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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
March 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania
Artificial Intelligence
March 30, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
March 27, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Antitrust View More
March 31, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The Czech Republic is preparing a significant overhaul of its competition law, with the national watchdog angling for sharper tools to tackle lagging competition and to hold individuals accountable for cartel ... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Microsoft's business software practices are to be probed by the Competition and Markets Authority under bespoke digital competition powers, the UK regulator has said. The CMA will determine if the company has ... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Microsoft's business software ecosystem is to be probed under the UK’s bespoke digital competition powers for "strategic market status," the Competition and Markets Authority has said. The CMA sa... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 31, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Global publisher Penguin Random House has sued OpenAI in Munich, alleging that ChatGPT reproduces and generates content from a series of children's books by Ingo Siegner, a German author and illustrator, without permission.
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: WEKO, the Swiss antitrust authority, said on Tuesday there are risks of market concentration in sectors using artificial intelligence, when presenting its annual report. Algorithmic price setting... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s market authority said its use of digital tools over the past three years has improved law enforcement, with enhanced data-sharing on its national case-handling platform boosting speed and efficiency. A... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Balearia has received approval from Spain's competition authority for its acquisition of sole control of assets of shipping company Armas-Trasmediterránea. The acquisition of Armas's business in ... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe, North America
Suzano and Kimberly-Clark have requested EU approval for their planned US$3.4 billion tissue products joint venture. The European Commission has set a provisional deadline of May 11 to decide on the deal, whic... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
MLex Summary: Decathlon's acquisition of Intersport stores in Spain has drawn an in-depth competition inquiry, with investigators expressing concerns about how it could impact the island of Tenerife. The CNMC ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 31, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK companies using automated decision-making in hiring processes should review how they screen candidates, the country's data protection regulator has said. The Information Commissioner’s Office ... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japan’s industry ministry and cybersecurity authorities on Tuesday issued guidelines clarifying the expected roles of cyber infrastructure providers, including cloud service providers and softwar... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Woowa Brothers, operator of delivery app Baedal Minjok, has reported an incident of customer data misuse to South Korea’s privacy regulator after discovering that a member of a criminal group had... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 31, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court dismissed an appeal by a patent holder and an exclusive licensee company, who had sued office equipment and stationery manufacturer Kokuyo, seeking to block sales of it... (more story)
March 31, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japanese regulators on Monday launched a public consultation on draft guidelines covering intellectual property, technical expertise and data, aimed at preventing unfair treatment of smaller busi... (more story)
March 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A US federal judge has remanded Reddit’s lawsuit against Anthropic over alleged illegal data scraping from its platform to California state court, where it was originally filed. US District Judge... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rep. Maxine Waters, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raising questions about the extent of Elon Musk’s role in the US Tre... (more story)
March 30, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US 401(k) plan managers who want to expand ordinary investors’ access to private credit and private equity investments, cryptocurrency and real estate would get legal protection under a draft rule by the US De... (more story)
March 30, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Italian national Manfred Gruber pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export control violations after illegally exporting ammunition worth over $540,000 from the US to Kyrgyzstan, and onward to ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
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)
March 31, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
UK banks and other lenders digesting the repercussions of the £9.1 billion car finance compensation plan unveiled in final form by the financial watchdog this week will have an eye on the likelihood of a flurr... (more story)
Trade View More
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department received two new scope ruling requests involving antidumping orders on raw flexible magnets and hand trucks from China. The requests include an inquiry into whether a m... (more story)
March 31, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement the World Trade Organization "will play only a limited role in future global trade policy" after a high-stakes ministerial conference in... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
The country chairing meetings of EU ministers in the first half of the year is planning another four rounds of discussions between member states in April and May to make progress on a law aimed at boosting the... (more story)
State Aid View More
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)
March 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A study conducted by E.Ca Economics for the European Commission has evaluated the state aid rules for banks after the 2008 financial crisis. Using data from 2007–2021 and comparative analysis of ... (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
March 31, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Europe's national regulators are playing an increasingly prominent role in enforcing the EU’s digital services rules for large platforms alongside the European Commission. Recent cases involving X’s Grok, Snap... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
FIFA faces questions from EU lawmakers over its 2026 World Cup ticketing practices, including whether it could breach EU competition and consumer laws, whether the European Commission will engage and act befor... (more story)
March 31, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Apps, online games and websites would face new obligations under Australia’s draft children’s privacy code, including notifying children when parents consent to data collection on their behalf and when their l... (more story)