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Artificial Intelligence, Technology

January 22, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi and Sara Brandstätter

Europe

X’s Grok case exposes EU digital enforcement pitfalls in the age of AI

Financial Crime, Financial Services

January 21, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe, North America

Former StanChart exec faces skeptical US appeals court in bid to revive lawsuit

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

January 21, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

Nexstar, Tegna argument for expanding relevant US market gets assist from Oscars

Antitrust View More

Equity investors fixed US interest rates amid benchmark switch, borrowers claim

January 22, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Equity investors in collateralized loan obligations colluded during an industry-wide switch between major interest rate benchmarks to fix interest rates that borrowers paid on their leveraged loans, borrowers ... (more story)

UFC text-, chat-production in US antitrust suit likely show spoliation, judge says

January 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US federal court has adopted precautionary measures to safeguard potentially privileged materials in mixed martial artists’ antitrust case against Zuffa – the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s p... (more story)

US DOJ, Apple argue over delays in antitrust suit over ‘walled garden’

January 22, 2026 | Chris May

North America

Disagreements between Apple and the US Department of Justice over the pace of the company’s document production in antitrust litigation over its allegedly anticompetitive “walled garden” bubbled up on Thursday... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US House members, Paris Hilton back intimate deepfake civil right of action

January 22, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Legislation that would create a civil right of action for victims of non-consensual intimate deepfakes is gaining momentum in Congress. Celebrity entrepreneur Paris Hilton joined House cosponsors Thursday outs... (more story)

Brazil takes cautious approach on non-consensual sexual images from X's Grok

January 22, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazilian regulators have responded to the Grok AI-generated image scandal by issuing a series of recommendations for the AI chatbot to comply with or risk facing a more serious investigation. Regulators' init... (more story)

Trump cements US export strategy on semiconductor chips despite China risks

January 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Emma Whitford

Asia, North America

The Trump administration opted for a narrow and limited set of tariffs on semiconductor chips, backing down from a threat of duties as high as 100 percent on the critical technology that powers artificial inte... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount extends tender for WBD to Feb. 20, says Netflix offer could drop in value

January 22, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Europe, North America

Paramount Skydance extended its $30 per share all-cash tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to Feb. 20 and filed preliminary proxy materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in which it asked ... (more story)

Resilience ‘inherent’ to competition policy, EU’s Loriot says

January 22, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

The need to make markets “resilient” to shocks is “inherent” to competition policy, according to the EU’s top merger official. Guillaume Loriot pointed to a speech by Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney on Tue... (more story)

Car auction buyout on track for UK clearance with exiting defense

January 22, 2026 | Jon Menon

Europe

Constellation Developments, the US owner of British Car Auctions, is on track for UK clearance to buy rival ABVR Holdings after the antitrust regulator accepted that the target company would have exited the ma... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Judge with conservative background to oversee Calif. social media trial

January 22, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl attracted widespread media attention during her failed nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003 before returning to the Los Angeles Superior Court. As the first... (more story)

EU ePrivacy rules could be revisited after simplification package, commission says

January 22, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Online advertisers, publishers and large digital platforms may face further changes to parts of EU ePrivacy rules after release of the European Commission's proposed digital simplification package, according t... (more story)

Business Software Alliance releases 2026 agenda 'all about adoption'

January 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The Business Software Alliance released its 2026 agenda, which promotes adoption of artificial intelligence and enterprise software across industries to drive productivity, create business value,... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Key question remains after Yangtze Memory inter partes reviews vacated

January 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

De-institution of inter partes reviews sought by Yangtze Memory Technologies underscores the US Patent and Trademark Office’s renewed commitment to transparency, even if Director John Squires is — for now — ke... (more story)

This week at the UPC: Jan. 16-22

January 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Charlotte Westphal

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court handed down several decisions, including one refusing to rule on alleged infringement claims extending beyond UPC territory. It also ruled on Ona Patents' infringement case ... (more story)

VoiceAge-HMD hearing to shape future of tech patent licensing in Europe

January 22, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

Germany’s top court will hear VoiceAge’s patent dispute with HMD on Jan. 27, testing whether judges can impose tougher licensing demands on technology users, or must seek guidance from the EU Court of Justice.... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Corsa Coal, executives ‘bought' way out of US prosecution, ex-salesman says

January 22, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

When former Pennsylvania coal sales executive Charles Hunter Hobson faces trial next month for alleged corruption, he intends to argue that his employer and his bosses “bought their way” out of criminal charges. 

