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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

Artificial Intelligence

March 12, 2026 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford

North America

Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation felt across broader AI industry

Trade

March 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

New tariff refund system underway, US customs says

Financial Crime

March 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Halkbank criminal resolution is US executive prerogative, prosecutor tells judge

Antitrust View More

US DOJ-Live Nation deal 'inadequate,' California AG Bonta says in keynote speech

March 12, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the US Department of Justice’s “inadequate” settlement with Live Nation Entertainment came as a surprise and “flies in the face of our partnership on the case.”

Chief prosecutor at Brazil's CADE seeks to extend mandate in year of leadership transition

March 12, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

André Luís Macagnan Freire, chief counsel at the Office of the Attorney General at the Brazilian competition authority, told MLex in an exclusive interview he intends to seek an extension of his mandate, which... (more story)

Google sentenced to pay €22.69 million in damages to M6

March 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Google has been ordered by a French commercial court to pay €22.69 million to French television channel M6 as damages for having used its market power to favor its own online advertising services... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Anthropic seeks emergency stay of supply chain designation from US appeals court

March 12, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Anthropic has asked a federal appeals court for an immediate stay of the Defense Department’s administrative directive that the AI company is a national security threat to supply chains, saying the action “vio... (more story)

Trump deadlines to discourage state AI laws come and go amid regulatory uncertainty

March 12, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Amy Miller

North America

Regulatory certainty for artificial intelligence remains a pipe dream three months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order discouraging “onerous” US state laws governing AI. Absent predictabilit... (more story)

EU lawmakers set to agree on tighter value chain duties in AI Act changes

March 12, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

EU parliamentary officials provisionally agreed to tighten value chain duties under the AI Act, extending cooperation obligations to general-purpose AI model providers and making breaches sanctionable. The cha... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Paramount deal raises antitrust concerns about choice, content control, Calif. AG says

March 12, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

Europe, North America

California Attorney General Rob Bonta emphasized Thursday that film studio Paramount Skydance’s plan to acquire rival Warner Bros. Discovery would elicit a “close look” from state antitrust law enforcers who a... (more story)

Nexstar-Tegna merger raises concerns in California, state AG Bonta says

March 12, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Concerns regarding Nexstar Media Group's proposed acquisition of Tegna are plentiful, despite the deal getting the blessings of President Donald Trump and US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan ... (more story)

Let EU telecom industry 'scale up,' compete globally, Deutsche Telekom CEO urges

March 12, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Lewis Crofts

Europe

European officials shouldn’t overregulate the telecom sector and should allow companies to “scale up” so they can compete globally, Timotheus Höttges, Deutsche Telekom’s chief executive, said on Thursday. The ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Florida, other states ask US Supreme Court to rein in Section 230 immunity

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Florida and 16 other states filed an amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to "rein in the judicial expansion” of Section 230 of the Communications Act, saying it should not prohibit states fr... (more story)

NetChoice calls appeals court decision on Calif. kids' code 'a major victory'

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Calling the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act a "Trojan Horse" of online censorship, tech industry group NetChoice said a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit leaves... (more story)

Differing versions of US online child safety bills will pose issues for full passage

March 12, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

While the latest child online safety package from the US House of Representatives includes bills of the same name that have already been passed by the Senate, the chambers' different versions are likely to cau... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: Feb. 27-March 12

March 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania

Moderna agreed to settle a COVID-19 patent case for up to $2.25 billion, in what could be the largest patent infringement settlement figure in pharma history. Multiple patent pools also announced expansions.

Reformist USPTO sets its sights on seemingly appeal-proof Fintiv framework

March 12, 2026 | Nick Robertson and Melissa Ritti

North America

On the heels of recent decisions upholding his near-total discretion over America Invents Act patent challenges, US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Wednesday singled out the domestic footp... (more story)

This week at the UPC: March 6-12

March 12, 2026 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss

Europe

This week, the Unified Patent Court referred questions to the EU's top court to clarify cross-border jurisdiction and intermediary liability in a case involving Dyson. The court also closed several proceedings... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US DOJ identifies new targets in trade compliance probes

March 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Department of Justice is planning to widen its enforcement of trade compliance by going after more key actors involved in duty evasion, including those who have no direct interaction with customs offici... (more story)

