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has opened a call for evidence on restricted subscription and private credit ratings, seeking input on their uses, participants, and how they are pro... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
Short-sellers betting against UK stocks will benefit from simpler rules from July, after the country’s financial regulator confirmed an overhaul of the regime on Thursday. Jon Relleen, director of infrastructu... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority has opened two consultations on draft rules for how companies should identify and manage risks linked to money laundering and terrorism financing. One cov... (more story)
Trade View More
April 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US House of Representative's Select Committee on China released a new report detailing how China is using both legal and illegal means to buy semiconductor chips to power its artificial intel... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European NGOs have urged the European Commission to propose a renewed EU-wide windfall tax on oil companies, building on the bloc’s previous solidarity contribution, according to a joint letter p... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The EU and UK are close to reaching an agreement agrifood standards, with the UK government currently helping businesses to prepare for the rules, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the UK Minister for the Constitution and ... (more story)
State Aid View More
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.
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Compensation by the Dutch government to coal plant operators RWE Eemshaven Holding and Uniper Benelux for profit losses caused by a cap on CO2 emissions doesn't amount to state aid, the European ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Sweden has secured European Commission clearance to extend its program to increase the use of sustainable biofuels in the transport sector until the end of December 2032. The €1.3 billion measure... (more story)
Energy View More
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hungary cannot tax free carbon emission permits in a way that undermines their purpose, the EU’s top court has said. Such a tax would weaken the system designed to encourage companies to cut emis... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission plans to tax electricity below fossil fuels and allow zero tax rates for energy-intensive industries, according to an internal document. The draft also points to stronger use of EU emis... (more story)
April 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A key European Parliament committee has proposed changes to the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System that would accelerate allowance releases during price spikes, extend the €45 cap beyon... (more story)
Technology View More
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said a jury verdict in a monopolization lawsuit by 33 US states and the District of Columbia against Live Nation and Ticketmaster is "a win for ever... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
European regulators want fining powers under EU consumer protection rules to bolster the EU's national-based system and to tackle a flood of illegal and harmful products imported into the 27-nation bloc, a sen... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron is convening EU leaders to build support for stricter national rules limiting minors’ access to social media, including the introduction of a “digital age of majority.” The pus... (more story)