Money launderer linked to ‘Crypto Queen’ ordered to pay back £5.6 million by UK judge

January 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

A UK court has ordered Seng Hok Ling — a Malaysian man who helped the “Crypto Queen” Zhimin Qian to launder the proceeds of a huge investment fraud — to pay back more than £5 million, following his jailing last year.

Safe Hands Plans collapse see UK fraud charges brought

January 22, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

An investigation into collapsed UK funeral-plan provider Safe Hands Plans and its parent company saw two men charged with fraud offenses on Thursday. Richard Wells and Neil Debenham will appear at a London cou... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US FDIC establishes Office of Supervisory Appeals

January 22, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved amendments to the agency’s Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations. Under the new guidelines, the FDIC is replacing the... (more story)

Will a Cypriot or French national chair EU banking watchdog? Vote due next week

January 22, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU countries are set to vote again to chose their preferred candidate to chair the European Banking Authority next week after a first ballot failed to decide between Constantinos Herodotou, former governor of ... (more story)

Executing client orders doesn't amount to insider dealing, EU court opinion says

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Investment firms that simply execute client orders in the normal course of their duties do not engage in insider dealing solely because they hold inside information about a client’s off-market pr... (more story)

Trade View More

US House passes funding bill with Africa, Haiti trade extensions

January 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US House of Representatives passed a funding bill with provisions extending the expired trade preference programs for Africa and Haiti.

EU leaders express relief over Trump’s U-turn on tariffs

January 22, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

EU leaders on Thursday said they were relieved by US President Donald Trump's statement that he no longer plans to impose additional tariffs on European countries that oppose his desired acquisition of Greenla... (more story)

US lawmakers include Africa, Haiti trade extensions in funding bill

January 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US House of Representatives and the Senate have included provisions extending the expired trade preference programs for Africa and Haiti in a large funding bill for several federal government agencies. 

State Aid View More

Property developer goes to EFTA court over duty to pay back Norwegian aid

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Property developer Masserud Utvikling is challenging a decision made by the EFTA Surveillance Authority last year which ordered recovery of Norwegian support it deemed illegal, and granted to the... (more story)

India adopts 'techno-legal' approach to regulate AI, minister says

January 22, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Championing a "techno-legal" model for regulating artificial intelligence, India's Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw argued that law alone cannot govern the digital age. Speaking at a global summit,... (more story)

Italian dairy cooperative can have €18.2m in public funds, EU watchdog says

January 21, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Centro Latte Bressanone, an Italian dairy farmers' cooperative, may receive a direct grant worth 18.2 million euros from the national government, the European Commission said on Wednesday, cleari... (more story)

Energy View More

EU updates biofuel rules to curb deforestation and high-carbon land use

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Commission is updating the methodology and data for determining the share of food and feed crops used to produce biofuels, bioliquids and biomass, in the case where expansion of the productio... (more story)

EU law allows Italian cap on renewable power revenues, top court finds

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU electricity market, renewable energy and emergency price-intervention laws allow Italy to impose a cap on market revenues from electricity generated by certain renewable sources, the EU’s top ... (more story)

Poland loses EU court appeal against Turów daily mining fine

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s top court has dismissed Poland’s appeal against a ruling that allowed the European Commission to recover daily penalty payments imposed over continued lignite mining at the Turów site in... (more story)

Technology View More

X's Grok chatbot generated 3 million sexualized deepfakes in 11 days, group says

January 22, 2026

Europe, Latin America, North America

MLex Summary: MLex Summary: X’s AI chatbot Grok generated an estimated 3 million sexualized images over an 11-day period, including around 23,000 images depicting children, the Center for Countering Digital Ha... (more story)

Lawmakers want EU sovereignty on digital laws, firm response to US travel bans

January 22, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU must remain sovereign in enforcing its digital laws, the European Parliament said in a legislative report backed by 471 votes to 68, with 71 abstentions, on Thursday. In the report, which ... (more story)

EU lawmakers raise pressure to crack down on AI-fueled online harm to minors

January 22, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

EU lawmakers are pressing the European Commission to use existing digital laws to curb AI-driven online harm to minors, citing risks from AI companion chatbots. Following the Grok deepfake scandal, lawmakers q... (more story)