US Senate Democrats want more time to target Trump-era corporate corruption

March 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A group of Senate Democrats is proposing to extend the statute of limitations for a key anti-bribery law to give future administrations additional time to prosecute Trump-era corporate corruption. Though unlik... (more story)

Former UK fraud agency head Green pulled into Hayes' $400m UBS lawsuit

March 12, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld

Europe

Former UK Serious Fraud Office head David Green has intervened on behalf of UBS in the investment bank’s defense against a $400 million US lawsuit filed by former trader Tom Hayes. “The decision to prosecute M... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC seeks public input on event contracts traded on prediction markets

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking public input on whether to issue or change rules related to event contracts traded on prediction markets. The agency’s advanced notice of pr... (more story)

US Senator Tillis to continue block of Fed nominee Warsh for now

March 12, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US Senator Thom Tillis said he remains determined to block President Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair as long as a Trump administration's criminal investigation of Fed chair Jerome P... (more story)

US Fed’s Bowman says Basel III, G-SIB proposals will decrease bank capital requirements

March 12, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Michelle Bowman, the US Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, outlined upcoming Basel III and Global Systemically Important Bank surcharge proposals, saying that combined they would decrease capital re... (more story)

Trade View More

ZND not representative of US industry, domestic fencing manufacturers tell USITC

March 12, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

Domestic fencing manufacturers told the US International Trade Commission that petitioner ZND’s struggles in the temporary steel fencing market stem from its own product decisions, not from unfairly priced Chi... (more story)

US trade court sets April 10 hearing on Section 122 tariff lawsuits

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Court of International Trade Chief Judge Mark Barnett set an April 10 hearing for consideration of summary judgement in a pair of lawsuits by a coalition of 24 Democrat-led states and two smal... (more story)

US Trade Representative, Treasury secretary to meet with Chinese official in Paris

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in France next week, Greer said in a statement.

State Aid View More

Energy-price shocks see EU ‘attentive’ to abusive corporate conduct

March 12, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

The risk that an energy-price spike may see companies exploit customers requires the attention of antitrust enforcers, but regulators are better prepared after past conflicts, Teresa Ribera said. The EU's comp... (more story)

Spain may grant €70m to support digitalization of printed press

March 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary:  Publishers of printed press and periodicals will be eligible for direct grants, under a Spanish plan worth €70 million to support them in the acquisition of digitalization solutions such as edit... (more story)

Air Liquide, BASF see €260 million Belgian state aid cleared by EU Commission

March 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved €260 million of Belgian state aid in favor of Air Liquide and BASF, earmarked for the development of Kairos@C, a carbon capture and storage project. The CCS p... (more story)

Energy View More

EU Commission's plans to weaken 2030 car CO2 target would raise EV prices, study shows

March 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Weakening the 2030 car CO2 target as proposed by the European Commission would make the average electric car €2,300 more expensive in 2030 than under the current objective and reduce the sector’s... (more story)

Truck makers gain flexibility to meet CO2 targets after EU Parliament vote

March 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Truck manufacturers will be allowed to bank additional emission credits before 2030 and use them later for compliance, after the European Parliament voted on Thursday to amend heavy-duty vehicle ... (more story)

EU countries to notify IEA on any Iran crisis oil release tonight

March 12, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are to notify the International Energy Agency by 6pm Thursday evening if they opt to release any oil from strategic reserves as part of a 400 million-barrel coordinated action amid the Iran crisis... (more story)

Technology View More

No Section 230 shield for platforms knowingly distributing CSAM, US Sen. Hawley argues

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Josh Hawley urged the US Supreme Court to review a case bringing privacy and sex-trafficking claims against X Corp. in order to rule that nothing in the text, structure, or history of ... (more story)

Most of California’s age-appropriate design law can go forward, US appeals court rules

March 12, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Most of a California law that imposes restrictions on companies to protect children online can go into effect, according to a ruling by a three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Nint... (more story)

Consultation feedback on DMA, GDPR interplay published by EU Commission, EDPB

March 12, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission and the European Data Protection Board on Thursday published more than 100 contributions to their consultation on the interplay of the Digital Markets Act and the EU’s Gen... (more story)