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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 01, 2026 | Mike Swift
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 02, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Sony Interactive Entertainment is poised to secure preliminary approval for a settlement with gamers that would resolve antitrust litigation over digital video games purchases.
April 02, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Europe
Meta’s attempt to square regulatory pressure by introducing fees for AI‑powered chatbots on WhatsApp may have looked like a pragmatic compromise. In Brazil, however, the strategy has run into firm resistance. ... (more story)
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Teva Pharmaceuticals’ $35 million settlement with end-payor plaintiffs has been granted preliminary approval by a US federal judge to resolve US claims accusing it of illegally delaying generic c... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 02, 2026 | Steve Scherer
North America
US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires sees artificial intelligence aggressively reducing the patent backlog even with strict human oversight of AI outputs, he told MLex.
April 02, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Maria Dinzeo, Amy Miller and Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex summary: The US Department of Defense and other federal agencies told a California federal court that they are appealing US District Judge Rita F. Lin's March 26 order granting a preliminary injunction to... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Black Hills Corp. and NorthWestern Energy Group said shareholders of each company voted to approve the proposed all-stock merger and other related shareholder proposals at special shareholder mee... (more story)
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Devon and Coterra's Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period expired April 1. The merger is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, the companies said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a petition filed by Northrop Grumman Corp. requesting that the commission reopen and set aside a final consent order involving Northro... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe, North America
Data protection regulators from Europe met US tech company officials and US state and federal regulators this week to explain the EU’s data protection rules amid criticism the rules are stifling innovation, th... (more story)
April 02, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board released a staff report concluding that reforms made to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are having positive privacy and ci... (more story)
April 02, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
An umbrella group of EU data protection authorities will release guidelines on anonymization — a key concept on how the bloc’s data protection rules are applied to personal data — by the summer, the group’s ch... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 02, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A new study argues that the structure of Schedule A litigation and local rules in one US court could allow intellectual property owners to steer cases away from the courtrooms where they are most likely to fac... (more story)
April 02, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
The Unified Patent Court issued key rulings involving Abbott, Onward Medical, Illumina and Yangtze Memory, tightening standards for injunctions and validity, while clarifying jurisdiction, confidentiality and ... (more story)
April 02, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in high-impact innovation, from patent drafting to drug discovery, Chinese regulators are moving to impose guardrails, warning of rising legal risks while rolling ou... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 02, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
KPMG won’t face any action over its audit of gambling company Entain, the UK’s Financial Reporting Council said Thursday. “Having reviewed the evidence obtained in the investigation, and having considered all ... (more story)
April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he had defrauded US authorities and banks while processing illicit payments for Russian clients.
April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Supermicro cofounder Yi-Shyan Liaw and third-party consultant Ting-Wei Sun each pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to US charges alleging they diverted billions of dollars of servers integrated with artificial in... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK financial regulators are setting up a new Transaction and Post-trade Reporting Taskforce. The Financial Conduct Authority said that new body will inform the regulator's approach to harmonizing... (more story)
April 01, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK banks and building societies have been asked for feedback on a proposal to increase shares of high loan to income lending, or LTI. The policy proposal follows a recommendation from the Financi... (more story)
April 01, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Bank of England is planning a 2027 update on potential policies to support the resilience of the gilt repo market. The central bank released on Wednesday a response to a discussion paper on p... (more story)
Trade View More
April 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
The US government will impose 100 percent tariffs on pharmaceuticals whose manufacturers do not lower prices but included several carveouts in an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday.
April 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
The European Union’s passage of a delayed free trade agreement with the US, seemingly resolving a standoff with Washington, could portend some smoothing of US-EU tensions, but the US’s recent announcement of w... (more story)
April 02, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: China lifted its additional 25 percent tariff on Canadian lobster and snow crabs, reducing the overall import tariff on Canadian lobster to 7 percent. The tariff on US lobster remains at 17 percent.
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
April 01, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
EU carbon allowances in the Market Stability Reserve will be kept in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is usually the case, according to a European Commission proposal published Wednesday. The move ... (more story)
April 01, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: ACER, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, has said it will decide by June 25 about changes to the methodology for assessing regional electricity reserve capacity, aimed at imp... (more story)
April 01, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU carbon allowances held in the Market Stability Reserve above 400 million will be retained in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is normally the case, according to a proposal from the... (more story)
Technology View More
April 02, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK adults are increasingly using AI tools in everyday life, with some turning to chatbots for advice and conversation, research by the media regulator Ofcom shows. The study comes as the UK examines how to reg... (more story)
April 02, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK adults are posting less on social media, and the proportion of users who feel that the benefits of being online outweigh the risks has fallen to 59 percent — down from 72 percent last year — n... (more story)
April 02, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Chinese online platforms including Zhaopin, BOSS Zhipin, 58.com, Maimai, Douyin, Kuaishou, Weibo and Baidu Tieba recently received administrative guidance on regulating release of recruitment-rel... (more story)