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Artificial Intelligence

April 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Anthropic loses bid for emergency stay of US supply chain designation
Meta and US Federal Trade Commission.

Data Privacy and Security

April 08, 2026 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift

North America

US FTC fights Meta’s fresh attempt to stop reopening of $5bn privacy settlement

Trade

April 08, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Eliana Hubacker

North America

Revised US Section 232 duties simplify tariff system but likely raise costs

Antitrust View More

Google tests changes to sports, financial searches in quest for EU compliance

April 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Europe

Google searches for football results and stock-market information may yield a carousel box featuring other information providers such as ESPN and MarketWatch, giving prominence to other information sources, ac... (more story)

Home heating oil, motor fuels markets reasonably competitive, Irish watchdog says

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Retail price increases in motor fuels and home heating oil are primarily driven by significant rises in wholesale prices, rather than competition issues, Ireland's competition and consumer author... (more story)

Swedish golf federation ends probe with adjusted cap on Golf-IDs

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Sweden’s antitrust authority has closed an investigation into whether the decision by Svenska Golfförbundet — to impose a cap on the number of active Golf-IDs that clubs can issue to players — wa... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

EU, UK digital rules fall short on AI overviews risks for news media, think tanks say

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, as well as the UK’s Online Safety Act, are not equipped to tackle the impact of AI overviews on news media companies, leaving competition en... (more story)

Market regulator in Chinese city of Hangzhou explores AI-agent use, flags risk

April 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

The market supervising bureau in the Chinese city of Hangzhou is exploring the use of artificial intelligence agents in its work while warning of associated risks, a move reflecting growing interest among Chin... (more story)

AI pioneer Stephen Thaler sues Indian government over copyright deadlock

April 09, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Stephen Thaler has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court over delays on AI-generated artwork copyright, challenging India’s stance on non-human authorship and seeking recognition of art created by the DABUS... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Experience Australia's bid for Crocodile Hotel reviewed by antitrust regulator

April 09, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Experience Australia Group’s proposal to acquire Crocodile Hotel in the state of Northern Territory is being reviewed by the Australian competition regulator. In a statement on Wednesday, the Aus... (more story)

EDF-Kowepo among deals unconditionally cleared in China March 23-29

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: A joint venture between French utility EDF and Korea Western Power, or Kowepo, and a joint venture between Oman-based OQ Alternative Energy and TotalEnergies SE were among 15 transactions to rece... (more story)

Australia's new merger regime off to smooth start, top official says

April 09, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Industry engagement and government support and investment in systems helped deliver a smooth rollout of Australia’s new merger control regime, with initial data showing it is operating as intended and meeting ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

South Korea seeks to mandate ISMS-P certification for major data processors

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea plans to require major data handlers, including telecom operators, identity verification services and large-scale personal data handlers to obtain the Personal Information and Informa... (more story)

KakaoPay returns to court as judges probe legal basis of South Korea privacy sanction

April 09, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Asia

KakaoPay returned to court on Thursday after judges in South Korea reopened arguments to probe lingering questions over the legal framework behind the privacy watchdog’s sanctions, with the payment giant and t... (more story)

Christie's fined $194,000 for data breach in South Korea

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Auction house Christie’s had been fined 287.2 million won ($194,000) by South Korea’s privacy regulator for a data breach that affected 620 South Korean users. The Personal Information Protection... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Chinese court clarifies role of product classification in trademark similarity test

April 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Product classification alone is not determinative in assessing trademark similarity, a Chinese court has ruled, saying judges must also consider how closely goods align in function, target consumers and usage ... (more story)

Japan's 3D trademark law still stops short of the house itself

April 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has offered a sharp reminder that, even after Japan opened trademark law to three-dimensional signs, the path from distinctive design to protectable branding remains narrow.

