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Data Privacy and Security

April 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

US Supreme Court likely to take narrow approach to geofence privacy test
A person interacts with a digital tablet displaying a futuristic holographic interface filled with AI icons, data charts, and floating chatbot graphics while a laptop sits in the blurred background.

Artificial Intelligence

April 27, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US DOJ targets Colorado after Trump urges state AI law crackdown
UK Information Commissioner John Edwards holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Canada on June 17, 2025.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology

April 27, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK privacy watchdog faces questions over late disclosure of chief stepping away

Antitrust View More

Beef consumers seek final nod for settlements with Cargill, Tyson in US price-fixing case

April 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Consumer indirect purchasers asked a US federal judge to grant final approval to settlements with Cargill and Tyson Foods to resolve price-fixing claims over beef. If approved, Cargill will pay $... (more story)

PBMs tell US judge Michigan’s antitrust claims too weak to beat dismissal

April 28, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts and Prime Therapeutics told a US judge that a federal antitrust complaint brought by the State of Michigan is too weak to beat dismissal, arguing the state ignores its... (more story)

AI chatbots, Google's AI overviews are on the radar of EU DMA enforcer

April 28, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Europe, North America

Google’s roll-out of AI answers to search results is being discussed with the search giant by EU officials enforcing a law regulating tech gatekeepers, they confirmed Tuesday. In documents published Tuesday, t... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

UK unveils plan to back British AI hardware, without focus on regulatory framework

April 28, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

UK AI firms and chipmakers are at the center of fresh government plans to reduce reliance on foreign technology and promote AI sovereignty. The strategy should help position the UK as “an AI maker, not just an... (more story)

US senators introduce CHATBOT Act to help parents manage AI bot access for kids

April 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz is co-sponsor of the newly introduced Children’s Health, Advancement, Trust, Boundaries, and Oversight in Technology, or CHATBOT, Act, which would require artifi... (more story)

UK AI developers, chipmakers targeted by govt plan seeking greater AI sovereignty

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK AI developers and chipmakers are the target of a new government plan that aims to improve Britain’s capability in chips and semiconductor technologies, the technology minister told an audience... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

UPM-Sappi joint venture could harm competition in paper markets, warns EU watchdog

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The proposed joint-venture between "main rivals" UPM and Sappi may hurt competition in the markets for magazine paper, fine paper and certain specialty paper markets, the EU merger watchdog said ... (more story)

Airbus, Air France saw EU Commission engage on ‘efficiencies’ in JV clearance

April 28, 2026 | Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst

Europe

The European Commission used an announcement Tuesday clearing a JV between Airbus and Air France Tuesday to encourage dealmakers to submit efficiency claims early when notifying mergers or acquisitions. The EU... (more story)

Deutsche Börse says Allfunds deal ‘on track’ to close in the first half of 2027

April 28, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

Deutsche Börse remains “firmly on track” to receive approval to complete its €5.3 billion Allfunds acquisition in the first half of next year, its chief executive said. “We have initiated the customary pre-not... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Snapchat tells UK lawmakers no social media ban will be 100% effective

April 28, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Snapchat has said no social media ban will be 100 percent effective without reliable age verification technology and there is nothing stopping parents and families from controlling young people's use of such p... (more story)

Zuckerberg must face DC claims stemming from Cambridge Analytica scandal, judge rules

April 28, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg must face consumer-protection claims brought by the district over his conduct during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a Washington, DC, judge said on Tuesday.

Social media platform interoperability not a priority for users, EU study says

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: There is no clear demand from European consumers and businesses for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and other operators of social networks to be interoperable, a European Commission study on the EU's digi... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Test of USPTO power, Federal Circuit deference, teed up in Google cert petition

April 28, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s position that after six years without a substantive challenge to validity a patent owner rightfully forms a “settled expectation” that their asset is inter partes review-pr... (more story)

ValueLicensing’s UK competition claim rests on copyright, Microsoft says

April 28, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Microsoft told UK appeal judges on Tuesday that ValueLicensing would have no competition-law claim against the tech giant if its reselling of software licenses broke copyright rules. At the UK Court of Appeal,... (more story)

Grand Kangxi clears Skyworks patent dispute as ITC case, lawsuits withdrawn

April 28, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia, North America

A Section 337 probe and related US patent-infringement lawsuits initiated by Skyworks Solutions against China’s chipmaker Grand Kangxi Communication Technologies (Shanghai) have been withdrawn, ending a nearly... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Swiss case against 'Robber Baron' Karimova dropped

April 28, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe

A criminal case against Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov, was dismissed by judges in a Swiss court on Tuesday.

