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Artificial Intelligence, Energy

April 07, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

US energy regulator should allow data center moratorium, civil society group says
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Trade

April 07, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

US DOJ says Section 122 tariffs legal, address core deficit

Financial Services

April 07, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US CFTC aims to expand prediction market MOUs from MLB to other leagues

Antitrust View More

17 contractors caught in electrification bid-rigging scam by Indian regulator

April 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Seventeen contractors have been found to have rigged tenders for the electrification of police stations in the Indian state of Assam. The Competition Commission of India's order identified that the contractors... (more story)

South Korea to require disclosure of AI characters in advertisements

April 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Businesses in South Korea will be required to disclose when advertisements display artificial intelligence-generated virtual characters under proposed revisions to the enforcement guidelines for ... (more story)

Arthur Flury cleared of abuse of dominance by India's watchdog in supply of railway parts

April 08, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

The Indian arm of Arthur Flury has been cleared by the antitrust watchdog of alleged abuse of dominance in the supply of railway components. In dismissing allegations of monopoly and discriminatory pricing, th... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Supermicro launches internal probe of alleged AI chip diversion scheme

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Supermicro confirmed that an independent investigation is underway regarding the March 2026 indictment of three individuals who were associated with the company at that time. Supermicro said it w... (more story)

Brazil’s CADE queries WhatsApp clients over API access, AI chatbot distribution

April 07, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

Brazil’s competition authority demanded information from major users of Meta’s WhatsApp Business API as part of an ongoing administrative inquiry into the company’s practices. The probe focuses on whether chan... (more story)

Nvidia moves to dismiss amended US DMCA claims over YouTube scraping

April 06, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Nvidia moved to dismiss Ted Entertainment's amended US claims accusing it of improperly scraping YouTube content to train its artificial intelligence model Cosmos, saying that the circumvention p... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

DirecTV, US states challenge Nexstar-Tegna rush to close as judge weighs injunction

April 08, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

DirecTV and state attorneys general pushed back on Nexstar Media Group and Tegna’s claim that the companies did not rush to close their transaction, as a US judge weighs whether to issue injunctive relief agai... (more story)

Nexstar, Tegna, merger challengers disagree on how to revise temporary restraining order

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Local TV news station operators Nexstar Media Group and Tegna have proposed that a US court's March 27 temporary restraining order preventing them from integrating their business operations exclu... (more story)

Sports fans, competition harmed by recent Disney transactions, US lawmakers tell US FCC

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Disney's acquisition of Fubo, Disney/ESPN's deal with the National Football League and ESPN's arrangement with Major League Baseball threaten to raise costs for fans and are harmful for competiti... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US asks court to reject Meta’s renewed attempt to stop reopening of FTC proceedings (corrects*)

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US asked a federal court in Washington DC to deny Meta Platforms’ renewed motion to stop the Federal Trade Commission from reopening a 2020 enforcement action over alleged privacy violations.... (more story)

LinkedIn faces privacy claims over anti-scraping measures in US lawsuit

April 07, 2026 | Xu Yuan

North America

Professional social network LinkedIn was accused in a new lawsuit filed in California of invading users’ privacy by implementing intrusive mechanisms that are aimed at preventing abusive practices such as website scraping.

Expert witness in DC’s Cambridge Analytica suit to be heard in evidentiary hearing

April 07, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

An expert witness testifying for the District of Columbia in its lawsuit against Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica data breach will be heard at a Daubert hearing next month, Associate Judge Robert Okun of ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

US DOJ weighs in on Samsung's case against Netlist over patent license terms

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in Samsung Electronics’ case seeking a determination of reasonable and nondiscriminatory, or RAND, terms for a license to a Netlist pate... (more story)

Chinese court rejects song copyright claim, finds years of implied consent

April 07, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

A Chinese court has rejected a copyright infringement claim over a song, finding that a music company acted in good faith after the songwriter tacitly allowed its use of the work for years.

