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Data brokers are required to provide a link on their website informing consumers of their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

March 31, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

California’s data broker deletion tool gains users, interest from other states
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Financial Services

March 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

US OCC rescinds Biden administration recovery guidelines for large banks
FTC Commissioner Mark Meador

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Security

March 30, 2026 | Madeline Hughes and Emma Whitford

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

US FTC could be headed away from data-deletion remedies

Antitrust View More

Sportradar duopoly controls US sports betting data, Altenar claims

April 01, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Sportradar and non-defendant Genius Sports have cornered the US market for official sports league data in a duopoly reinforced through exclusivity agreements, closing off the downstream market for sports betti... (more story)

Homeservices, home buyers pressed by US judge on antitrust case schedule

April 01, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

A federal magistrate judge pressed Homeservices of America and home buyers over the pace of their document production that has been “outstanding for months” in an antitrust lawsuit focused on reduced competiti... (more story)

Sportradar faces US antitrust claims from betting platform rival Altenar

April 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Altenar Technologies filed a US complaint against rival sports betting platform Sportradar accusing it of abusing its exclusive control over the upstream US markets for live official sports leagu... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

US House Republicans circulate privacy bill as regulators converge in DC

April 01, 2026 | Madeline Hughes, Mike Swift and Matthew Newman

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

US House Republicans are circulating text for a consumer privacy bill, MLex has learned. The proposal is being discussed at the same time privacy regulators from across the globe converged in Washington, DC, a... (more story)

Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook Supreme Court case

April 01, 2026 | Mike Swift

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next s... (more story)

Authors file fourth amended US copyright complaint against Meta over LLaMA

April 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Authors filed their fourth amended US complaint accusing Meta Platforms of copyright infringement, claiming the company’s large language artificial intelligence models (LLaMA) were trained on cop... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Brazil CADE flags complexity in Unimed Blumenau buyout, seeks further reports

April 01, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil's competition watchdog found substantial gaps while conducting an analysis of Unimed Blumenau’s proposal to acquire Hospital Santa Catarina. As a result, the authority classified the transaction as comp... (more story)

Gilead Sciences, Arcellx see HSR waiting period expire March 31

April 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Gilead Sciences and Arcellx cleared the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger waiting period on March 31, Arcellx said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Boston Scientific, Penumbra received second request from US FTC on March 16

April 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Boston Scientific and Penumbra each received a second request for additional information from the US Federal Trade Commission on March 16. The issuance of the second request extends the waiting p... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Irish privacy watchdog seeks to finalize 'legacy' cases in 2026, commissioner says

April 01, 2026 | Matthew Newman

Europe

An Irish privacy watchdog’s investigation into a data broker that sold location information from users' smartphones should be concluded by the end of 2026, one of the three commissioners at the country's Data ... (more story)

Brazil data agency head expects compliance over child online safety law

April 01, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

The National Data Protection Agency has begun enforcing Brazil’s child online safety law, and the agency's president told MLex in an exclusive interview that the watchdog will not interfere with tech firms’ ag... (more story)

Regulators should address VPNs' use for age checks on platforms, Yoti says

April 01, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Maria Dinzeo

Europe

Regulators should decide how platforms can use virtual private networks, or VPNs, for age checks, rather than banning their use, an official at London-based digital identity company Yoti has said. Regulators s... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Live sports piracy threat in US grows as infringers embrace new technologies

April 01, 2026 | Nick Robertson

Europe, North America

Sports leagues around the world are facing increased levels of live sports piracy threatening their copyrights and their bottom lines. While major leagues invest in advanced tracking and takedown technology, s... (more story)

Digital reproductions under the microscope in Europe

April 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

EU courts and policymakers are redefining what counts as “reproduction” as copyright law confronts digital platforms and AI. A pending Austrian case at the EU's top court is set to test whether platform upload... (more story)

China withdraws SEP injunction policy after WTO ruling in EU dispute

April 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Asia, Europe

China has withdrawn its policy that blocked companies that hold patents essential to technology standards from pursuing infringement cases in foreign courts, after a World Trade Organization ruling backed the ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Evita founder pleads guilty in US to fraud, money laundering for Russian clients

April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Iurii Gugnin, the founder of cryptocurrency payments firm Evita, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he had defrauded US authorities and banks while processing illicit payments for Russian clients.

