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Data Privacy and Security
January 17, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
January 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford and Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
January 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust View More
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Coesia, its subsidiary G.D, Industria Macchine Automatiche and other companies in the industrial machines business in Italy are facing an Italian antitrust authority probe into allegations they a... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Mastercard and Visa are facing a third trial over their card fees in mid-October in 2027 following legal action by multiple merchants. The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has already heard two trials relating... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Europe
Meta Platforms has formally told Brazil’s antitrust authority that it has fully complied with a preventive measure imposed as part of an administrative inquiry into changes affecting third‑party AI providers o... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
January 19, 2026 | Charlotte Westphal and Inbar Preiss
Europe
A hearing in the copyright dispute between the German music rights society and generative music platform Suno was postponed to March 9, MLex has learned. The hearing was previously scheduled for Jan. 26.
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK financial firms wishing to test the use of artificial intelligence with the financial regulator can apply to the second cohort of the AI Live Testing service as the Financial Conduct Authority... (more story)
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Countries must develop strategic, sector-specific regulation for AI technologies to ensure they maintain a distinct advantage in an aspect of the technology's ecosystem rather than attempt full A... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
January 19, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
Companies with links to China and US made up more than half of deals that were freighted with conditions to protect UK national security last year, as the UK navigates the need to seek economic trade gains but... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
More than 30 UK market remedies imposed to fix competition problems may no longer be needed and could be scrapped to reduce the burden on businesses, the UK antitrust regulator has said in opening a consultati... (more story)
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Four acquisitions by Welltower of more than 600 care homes managed by Barchester, HC-One, Aria Care, and Danforth Care are to be reviewed by the UK antitrust regulator. The Competition and Market... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
January 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK lawmakers are set to debate this week proposals that could impose an Australia-style ban on social media use for under-16s, as scrutiny over online harms intensifies following the Grok controversy. More tha... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Shanghai’s internet regulator has highlighted eight enforcement cases that reflect its regulatory priorities in 2025, covering data security compliance, illegal cross-border data transfers and violations of pe... (more story)
January 17, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The artificial intelligence company run by tech billionaire Elon Musk, xAI, has asked a federal judge to block enforcement of California’s new AI transparency law, arguing it would force the comp... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
January 19, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Samsung and ZTE are facing off in UK litigation over payment for patents for 5G technology owned by ZTE. The two companies are fighting over whether the amount owed by Samsung to ZTE should be based on a previ... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Europe, North America
Onesta IP has won a temporary reprieve from an antisuit injunction which would require termination of a majority of its German patent infringement case against BMW.
January 19, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a ruling that 2ch-to-5ch DNS redirects are not trademark use, rejecting a bid to recast the practice through a user-facing animation.
Financial Crime View More
January 19, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Two units of construction company VolkerWessels should be fined €525,000 for paying bribes on a bridge building project in the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, Dutch prosecutors said on Monday. Bribes for the... (more story)
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A "corrupt" and "dishonest" adviser saw a UK Financial Conduct Authority fine of more than £2 million and industry ban upheld by a tribunal on Monday. Darren Reynolds gave pension transfer advice... (more story)
January 16, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission is "following up on two recently received leads" on potential addresses in its attempts to serve former Azure Power director Cyril Cabanes with a subpoen... (more story)
Financial Services View More
January 19, 2026 | Helena Freitas
Europe
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to put forward Boris Vujčić as the next European Central Bank vice president, with the post becoming vacant at the end of May when Luis de Guindos’ term expires. The nomi... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
France and Germany are due to form an expert group to examine issues in digital finance and stablecoins, with an emphasis on the international role of the euro in digital payments. This joint effort is part of... (more story)
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened a three and half-week consultation on new rules for companies that provide environmental, social and governance ratings that aims to make them more transparent,... (more story)
Trade View More
January 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: More than 160 critical raw materials projects have applied to be designated as “strategic” under the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act, the European Commission said. Those projects aim to obtain fa... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Germany is aligned with France in wanting the heaviest EU trade measures to be considered for use in response to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland, th... (more story)
January 19, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Energy-intensive industries, clean tech, advanced technology companies and the automotive sector are set to face tighter EU content requirements and stricter foreign investment controls under the Industrial Ac... (more story)
State Aid View More
January 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s National Bureau of Statistics said Monday that the country’s gross domestic product grew 5 percent in 2025, reaching about 140 trillion yuan ($19.7 trillion), with growth slowing to 4.5 p... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Funding made by Durham County Council — a city in northern England — over tourist attractions has been challenged under UK subsidy rules, according to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. The appella... (more story)
January 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Germany's plan to spend €200 million to support the generation of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives in Canada has secured EU state aid approval, the European Commission said Thursday. The re... (more story)
Energy View More
January 15, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division secured victory against a Florida business owner who was found guilty of 34 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery by a federal jury in Miami, MLex has learned.
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers released legislation in the House of Representatives and the Senate to secure American access to critical minerals. The Securing Essential and Critical US Resou... (more story)
January 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US signed a trade agreement which includes commitments by Taiwanese semiconductor enterprises to... (more story)
Technology View More
January 19, 2026 | Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK's response to the outcry over the use of X's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot to create sexualized images of people without their permission has been focused on strengthening online safety laws and ... (more story)
January 17, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Google asked a US federal court Friday to stay certain provisions of the final judgment in a government lawsuit over its internet search monopoly pending an appeal of the court’s liability and remedies rulings... (more story)
January 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Google asked a US federal court to stay certain provisions of the final judgment in an internet search monopolization lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice pending an appeal of the cour... (more story)