Data Privacy and Security
November 03, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Financial Services
November 03, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security, Technology
November 03, 2026 | Mike Swift
November 04, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Members of the Tribunal for Brazil's competition watchdog unanimously agreed that Premiere and Saga engaged in gun-jumping by implementing a deal involving assets owned by an authorized Peugeot and Citroën dealership befor...(read more)
November 04, 2026
MLex Summary: OpenAI told a US federal judge that no reasonable jury could find its agreement with Apple to integrate ChatGPT with iPhones to be exclusive based on the size of a price term, calling for a summary judgment a...(read more)
MLex Summary: US states accusing Taro Pharmaceuticals of artificially inflating generic drug prices and reducing competition told a federal judge that a private class action settlement does not bar their claims. The states...(read more)
MLex Summary: Amazon opposed Perplexity AI’s motion to dismiss US claims over its Comet AI agent, arguing that its latest complaint sets forth new facts showing that Perplexity uses the agent as a tool to “access” Amazon’s...(read more)
MLex Summary: OpenAI filed a reply in support of its motion to dismiss US claims filed by the family of a victim killed in a 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, arguing that it can't be held liable for providin...(read more)
MLex Summary: California Representative Zoe Lofgren, the US House Science Committee ranking member, who will be seeking the chairmanship next year when Democrats control the House, said Congress needs to stop politicizing ...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Asia, Europe, Latin America
The Brazilian government is seeking a meeting with EU officials to discuss their objections to plans by Chinese-owned MMG to buy a Brazilian nickel mine that supplies EU stainless steel-makers.
November 04, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert and Flavia Fortes
Saipem’s proposed combination with Subsea7 has been approved by Brazil’s competition authority subject to structural and behavioral remedies, following a Tribunal review prompted by challenges to the agency’s initial uncon...(read more)
MLex Summary: Saipem's merger with SubSea7 has been approved by Brazil's CADE competition regulator, the Norwegian company said. In a statement, SubSea7 said the companies had agreed to sell the ship Seven Borealis to addr...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The European Commission expects revised procedures for cooperation with cybersecurity partners to be ready by the end of the year, an official said Wednesday during a panel discussion. Alexandre Rodrigues also said the com...(read more)
The European Parliament is expected to finish internal discussions on a proposed revision of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act by year-end, although almost all political issues remain unresolved, an adviser to lead lawmaker Marké...(read more)
MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general in reaffirming support for the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act, according to a statement. "Federal acti...(read more)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has unveiled its 2027 work program, outlining initiatives to strengthen EU competitiveness, deepen the single market and reduce regulatory burdens. Priorities include tackling high ene...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
The UK government will not abolish its unregistered design right, it said Wednesday, opting instead to preserve existing protections while pursuing targeted registration checks and cheaper civil enforcement. The next phase...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
A Japanese patent owner proved a competitor infringed its roof heat-shielding patent, but was ordered to pay damages to that same competitor after telling its franchisees that the infringement extended to other work and th...(read more)
MLex Summary: Canada's government introduced the Combatting Financial Crimes and Drug Trafficking Act, which would create new ministerial powers to address abuses of money services businesses and restrict large cash transa...(read more)
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department said it has sanctioned the criminal network of India-based Suniel Kumar Sharma and his spouse, Jaspreet Preeti Shahid, who have supported Iran’s shadow fleet through a web of mariti...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia, North America
A US judge will review documents related to how the government decided to charge Smartmatic with corruption, after ruling late Thursday that there's “some evidence” supporting the voting machine producer’s claim that it's ...(read more)
MLex Summary: Dutch lender ABN AMRO has secured the annulment of a 2023 decision by the EU's Single Resolution Board calculating its contribution to the bloc's bank resolution fund, including adjustments for 2016-2022. The...(read more)
MLex Summary: Key issues in the EU market integration package proposal are set to be discussed Wednesday by lawmakers working on the reform, based on new compromise proposals obtained by MLex. The drafts cover the governan...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Plans to better integrate EU capital markets have taken a step forward with national representatives approving a text for the Market Integration and Supervision Package, paving the way for finance ministers to back it on N...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Cynthia Kroet
Steel, electric vehicles and critical technologies would be priorities for a new EU-UK “Trusted Partnership” to strengthen supply chains and limit the impact of trade restrictions on each other, according to a draft summit...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
European carmakers facing export barriers will receive stronger backing as the European Commission steps up scrutiny of luxury taxes and standards in its free-trade partners’ markets next year, EU trade commissioner Maroš ...(read more)
MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has set Jan. 20 for oral arguments to hear a challenge by a US importer suing over the Trump administration’s use of Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose 50 perc...(read more)
MLex Summary: Parties interested in Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company — to refurbish the Cernavodă 1 reactor — have one month to provide input, the Eur...(read more)
November 03, 2026
MLex Summary: A package proposal dubbed “omnibus bank financing — competitiveness and simplification” and a geo-economic deterrence pact are among the key initiatives planned by the European Commission for next year, accor...(read more)
October 27, 2026
MLex Summary: Japan's government-backed chipmaker Rapidus and Indian technology company HCLTech said on Monday that they have opened two semiconductor development centers in Bengaluru and Hubli, India, to support Rapidus' ...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Louis de Briant
European Parliament lawmakers backed weaker CO2 emissions targets for new cars and vans Wednesday, partly aligning with demands from France and Germany to ease EU automotive rules. The proposals would allow certain renewab...(read more)
A European Commission plan to reform energy taxation remains under discussion by EU member states, despite being listed for withdrawal in an earlier draft of the EU executive's 2027 work program, the commission has said. T...(read more)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a feedback period on its proposed European Climate Resilience Law, aimed at strengthening the EU’s preparedness for climate-related risks. The proposal would establish a com...(read more)
November 04, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Regulator Ofcom has been accused of taking a "minimalist" approach to implementing the UK's Online Safety Act. During a parliamentary session examining the impact of the law, witnesses said Ofcom was not using the full sco...(read more)
MLex Summary: US House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., who is set to take charge of the committee once the Democratic majority is sworn in this January, said the committee's priority is to ...(read more)
The European Commission plans to withdraw its proposed Green Claims Directive — which would have required companies to obtain independent verification of environmental claims before communicating them to consumers — accord...(read more)