Supermicro cofounder, consultant plead not guilty in US AI chip diversion case

April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Supermicro cofounder Yi-Shyan Liaw and third-party consultant Ting-Wei Sun each pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to US charges alleging they diverted billions of dollars of servers integrated with artificial in... (more story)

Businessman pleads guilty in US to role in Pemex bribery scheme

April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A Texas-based businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to bribe an official of Mexico’s state-owned energy firm to help an equipment company obtain a $540 million supply contract, according t... (more story)

Financial Services View More

UK lenders see consultation to increase their share of high loan to income lending

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: UK banks and building societies have been asked for feedback on a proposal to increase shares of high loan to income lending, or LTI. The policy proposal follows a recommendation from the Financi... (more story)

UK financial sector to see update on gilt repo reforms in 2027

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Bank of England is planning a 2027 update on potential policies to support the resilience of the gilt repo market. The central bank released on Wednesday a response to a discussion paper on p... (more story)

Risks from AI adoption in UK financial sector are likely to increase, BOE says

April 01, 2026 | Sofia Gerace

Europe

The Bank of England said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence risks are likely to increase, as UK financial firms expand their deployment of the advanced technology. The UK’s financial sector has yet to a... (more story)

Trade View More

US coal exports decreased in 2025 due to Chinese tariffs

April 01, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: According to the US Energy Information Administration, US coal exports decreased in 2025 after four years of growth. The EIA attributed this to a 92 percent decrease in exports to China in 2025 a... (more story)

USITC votes to continue duty probes into fatty acids from Indonesia, Malaysia

April 01, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission determined that fatty acids imported from Indonesia and Malaysia are dumped into the US and subsidized. The Commerce Department will continue its antidumping... (more story)

EU steel safeguard talks target April deal as deadline looms

April 01, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe

The EU’s new steel safeguard is nearing a political agreement, with talks on April 13 expected to address remaining disputes over quota rollover and product scope, MLex understands. The measure would replace p... (more story)

State Aid View More

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)

Revised Romanian aid to CE Oltenia open for feedback in EU

March 31, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Romania's planned increase in restructuring aid to €2.86 billion for state-owned lignite mining and power generation company CE Oltenia and extended until the end of 2029 is open for feedback for... (more story)

Energy View More

EU proposes retaining carbon allowances in reserve to support market stability

April 01, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU carbon allowances in the Market Stability Reserve will be kept in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is usually the case, according to a European Commission proposal published Wednesday. The move ... (more story)

Methodology for regional electricity reserve sizing could be amended, ACER says

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: ACER, the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, has said it will decide by June 25 about changes to the methodology for assessing regional electricity reserve capacity, aimed at imp... (more story)

Changes to carbon market reserve rules proposed by EU Commission

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU carbon allowances held in the Market Stability Reserve above 400 million will be retained in the reserve, instead of being invalidated as is normally the case, according to a proposal from the... (more story)

Technology View More

NewsGuard says ad boycotts don't create injury without efforts to harm US competitors

April 01, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: NewsGuard told a US federal judge that even if it facilitated an advertising boycott of certain media sources, it still would not implicate antitrust law. The organization said a decision in X Co... (more story)

DMA is biggest source of friction between US and EU, US official says

April 01, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

The EU Digital Markets Act — and the fines imposed on US companies under it — represents the “biggest single source of friction” between the EU and the US, the US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth J... (more story)

Meta faces class action in Denmark over alleged addictive design, harm to minors

April 01, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Meta is facing a class action lawsuit in Denmark brought by advocacy group SOMI on behalf of minors, alleging Facebook and Instagram are designed to be addictive and expose children to harm. The ... (more story)