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Artificial Intelligence
March 12, 2026 | Amy Miller and Emma Whitford
North America
Trade
March 12, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Financial Crime
March 11, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: AutoScout24, a secondhand-car website, is the subject of a Belgian dominance investigation, the country's competition authority said today. It cited concerns that the service may not allow seller... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Doug Gurr, the chair of the UK Competition and Markets Authority, will recuse himself from the board decision this month on whether to prioritize a cloud services market investigation, to avoid a... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission’s finding that an interest rate benchmark was manipulated in breach of cartel law doesn’t automatically invalidate a clause in a loan agreement referring to that benchmark... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 13, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Draft procedural rules for enforcing the AI Act would give the European Commission the power to access and inspect general-purpose AI models, including source code, model weights and hosting infrastructure. Th... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Toys enabled with generative AI that talk to children should be more tightly regulated and carry new safety kitemarks, according to the first systemic study of the impact of the technology on you... (more story)
March 13, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s Supreme People’s Court has for the first time set out how criminal liability should be determined in cases involving assisted-driving systems, issuing a guiding case and judicial benchmark in an intoxi... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 13, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Antitrust enforcers need their independence protected from political pressure to ensure they can work to strengthen economies, according to Stephan Harbarth, the president of Germany's constitutional court. He... (more story)
March 13, 2026 | Alex Wilts
North America
Makan Delrahim, chief legal officer for Paramount, said Thursday that his company has presented all the necessary evidence to prove the benefits of its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and that t... (more story)
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)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 13, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
Online retail giant Amazon has persuaded a Luxembourg appeal court to overturn a €746 million fine imposed by the country's data protection authority for GDPR breaches related to targeted advertising and send ... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s National Administration of Financial Regulation said on Friday that it had summoned five online lending platforms — Fenqile, a financial services platform targeting young consumers; Qifu ... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Online-shopping platform Temu has taken measures to stop merchants from repeating misleading business practices, Austria's competition watchdog said on Friday. The steps include a task force to r... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 13, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan
Asia
Indonesia’s House of Representatives has approved a proposed bill amending the country’s 2014 Copyright Law as a legislative initiative, paving the way for deliberations on proposed provisions addressing artif... (more story)
March 13, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Chinese technology companies have shifted from followers to emerging rule shapers in the licensing of global standard-essential patents, industry leaders said at a conference in Shenzhen, citing stronger paten... (more story)
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.
Financial Crime View More
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)
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)
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
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has opened a consultation on possible inefficiencies, overlaps and inconsistencies in reporting and disclosure rules for insurers and pe... (more story)
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)
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)
Trade View More
March 13, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said in an announcement published Friday that it will impose antidumping duties for five years on imports of halogenated butyl rubber from Japan and Canada starting S... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: EU dumping duties in place on imports of aluminum converter foil from China are set to expire on Dec. 9, the European Commission said on Friday. The measures will expire unless the EU regulator r... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said Friday that the US Trade Representative’s decision to launch Section 301 investigations into 16 economies, including China, over alleged “overcapacity” is a unil... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has won European Commission approval for a program worth €107.5 million to support the distribution of printed materials via a network of distributors, wholesalers and retailers. The plan ... (more story)
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)
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)
Energy View More
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK petrol retailers and energy suppliers will be pressed by finance minister Rachel Reeves and energy minister Ed Miliband in a meeting on Friday on what they are doing to keep prices down and wh... (more story)
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)
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)
Technology View More
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: TikTok’s commitments decision on the company’s advertising transparency practices under the Digital Services Act from December 2025 was published in the Official Journal on Friday. The notice det... (more story)
March 13, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The planned EU Digital Fairness Act has European business groups and advocacy organizations at odds. In letters to the European Commission, they advance sharply diverging visions for EU digital consumer protec... (more story)
March 13, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU's planned Digital Fairness Act should close legal gaps in EU consumer law and introduce binding rules against harmful online practices such as dark patterns and addictive design, a coaliti... (more story)