Japan court says social media texts can be protected works, rejects priest's lawsuit

April 07, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

The Osaka District Court rejected a lawsuit by a Buddhist temple priest and his temple seeking to deny copyright infringement and silence an author’s accusations, holding that the priest’s social media posts a... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Trump administration unveils draft plan to combat money laundering

April 07, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

The Trump administration unveiled a draft, mostly industry-friendly plan to combat money laundering and terrorism financing by ceding decision-making responsibilities to banks to assess their illicit financial... (more story)

US Justice Department establishes fraud enforcement division

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memo establishing a new National Fraud Enforcement Division at the US Department of Justice, which will investigate and prosecute those who steal tax... (more story)

Indian billionaire Adani to ask US judge to dismiss SEC fraud case

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge granted a request from Indian billionaire Gautam Adani to schedule a hearing in his effort to dismiss a US Securities and Exchange Commission fraud case stemming from an alleged bribery scheme.

Financial Services View More

US FDIC approves proposal to implement GENIUS Act requirements, standards

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement certain requirements and standards under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovatio... (more story)

US agencies issue final rule, prohibit use of ‘reputation risk’ by regulators

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly issued a final rule that codifies the elimination of reputation risk from their supervisory ... (more story)

European Commission puts forward options for finalizing financial data framework

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission on Monday shared a note with EU countries on the way forward for negotiating an EU data access framework for banking and financial services that has been deadlocked since ... (more story)

Trade View More

China issues regulations on industrial, supply chain security with countermeasures

April 08, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree issuing regulations on industrial and supply chain security, the government said Tuesday, establishing a centralized coordination mechan... (more story)

US trade court dismisses New Zealand dolphin challenge for mootness

April 07, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America, Oceania

The US Court of International Trade dismissed a nonprofit’s lawsuit against the federal government over the lack of an import ban on New Zealand fisheries after both parties agreed the case was moot following ... (more story)

US CIT dismisses New Zealand dolphin case

April 07, 2026

North America, Oceania

MLex summary: US Court of International Trade Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves dismissed a lawsuit brought by the nonprofit advocacy group Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders NZ Inc. against the federal government, ... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Zenobē Energy files second appeal over subsidy decision of UK regulator

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Zenobē Energy has filed a second challenge over a subsidy decision made by the UK energy regulator, according to the UK antitrust tribunal, which broadens out arguments made in the first. The cas... (more story)

Électricité de France sees EU probe into planned state aid for nuclear reactors

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the French government's plan to support Électricité de France with the construction and operation of six nuclear reactors. The ne... (more story)

Energy View More

EU-US critical minerals strategy to be discussed next week

April 07, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

Europe

Representatives from EU member-state governments will meet on April 14 to further discuss the EU-US critical minerals strategy — aimed at securing supply chains, reducing dependency on China and setting price ... (more story)

EU states' emergency energy measures risk undermining renewables support

April 07, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are adopting a patchwork of measures to counter energy price spikes driven by the war in Iran, including tax cuts and fuel subsidies. Analysts warn these interventions risk weakening price signals... (more story)

Change to CO2 rules for heavy-duty vehicles is a first step, EU car lobby says

April 07, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU’s targeted amendment to heavy-duty vehicle CO2 rules provides some flexibility for manufacturers through 2029, said the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association ACEA on Tuesday, welc... (more story)

Technology View More

Live Nation promotes competition with vertical integration, defense expert says

April 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Live Nation’s vertically integrated corporate structure leads to greater competition in the live entertainment market, an economist testifying in the company’s defense told jurors Tuesday in a closely watched ... (more story)

Live Nation, US state plaintiffs agree to withdraw exclusive ticketing claim

April 07, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Live Nation and state plaintiffs said in a filing that they had agreed to voluntarily dismiss a claim of exclusive dealing in the primary ticketing market as part of an antitrust trial.

EU financial data access talks slowly coming back to life

April 07, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The EU data access framework for banking and financial services could move forward after months of deadlock, with EU countries expected to provide feedback by April 10 on the way forward, MLex has learned. In ... (more story)