Woman linked to ‘substantial frauds’ agrees UK settlement over house purchases

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The partner of a man murdered in London has agreed to pay a "six-figure sum" to UK prosecutors after claims that she bought two houses with the proceeds of a suspected fraud. The Crown Prosecutio... (more story)

ENRC's former top lawyer denies 'excessive' bills connected with UK fraud probe

April 28, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Asia, Europe

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation’s former top lawyer denied that a near £3 million payment made to UK lawyers for nine months of work was “excessive,” saying the Kazakh miner faced an “existential threat... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK lawmakers seek agreement over pensions bill after three failures in upper house

April 28, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

UK lawmakers in the House of Commons, Britain’s lower chamber, will seek later on Tuesday to find a new agreement over a reserve power in the upcoming pensions bill after three failed attempts to convince the ... (more story)

US Treasury moves to prevent abuse of community development programs

April 27, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of the Treasury announced that is has initiated a review of certified community development financial institutions to identify potential violations of applicable law or CDFI requirements.

UK car-finance lenders opt for certainty over court fight with FCA

April 27, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK’s financial regulator has been given some relief in its push to roll out a sweeping redress plan for the car-finance mis-selling scandal, after the industry’s main trade body confirmed it would not moun... (more story)

Trade View More

US CIT partially remands review results for duty order on Italian steel blocks

April 28, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has partially remanded the Commerce Department's 2020-21 review results for the antidumping duty order on Italian forged steel fluid end blocks.

Nearly 2 million entries in IEEPA refund process, CBP Trade Director tells CIT

April 28, 2026

North America

Mlex Summary: Brandon Lord, the Executive Director of the Trade Programs Directorate at US Customs and Border Protection, told the US Court of International Trade that out of 11,222,927 accepted entries that p... (more story)

US trade court partially sustains Commerce review of Chinese chlorinated isocyanurate order

April 28, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

The US Court of International Trade partially sided with the US Commerce Department Monday on the department’s review of its antidumping order for Chinese chlorinated isocyanurates.

State Aid View More

Zenobē Energy says UK tribunal must rule on energy storage ‘subsidy scheme’

April 28, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Europe

Zenobē Energy told a UK judge on Tuesday that it is right that the Competition Appeal Tribunal examine and rule on a “subsidy scheme” designed to promote development of energy storage projects. Zenobē, which o... (more story)

Estonia's €36m aid for energy-intensive industry wins EU clearance

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)

Croatian aid for gaming business hub can go ahead, EU watchdog says

April 23, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)

Energy View More

Céline Gauer named as head of EU energy department

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Céline Gauer has been appointed director-general of the EU’s energy department, the European Commission said Tuesday. She will replace Ditte Juul Jørgensen in the role from June 1. The French off... (more story)

Transport sector gets common emissions method as EU lawmakers approve rules

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A single methodology for calculating transport-related greenhouse gas emissions was agreed by EU lawmakers on Tuesday. While not mandatory, companies that disclose emissions will have to follow t... (more story)

EU opens 4-week consultation on battery removal, replacement exemptions

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a four-week consultation on further possible exemptions from EU rules on the removal and replacement of batteries. While the bloc's Batteries Regulation require... (more story)

Technology View More

Widen EU's DMA interoperability rules to social media, think tank report recommends

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An interoperability provision of the EU’s key digital gatekeepers law should be extended to social media, proposes a new report published on Tuesday by think tank Future of Tech Institute. The mo... (more story)

AI and cloud warrant further DMA scrutiny, EU’s review report says

April 28, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Scrutinizing the cloud and AI sectors will be a priority for the European Commission as it applies the Digital Markets Act going forward, the EU executive said on Tuesday when publishing its firs... (more story)

Scams should be priority in EU platform probes, Austrian digital regulator says

April 28, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Online scams should be a central focus of EU probes under the Digital Services Act, Susanne Lackner, the head of Austria’s Digital Services Coordinator, told MLex in an interview. She also said that while the ... (more story)