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Artificial Intelligence
January 29, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Trade
January 29, 2026 | Zack Budryk
North America
Financial Crime
January 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Azores Tourist Information Guides Association, or Agita, has been fined €8,200 by the Portuguese antitrust authority for recommending its members apply minimum prices to be charged for touris... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
South Korea’s won-based crypto trading market has grown rapidly in recent years, but competition has narrowed sharply around a handful of exchanges led by Upbit, according to a new competition impact assessmen... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea has formally codified attorney-client privilege for the first time after the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Attorney-at-Law Act. The revision introduces a new provision ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Generative AI is leading to a “new kind of industrial collapse”, five UK creators groups said in a report. A third of illustrators have lost commissions due to AI, musicians report incomes droppi... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
A Chinese court has resolved what the judiciary has described as the country’s first infringement dispute triggered by hallucinations from a generative artificial intelligence model, offering early judicial gu... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s parliament has approved the Act on the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Administration, also known as the Public AI Act, to lay the legal and institutional frame... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Anglo American has won EU antitrust approval for its merger with Teck Resources. The European Commission said the deal raised no competition concerns, given the companies’ limited positions on th... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
AkzoNobel has said it met with EU competition investigators last week to set out the case for its merger with Axalta Coating Systems. The Dutch paint and coatings maker said the deal would bring together “real... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Hong Kong government strongly disapproved of and firmly rejected Panama's Supreme Court ruling declaring the Panamanian government's contract renewal with Hutchison Ports unconstitutional. In... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 30, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Game platform Roblox is under formal investigation by The Netherlands’ Autoriteit Consument & Markt over potential risks faced by minors on its platform, as the ACM examines whether the company has taken suffi... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Digital platforms should implement systems capable of recognizing users’ ages to protect children in the digital space, Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patr... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Gaming platform Roblox is under formal investigation by the Autoriteit Consument & Markt, over potential risks faced by minors, the ACM said on Friday. The probe will assess whether Roblox has pu... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 30, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Tech giant Alibaba Group and its e-commerce platform Tmall have won a trademark appeal after a Chinese court ruled that Tmall’s cat-head logo qualifies as a well-known trademark entitled to cross-class protection.
January 30, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Chinese police have shut down the BATO.TO network of unauthorized manga websites, seen as the world’s largest manga piracy operation, in a case that showcases rare cooperation between Japanese and Chinese auth... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo
Asia
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered the immediate study into measures to speed up patent reviews for startups in artificial intelligence and advanced biotechnology, including creation of a new ult... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
January 30, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The US Department of Justice is witnessing a "frenzy" of individuals coming forward to qualify under the agency's whistleblower rewards program established just over six months ago, and more applications are a... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
A money laundering network that moved $39 million via withdrawals from automated teller machines in Colombia persisted for years at TD Bank in part because the lender didn’t identify the role its employees pla... (more story)
January 29, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Patrick James, founder and former chief executive of First Brands Group, and his brother Edward James, a former senior executive, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud,... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex summary: Hungary has been told by the European Commission that it must address a legislative amendment that is infringing the EU's crypto rules. The amendment of the Hungarian Crypto Act, in 2025, which i... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has warned Spain and Austria for incorrectly applying rules on mortgage credit. It said the two countries failed to properly reflect requirements allowing mortgage interme... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority has opened a consultation on proposed changes to its guidance on when authorities can require banks to hold extra capital to address system-wide risks. The update w... (more story)
Trade View More
January 30, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
France and Germany are each trying to get the support of other EU member states on their respective papers setting out their views on “Made in Europe” criteria — which ensure that a certain number of parts of ... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Freny Patel & Oscar Pandiello
Asia, Europe
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement offers geopolitical and tariff gains, but leaves Indian exporters exposed to the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, risking offsetting benefits with carbon c... (more story)
January 30, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia, Europe
The India-EU Free Trade Agreement promises export gains and strategic de-risking for India, but exposes domestic industries to regulatory strain, tougher standards and uneven competition, testing the balance b... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Denmark faces an in-depth investigation into its degressive tariff model for the discharge and treatment of companies' wastewater. Under the system, businesses that discharge large volumes pay a ... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The town of Tychy, southern Poland, may receive a direct grant worth €25.8 million to support a project for the construction of a green economy hub. The measure will allow an underdeveloped build... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
The EU can evolve its tools of antitrust, merger review and state aid to deliver on the bloc's objectives of growth, innovation and sustainability, while still remaining "faithful" to their core purpose, Enric... (more story)
Energy View More
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Bulgaria and Austria have been told by the European Commission that they could face legal action if they do not appoint national authorities for monitoring and enforcing the EU's methane rules wi... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has been told by the European Commission that it could face legal action if it doesn't fully apply rules meant to speed up permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects within t... (more story)
January 30, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: 16 EU member states that remain parties to the international Energy Charter Treaty have been urged by the European Commission to leave, following the withdrawal last year of the EU and Euratom, i... (more story)
Technology View More
January 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Competition regulators said that international cooperation in digital market regulation could reduce the compliance burdens on Big Tech companies as rules evolve around the world. As new digital regulation law... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Chris May
North America
New Jersey’s top law enforcers increasingly look for antitrust angles when thinking about how best to protect consumers, and competition law is an important tool for addressing “very substantial consolidation”... (more story)
January 29, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The Texas attorney general's office has mandated its new chief of antitrust law enforcement to find "tough" cases affecting Texans instead of merely signing on to litigation being brought by US federal antitrust agencies.