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Data Privacy and Security, Financial Crime
March 09, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Financial Crime
March 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Artificial Intelligence
March 09, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust View More
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Greenoaks Capital Partners and Altimeter Capital, US investors in e-commerce company Coupang, said Monday that they will withdraw their proposed Section 301 petition to the US Trade Representativ... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Farming business Stillwater Pastoral’s market-power case is built on an “irretrievably flawed” economic model that ignores the commercial realities of Australia’s electricity market, CS Energy told a court on ... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
South Korea’s major oil refiners — GS Caltex, Hyundai Oilbank, S-Oil and SK Energy — are facing antitrust scrutiny over a recent surge in fuel prices following the war with Iran. The probe by the country’s com... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 10, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has designated a Samsung SDS-led consortium as the preferred negotiating partner to establish and operate the country’s national artificial intelligence computing cent... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Ministry of Science and ICT announced Tuesday that it has designated the Samsung SDS-led consortium — the sole bidder in the October 2025 tender — as the preferred negotiating partner for the... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
US state lawmakers, undeterred by preemption threats from the White House, are approving bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence — especially around transparency and child safety. A patchwork of stat... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 10, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Alderson Logistics and its associated company Supa Shavings (2022) Limited have been ordered by a New Zealand court to pay a combined penalty of NZ$420,000 ($246,668) for their non-notified acquisition of the ... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex summary: The Philippine Competition Commission cleared Engelmann Capital Pty Ltd’s proposed acquisition of shares in Cloudstaff Holdings Pty Limited, saying the deal raises no competition concerns. The re... (more story)
March 09, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
Europe, North America
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued a press release Monday saying the Treasury Department “dodged its responsibility” to conduct a nat... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 10, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: DOT Europe and the European Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Advocacy Group, known as ECLAG — a coalition of child protection NGOs and major online platforms — have called on the European Parliamen... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Indonesia's detailed implementing rules under its child online protection regime automatically classifies social media services as high risk and requires the deactivation of accounts held by users under 16. Th... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Bureau of Digital Services said late Monday the scope of a previously announced personal-data leak may expand. Tokyo Bureau of Waterworks on Friday reported a rans... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 10, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Novo Nordisk lost its bid to halt Dr. Reddy’s semaglutide exports. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal, citing the patent's imminent expiry and the lack of "irreparable loss" caused.
March 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Latin America
If a court-ordered restructuring of the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office successfully speeds examination there, Brazil’s attractiveness as a legal forum for patent enforcement stands to grow.
March 09, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brazil’s antitrust authority is turning up the pressure on Ericsson and Motorola, demanding detailed explanations for their global litigation tactics in a long‑running 5G patent dispute that the companies had ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US prosecutors filed a deferred prosecution agreement with Halkbank, saying that various factors contributed to the government deciding to enter into it, including “unique and extraordinary natio... (more story)
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A group of Democratic US senators has introduced The FCPA Reinforcement Act to strengthen enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in response to the Trump administration's narrowed enfor... (more story)
March 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Turkish lender Halkbank and the US Justice Department have reached a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve an investigation into sanctions violations and money laundering, the judge presiding over the case... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 09, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering rules to address derivatives clearing organizations and designated contract markets that let ordinary investors get market access without intermediati... (more story)
March 09, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision announced it met March 9 to take stock of the implementation status of the outstanding Basel III reforms. It said members continue to ... (more story)
March 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New draft compromise amendments on the regulation establishing a digital euro have been prepared by Fernando Navarrete Rojas, the European Parliament’s lead negotiator. The proposals address fees... (more story)
Trade View More
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s General Administration of Customs said Tuesday that goods trade totaled 7.73 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion) in the first two months of 2026, up 18.3 percent year on year, as exports rose 1... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: A special parliamentary committee on South Korea’s proposed law governing strategic investment cooperation with the US passed the bill on Monday with bipartisan support, paving the way for it to ... (more story)
March 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Two small businesses filed a lawsuit on Monday at the US Court of International Trade challenging President Donald Trump’s use of a 1974 statute to impose global tariffs, becoming the second party to try to ov... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 06, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania has won EU approval for a €150 million plan to support the installation of new electricity storage capacity. The government will provide direct grants for standalone battery storage syste... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst and Jon Menon
Europe
A UK probe into imports of titanium dioxide from China has started following allegations that imports of the material are being dumped into the market and harming the domestic industry. Separately China’s LB G... (more story)
March 06, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China will promote more balanced trade by expanding imports and strengthening domestic demand, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said Friday at a National People’s Congress press conference in Beijing, as a record... (more story)
Energy View More
March 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission says the EU’s diversified energy supplies and high oil and gas stocks make it resilient despite price spikes linked to US and Israeli attacks on Iran. Brussels stresses it no longer rel... (more story)
March 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
As high energy prices intensify fears about competitiveness, Italy is challenging the EU emissions trading system costs through a national decree and calling for its suspension. Some European governments and h... (more story)
March 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission will invest more than €103 million in seven European climate projects, it said on Monday. Located in Finland, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain... (more story)
Technology View More
March 10, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Google’s YouTube is facing a complaint alleging that it is breaching the EU's digital services law by making it difficult for users to access an alternative to its own algorithm system which determines and pro... (more story)
March 10, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Singapore authorities ordered Meta Platforms to disable access to several social media posts containing a video showing a man stepping on the Quran on a public bus, saying the content could amoun... (more story)
March 10, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Halfway through the first bellwether trial over whether Meta and YouTube deliberately designed their services to hook children, Meta appears particularly vulnerable to a jury finding that Instagram contributed... (more story)