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Artificial Intelligence, Energy
April 23, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence
April 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Europe
Financial Crime
April 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
North America
Antitrust View More
April 23, 2026 | Henrique Santiago
Latin America
Members of CADE's Tribunal voted Thursday to deepen an investigation into Google’s alleged improper use of journalistic content in search engines and generative AI, elevating an action that began in 2019 as an inquiry.
April 23, 2026 | Clayton Vickers
North America
Home buyers suing HomeServices of America told a Florida federal judge that the company is using “weaker counsel” in a related antitrust case to get a favorable settlement that would extinguish their hard-foug... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice, after consulting with the Federal Trade Commission, published approvals for an updated voluntary agreement and related plans of action from the Department of Energy’... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 23, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
OpenAI told a California federal judge that Elon Musk should be stopped from pursuing disgorgement in a trial over the ChatGPT-developer's conversion to for-profit status, which is set to begin Monday. Musk re... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US White House issued a statement saying that the government has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in China, are running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to steal American arti... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK telecom providers have been urged by Ofcom to follow guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK AI Safety Institute on risks linked to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview. Speaking at a confe... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 23, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
While Charter Communications and Cox Communications don't compete head to head, the former's lack of pricing commitments upon completing its merger could harm Californians, an expert for the Utility Reform Net... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A consortium including Free Press, Public Knowledge and the Broadband Communications Association of Pennsylvania filed a preliminary statement of issues with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Ci... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission announced it has reached an undisclosed agreement in principle with US Anesthesia Partners to settle an antitrust case. The preliminary settlement resolves claims ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 23, 2026 | Xu Yuan
North America
A US federal judge voiced doubts over the strength of privacy claims against Meta Platforms and four food banks in California over the use of Meta’s Pixel tracking tool, suggesting the plaintiffs seem to have ... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: TikTok asked a judge in Travis County, Texas, to delay the company's trial against the Texas attorney general until October of this year, citing the aggressive deposition and document requests fr... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
A New Jersey federal judge remanded the state’s lawsuit against Discord, which alleged state consumer protection violations, back to state court on Wednesday.
Intellectual Property View More
April 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer
Asia, North America
RedCloud licensed its fast-moving consumer goods supply chain AI in a joint venture with a Saudi Arabian company, a move RedCloud’s CEO said can help the country navigate disruptions tied to the closure of the... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A rule change in 2022 may have blunted Judge Alan Albright’s outsized impact on the domestic patent landscape, but the former Bracewell LLP partner has continued to preside over some of the most consequential ... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Steve Scherer
North America
What was once a niche product is moving into the mainstream as companies that depend heavily on their patent portfolios drive demand for defensive patent insurance, a trend that insurers attribute in part to r... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced a series of coordinated actions by the Scam Center Strike Force against Southeast Asian criminal organizations operating scam centers that have defrauded Ameri... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Kok An — a Cambodian senator who controls scam compounds throughout the country — as well as 28 individuals and entiti... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) published a special bulletin on money laundering associated with extortion directed at Canada’s South Asian diaspora. Th... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 23, 2026 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
Giant crypto-asset intermediaries such as Binance, Crypto.com and Bybit need comprehensive policy oversight and cross-border supervision to prevent disruptions from spilling into the broader financial system, ... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US banking regulators finalized a rule to give community banks greater flexibility to use a simpler measure of capital adequacy and reduce regulatory burden. The final rule is being adopted witho... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority warned that proposed changes by the European Commission to new rules on operational risk could increase complexity and weaken supervisory effectiveness. In an opini... (more story)
Trade View More
April 23, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Asia, Europe, Middle East
Both proponents and opponents of duty orders on oil country tubular goods argued to the US International Trade Commission that Section 232 tariffs did not support US industry, but differed in their explanations for why.
April 23, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
The EU and US aim to work together to support the supply of critical minerals crucial to their commercial and defense industries — through possible coordinated trade policies and mechanisms including market an... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
A US judge delayed to September the racketeering, sanctions violations and trade-secret theft trial of Chinese networking equipment giant Huawei Technologies, days after prosecutors unsealed a new superseding ... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Lufthansa has lost its legal challenge to a lower court verdict that ruled a German €6 billion recapitalization plan for the air carrier was illegal. In a judgment delivered Thursday, the EU's Co... (more story)
Energy View More
April 23, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The EU has approved a new sanctions package targeting Russia’s energy shipping, financial services, and trade sectors, expanding its crackdown on the shadow fleet and oil revenues. The measures add 46 vessels,... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU has adopted a new sanctions package focusing on Russia’s energy revenues, including 46 additional vessels deemed to be part of a shadow fleet, new listings across the oil sector, and restr... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The EU's carbon border levy faces an early test as one of the bloc's main tools to keep carbon-intensive industries competitive. The Iran war's pressure on fertilizer prices and imports has seen the commodity ... (more story)
Technology View More
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
The European Commission is considering making a key EU consumer law, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, directly applicable across the whole bloc so it has direct enforcement powers in the biggest cros... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK telecom providers have been warned by regulator Ofcom about the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Mythos Preview. Businesses should “assess security risks arising from f... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
TikTok says it has appealed a German court ruling requiring changes to parts of its web-based recommender system and reporting tools. The ruling was among the first to clarify how obligations under the EU's Di... (more story)