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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
March 31, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
Financial Services
March 31, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
March 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
Antitrust View More
April 01, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Australia’s merger laws overhaul and move to a mandatory, suspensory regime were the result of shared frustration between regulators and business, a senior Australian Competition & Consumer Commission official... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Photo app Phhhoto has plausibly stated its antitrust claims against Meta Platforms, a US judge ruled, denying the social media giant's motion to dismiss claims that it excluded, suppressed and cloned Phhhoto’s app.
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Mark Spain Real Estate, eXp World Holdings, Weichert North America, and Atlanta Communities Real Estate Brokerage’s $44.05 million settlement to resolve US antitrust claims by Georgia home seller... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 01, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s TC260, the nation’s cybersecurity standards body, on Tuesday issued a draft practice guide outlining security requirements for deploying and using open-source OpenClaw class AI agents, to... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Amy Miller
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
Contrary to popular opinion, having a “human in the loop” when companies deploy new agentic artificial intelligence tools may not be necessary in the future, the head of AI strategy at commercial tech company ... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
To say we are living in a deregulatory moment for technology misses important nuance, ignores less expected avenues for standard-setting and discounts the role of states, former US Federal Trade Commissioner J... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 01, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority said it will conduct a public consultation on a proposed decision to grant an exemption for a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Deutsche Lufthansa. ... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Biogen Inc. has agreed to acquire Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $41 per share, a deal worth approximately $5.6 billion, the companies announced. The transaction, which is expected to close in ... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc in a deal that aims "to advance treatments for sleep-wake disorders." Lilly is paying approximately $6.3 billion, or $38 a sha... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 01, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Denise Wong has been appointed commissioner of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission, the Infocomm Media Development Authority said on Wednesday. Wong, previously deputy commissioner, w... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A federal judge allowed unions’ privacy claims over the US Department of Government Efficiency’s access to federal data systems to proceed, finding factual disputes about whether agencies imprope... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU policymakers must urgently agree a permanent legal framework for digital platforms to detect online child sexual abuse content, a group of 246 child and other rights organizations said ahead o... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 31, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Asia, North America
A recent final determination largely in favor of Arashi Vision, doing business as Insta360, reinforces the core lessons of practice before the US International Trade Commission. Lily Li — the Morrison Foerster... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
Advocates for the pharmaceutical industry argued at a US Patent and Trademark Office event Monday that inter partes review challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board are duplicative and unnecessary, while... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
MGA Entertainment has failed in its attempt to regain the costs it had to pay following a substandard disclosure process in UK litigation against Cabo Concepts, even after Cabo Concepts was found to have falle... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 31, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A long-awaited whistleblower reward program at the US Treasury Department’s financial intelligence unit should enhance US enforcement of anti-money laundering laws, sanctions violations and other illicit finan... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing a sanctions advisory to highlight sanctions risks arising from sham transactions used to evade sanctions, and to id... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a consent order against Peken Global Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands, which operates the KuCoi... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 31, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Banking and cryptocurrency firms remain at an impasse months after Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott expressed optimism that an agreement was nigh on a draft bill to create a crypto regulatory edifice, ... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The priorities of the European People’s Party, a center-right group in the European Parliament, are shown in an internal document adopted in March and obtained by MLex. The EPP's priorities inclu... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
A push by Italy and Germany to include stablecoin rules in the EU's market integration package proposal has received mixed reactions among member states, with some backing the proposal and others fearing it co... (more story)
Trade View More
April 01, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania
MLex Summary: Members of the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership said they will exchange timely information and coordinate responses to mitigate supply chain disruptions, as they pledged to keep trade r... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection's director of the trade program, Brandon Lord, said in a declaration at the Court of International Trade that the first phase of its refunds process for tariffs p... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU countries have been urged by Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen to carry out fuel-saving measures and prepare for prolonged disruption to energy markets due to the conflict in the Middle East. The commission... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy has filed a second challenge over a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal, which broadens out arguments made in the first. The cas... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the French government's plan to support Électricité de France with the construction and operation of six nuclear reactors. The ne... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania's planned increase in restructuring aid to €2.86 billion for state-owned lignite mining and power generation company CE Oltenia and extended until the end of 2029 is open for feedback for... (more story)
Energy View More
March 31, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Divisions over the EU Automotive Package will come in for debate among member states on April 1, with disagreements over whether new exemptions for heavier vans should apply only to electric vehicles or also t... (more story)
March 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The G7’s energy and finance ministers, joined by central bank governors, said they stand ready to take coordinated measures to stabilize energy markets amid Middle East tensions. In a press relea... (more story)
March 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Delays in implementing EU electricity market rules require stronger monitoring and enforcement, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators said on Monday. In its latest report, the ag... (more story)
Technology View More
April 01, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
TikTok and X have committed to enhancing their detection systems with the use of AI and training human reviewers to better identify child sexual exploitation material and terrorism content, after Singapore pla... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission said its staff endorsed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the American Bar Association's status as the sole accrediting agency establishing the edu... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Republican Minnesota state Representative Mary Franson and conservative content creator Christopher Kohls failed to convince a US appeals court to rehear a case against a Minnesota law criminaliz... (more story)