Indonesia, UK to cooperate on IP law enforcement involving digital platforms ​

April 09, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The directorate general of intellectual property, or DJKI, under Indonesia's Ministry of Law and the UK's Intellectual Property Office have agreed to collaborate on improving the management of in... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US Treasury proposes rule to implement GENIUS Act requirements to counter illicit finance

April 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A draft plan to implement the GENIUS Act’s money laundering and sanctions compliance requirements was issued by the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office... (more story)

US SEC appoints Woodcock as enforcement director

April 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission appointed David Woodcock to be the new director of the Enforcement Division, effective May 4.

Chinese businessman should get at least 30 years in prison for fraud, US says

April 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo's crimes were of "extraordinary dimensions" and he should receive a sentence of at least 30 years in prison, US prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.

Financial Services View More

UK financial sector wants rethink of ‘loss-focused’ financial promotion rules

April 08, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The UK financial sector has called for a review of financial promotion rules, arguing that the current “loss-focused” warnings are discouraging retail investors. In the Risk Warnings Review, a group of 17 fina... (more story)

White House wades into bank, crypto clash over digital asset market-structure bill

April 08, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

As banking and cryptocurrency firms clash over a key part of a digital assets regulatory bill in the US Senate, the White House has waded in with a study showing that, in essence, banks are making much ado abo... (more story)

US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group addresses AI, digital assets

April 08, 2026

Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group discussed issues related to digital finance, noting broad support among participants for digital assets and the adoption of stablecoins for payments. ... (more story)

Trade View More

EU capitals push for quick end to US trade deal talks despite lawmakers’ demands

April 09, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

Europe

EU countries want to quickly wrap up the two legislative proposals to implement the EU-US trade deal, but lawmakers' push for tougher safeguards against backtracking by the Trump administration could slow the ... (more story)

Indonesia eyes possible extension of measures on evaporator-product imports

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Indonesian ministry of trade said the trade safeguards committee, or KPPI, has started investigation into a ossible extension of trade-safeguard measures on imported roll-bond and fin evapora... (more story)

China urges EU to drop protectionism, resolve trade tensions through dialogue

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce urged the EU to resolve trade frictions through dialogue and abandon protectionist measures, spokesperson He Yadong said at a regular press briefing Thursday. Respond... (more story)

State Aid View More

China asset regulator sets up bureau to oversee foreign state-owned assets

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission has set up a new bureau to oversee foreign state-owned assets, state media Xinhua reported Wednesday. The new department will ... (more story)

Welsh government airport subsidy appeal challenge dismissed by UK tribunal

April 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Bristol Airport's appeal of a decision of the Welsh Government to grant a subsidy package to Cardiff International Airport has been dismissed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Bristol Airport a... (more story)

Lithuanian state aid for LNG terminal gets EU approval

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a Lithuanian scheme that aims to compensate Litgas for supplying a mandatory quantity of liquefied natural gas to a terminal in the port of Klaipėda. The meas... (more story)

Energy View More

Feedback sought for EU energy watchdog performance review

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback for a review it is conducting of the EU’s Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, or ACER, assessing whether it meets its objectives, mandate ... (more story)

New EU energy market rules to improve transparency, oversight formally published

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New rules clarifying how organizations that report energy market data are approved and supervised, as well as an update as to how such data is submitted to regulators, were published Thursday in ... (more story)

Oil supply remains stable as EU Commission prepares coordinated measures, industry says

April 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The supply of oil remains stable, industry representatives said on Wednesday during an oil coordination meeting with representatives from the European Commission and EU countries. Data sharing on... (more story)

Technology View More

Meta and Google examined in Indonesia over alleged violations of child protection rules

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms and Google, the parent company of YouTube, are being examined by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs over their compliance with child-protection regulation... (more story)

China's internet regulator vows stronger legislation, enforcement

April 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s top cyberspace regulator pledged to advance key internet legislation, expand foreign-related rule-of-law efforts and improve the legal framework at a national conference on this year’s wo... (more story)

South Korea, US launch working group to implement technology-prosperity deal

April 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea's science ministry said Thursday that Seoul and Washington held a kickoff meeting for a bilateral technology-prosperity working group, formally launching cooperation to implement the ... (more story)