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January 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Artificial Intelligence
January 14, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Data Privacy and Security, Energy, Technology, Trade
January 14, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Antitrust View More
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Council member Karina Kučaidze-Wencel has been appointed Deputy Chair of Lithuania's competition authority, to serve alongside Irma Urmonaitė. In a statement, the watchdog said Kučaidze-Wencel, w... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Former Eversheds and Sorainen lawyer Monika Ražukaitė started her new role as a member of the Lithuanian Competition Council for a six-year term, the authority said Thursday. Prior to this, Ražuk... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China's antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into Trip.com Group for alleged abuse of dominance, signaling that hardline enforcement against online platforms persists despite a broader shift towar... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 15, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: LG AI Research, SK Telecom and Upstage have advanced to the second stage of South Korea’s “independent AI foundation model” project after the science ministry narrowed five elite teams to three. ... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia, North America
China has moved to tighten control over technology supply chains amid a push for self-sufficiency and rising geopolitical tensions, hitting potential buyers of Nvidia’s H200 chips with a customs notice banning... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | Jeyup S Kwaak
Asia
Akihisa Shiozaki, a prominent Japanese lawmaker and architect of artificial intelligence policy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said Thursday Japan isn’t looking to compete head-to-head with American ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 14, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission increased the jurisdictional threshold for deals filed under Hart-Scott-Rodino to $133.9 million and approved new filing fees ranging from $35,000 to $2.46 million.
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission approved revised jurisdictional thresholds and a revised filing fee schedule. The new size-of-transaction threshold for reporting proposed mergers and acquisitions... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Bus, van and truck companies didn’t give Brazil’s competition authority much pushback on Savar’s proposed acquisition of Mecasul Auto Mecânica, a Mercedes-Benz dealership focused on heavy vehicles and related ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 15, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
Major companies in telecommunications, retail, and other sectors that handle large volumes of personal data will face advance inspections by South Korea's privacy regulator as part of its shift from reactive p... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Companies that handle large volumes of personal data will be subject to preemptive inspections and heightened monitoring during and after privacy incidents, as South Korea’s privacy regulator shi... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Coupang has been urged by South Korea’s privacy regulator to immediately take down app and website notices about information it claims to have obtained from the suspected leaker behind its data b... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 15, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court upheld the invalidation of two alcohol-related trademarks owned by a popular ramen chain, finding both marks confusingly similar to a third party’s earlier registration despite difference... (more story)
January 15, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Proven patent infringement is no guarantee of victory in an intellectual property dispute involving industry standards.. In a landmark ruling, China’s highest court drew a clear red line between abusive assert... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America, Oceania
The Motion Picture Association and intellectual property policy experts warned the US House on Tuesday that media tax, ownership and reporting requirements in Canada and Australia violate trade agreements and ... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 14, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: Swedish lender Swedbank said the US Justice Department has closed a money laundering investigation without filing charges, and that a probe by the New York State Department of Financial Services continues.
January 14, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The past management of Home REIT, a UK-listed social housing company, is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office as part of a probe into suspected bribery and fraud involving £300 million. The SFO said... (more story)
January 13, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division had a “markedly slower” year in fiscal 2025 compared to the year before and the lowest level of activity in 10 years, a private analysis by the ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Mārtiņš Kazāks of Latvia and Mário Centeno of Portugal have emerged as the preferred candidates for the role of European Central Bank vice-president, following informal exchanges held on Wednesda... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer prodded Republicans to call on Justice Department officials to testify about their investigation of the Federal Reserve’s building renovations. In a floor speech today... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A planned 2027 update to EU capital rules risks significantly reducing investment flows from the UK financial sector into the bloc, the governing body of London’s financial district and think tank New Financial say.
Trade View More
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex summary: President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation directing his Cabinet to negotiate trade deals with countries on processed critical minerals and derivative products and to explore potential pric... (more story)
January 14, 2026
North America
MLex summary: President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff rate on certain advanced semiconductor chips similar to the Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X. Trump carved out exemptions f... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
An advisory committee for the US Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday formally submitted recommendations to customs to clarify tariff rules, including exemptions for in-cargo transit and insignificant de... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 09, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has clarified how it will analyze market distortions stemming from subsidies outside of the EU, and how it will balance those against any potential positive effects. In ne... (more story)
January 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Companies backed by subsidies from countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Russia have received greater clarity on how the European Commission will apply rules that police their M&A activity and procurement ... (more story)
January 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Thailand has set out a long-term national strategy to expand its semiconductor and advanced electronics industry, with a focus on power semiconductors, sensors, photonics, discrete devices and an... (more story)
Energy View More
January 14, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Global temperatures in 2025 were the third-highest on record, while Europe also experienced its third-warmest year, according to the latest EU’s Copernicus climate report. Copernicus warned curre... (more story)
January 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Former Goldman Sachs banker Asante Berko faces a “tentative” US trial date in July on corruption charges stemming from his alleged role in a bribery scheme in Ghana. The trial is expected to last around two we... (more story)
January 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Details on an exemption from the EU’s carbon border tax for fertilizer imports were published Thursday by the European Commission. The regulator says the exemption could be triggered under an eme... (more story)
Technology View More
January 15, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A group of federal appellate judges zeroed in on whether California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code can be blocked in full based on the law’s threshold test for services “likely to be accessed by children.”
January 14, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
EU social-media age restrictions, including a potential ban for young users, will be discussed by an expert panel drawn from 20 scientists, physicians and other academics as well as advocacy professionals, acc... (more story)
January 14, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefónica will face a revamp of EU telecom rules that will, according to an early draft, include EU-wide harmonization of radio spectrum, unlimited license duration by default and... (more story)