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Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security
April 15, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
April 15, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Financial Services
April 15, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Antitrust View More
April 16, 2026 | By Khushita Vasant and Dwight A. Weingarten
North America
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador told lawmakers Wednesday they would depart the agency quietly if they were fired by a Democratic president in 2029. At a Congre... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea has launched an overhaul of its regulatory reform framework, elevating the top decision-making body to a presidential-level committee and expanding its size as part of a broader push ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill called the jury verdict in a monopolization suit against Live Nation Entertainment "a significant win for Louisiana consumers." In a statement, Murrill said... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK government has started a Sovereign AI Unit, a £500 million investment fund to help AI companies scale up, compete and become globally competitive, the government said in a statement Thursd... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
The US Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether personalized pricing is happening and if it is an unfair and deceptive business practice, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday.
April 15, 2026
North America
MLex summary: US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein declined to dismiss record labels' claim that AI music company Udio circumvented technological measures in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Japanese beverage maker Suntory Holdings said Wednesday it will acquire all shares of Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare from its parent Daiichi Sankyo for 246.5 billion yen ($1.55 billion), as it looks t... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Latin America
The proposed merger between offshore engineering giants Saipem and Subsea7 has been declared ‘complex’ by the Brazilian competition authority and will get an in-depth analysis of its competitive effects in the... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert
Latin America
Brazil’s competition authority is reviewing under its full-form procedure the proposed incorporation of CBO into OceanPact, resulting in a combined publicly listed company. Upon completion, CBO would be exting... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 16, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
As a major trial approaches over alleged harm to kids' mental health from social media, a US judge questioned whether state attorneys general can pursue profits tied to Meta Platforms’ alleged collection of ch... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Wikimedia Foundation has been given an “ultimatum” by Indonesia's ministry of communication and digital affairs over its failure to complete the registration process as an electronic system provi... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Eurosky, the European sister of independent social network Bluesky, has launched a new social media app, the Dutch company said on Thursday. Fully hosted on European-based servers, the platform u... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 15, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Inventors Defense Alliance policy chief Kristen Osenga told MLex she shares a key antitrust enforcer’s skepticism of standards unaccompanied by a commitment to license essential patents on fair, reasonable and... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
The UK authority for atomic energy is aiming to commercialize intellectual property developed as part of the country’s development of fusion power. The UK Atomic Energy Authority, or UKAEA, strategy says it pl... (more story)
April 14, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: OpenAI should not be allowed to minimize its wrongdoing and recast a former xAI employee’s disclosure of trade secrets during an interview as “simply asking a candidate about prior work experienc... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 15, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia, North America
Smartmatic pointed to multiple foreign bribery cases that the US government has dropped in the past year to bolster the company’s effort to get a judge to throw out corruption charges due to alleged government vindictiveness.
April 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned more than two dozen individuals, companies and vessels operating within the network of Iranian oil shipping magnate... (more story)
April 15, 2026
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
MLex Summary: In a post on X, the US Treasury Department said its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network office issued an amended order that will allow Mexican lender CiBanco to be liquidated. The bank was cut o... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell requesting copies of all records produced or received by Kevin Warsh during his tenure as a member of the Fed from 2006 to... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK prudential watchdog must be a “thought leader” on how financial regulation supports growth while maintaining stability, incoming chief Katharine Braddick has said in outlining her ambitions to lawmakers... (more story)
April 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK cryptoasset firms, stablecoin issuers, and traditional finance firms have been asked to provide feedback over the next seven weeks on the financial regulator's planned guidance for the rules ... (more story)
Trade View More
April 16, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s gross domestic product grew 5 percent year on year in the first quarter to 33.4 trillion yuan ($4.89 trillion), National Bureau of Statistics Deputy Head Mao Shengyong said at a Thursday ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is urging the EU to revise its proposed Industrial Accelerator Act to ensure the UK automotive sector continues to be treated as a key partner under... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The European Commission plans to tax electricity below fossil fuels and allow zero tax rates for energy-intensive industries, according to an internal document. The draft also points to stronger use of EU emis... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 15, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s State Council said in a reform guideline issued Wednesday that authorities may impose temporary controls on investment approvals, subject to State Council consent, in sectors facing disor... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Nuctech warned against EU meddling in corporate freedom to structure IT systems, telling judges that European Commission demands to access data in China went too far. In a hearing before the EU courts, lawyers... (more story)
April 14, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Asia, Europe
Security scanner company Nuctech told judges on Tuesday that EU officials had forced it to hand over digital information "under duress," even though it risked breaking China's data security law. The EU court i... (more story)
Energy View More
April 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A key European Parliament committee has proposed changes to the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System that would accelerate allowance releases during price spikes, extend the €45 cap beyon... (more story)
April 15, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The EU emissions trading system is no longer seen as a climate-only tool amid the current energy crisis but increasingly as part of a broader shift toward European autonomy and competitiveness, the head of the... (more story)
April 15, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Proposed changes to the EU’s carbon border levy, or CBAM, would scrap a broad emergency exemption for goods covered by the instrument. The draft report, presented by center-left lawmaker Mohammed... (more story)
Technology View More
April 16, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Khushita Vasant
North America
Live Nation executives sent emails that "were not very professional," a juror told reporters Wednesday after delivering a clean-sweep victory to 33 US states and the District of Columbia in a monopolization trial.
April 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission has moved to dismiss a lawsuit from Media Matters that aims to block the agency's investigation into the progressive news organization, claiming FTC investigative ... (more story)
April 15, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the jury verdict in the states' challenge to Live Nation Entertainment "sends a clear message: no corporation is too big to face justice." Mayes said the ... (more story)