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Trade

March 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker

Asia, North America

US Section 301 trade probes loom over fragile China truce
Basel III

Financial Services

March 26, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

EU Commission Basel III plans expected to receive support from EU countries

Antitrust View More

Former US FTC Commissioner Slaughter praises agency bipartisanship

March 26, 2026 | Claude Marx

North America

Former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on Thursday extolled the virtues of the agency’s bipartisan tradition and declined to discuss a “post-apocalyptic world” that could occur if s... (more story)

FTC chairman warns of 'serious trouble' if US doesn't dominate AI space

March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

America needs to be a dominant player in the global artificial intelligence race, and should it fall behind, the US economy will be in "serious trouble," Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson warned Thursday.

US antitrust need not sideline consumer welfare for industrial policy, top officials say

March 26, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

North America

Senior US antitrust officials said competition enforcement need not choose between protecting consumers and advancing industrial policy, arguing regulators can weigh price effects alongside national security a... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Cox ruling in US clouds contributory infringement claims against AI companies

March 26, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford

North America

A California federal judge’s decision allowing authors to expand their copyright case against Meta collided almost immediately Wednesday with a Supreme Court ruling that is likely to test the newly added theor... (more story)

Sectoral interplay set to be key sticking point in AI law revision negotiations

March 26, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

How the EU's AI law interacts with sectoral product laws looks set to be the key bone of contention in the final stage of talks on a package of amendments to the bloc's landmark law that aim to make it simpler... (more story)

Global data-protection, AI pros set to converge on DC for IAPP summit

March 26, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Mike Swift

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

The world's privacy and AI professionals are set to converge on Washington DC for the International Association of Privacy Professional's annual Global Summit. For the first time, “privacy” isn't the summit’s ... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Applying Tunney Act to US FTC 'a solution in search of a problem,' Ferguson says

March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Widening the remit of the Tunney Act to cover the Federal Trade Commission's settlements in antitrust and merger cases is "a solution in search of a problem," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday.

State 'mini-HSR' filings place burden on attorney general offices

March 26, 2026 | Wesley Brown

North America

Premerger notification filings provided to US states are creating friction in attorney general offices that must cope with a large influx of documents on top of normal enforcement. Colorado and Washington in m... (more story)

US FTC not an independent agency, Chairman Ferguson says

March 26, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

It isn't crazy to say that the US Federal Trade Commission is not an independent agency, Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Thursday, adding that no one should want the agency to be independent from the president b... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

US launches critical minerals fund under new initiative

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex summary: The US State Department launched a $250 million fund for overseas critical minerals projects as part of a new fund, called Pax Silica, which has signed several countries to the effort already to ... (more story)

Congress continues calls for social media reforms after verdicts in Calif., New Mexico

March 26, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

With social media addiction in the headlines after juries in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harming users, members of Congress are continuing their calls for r... (more story)

X's Grok ordered to halt non-consensual 'nudified' images involving Dutch residents

March 26, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Social-media company X has lost a Dutch court case over its chatbot Grok’s ability to generate and distribute sexually explicit imagery, including non-consensual “nudified” images of Dutch residents. Judges ci... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: March 13 - 26

March 26, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Europe, North America

Licensing activity continued in several sectors, with developments including Access Advance's expansion of its video distribution patent pool and News/Media Alliance's deal to allow industry members to opt in ... (more story)

Changing US tariff landscape raises counterfeit threat, leaves businesses uneasy

March 26, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

An increase in sales of counterfeit goods could be an unintended consequence of US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, with consumers turning to knock-offs as prices rise. The footwear industry could be es... (more story)

This week at the UPC: March 20-26

March 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Anna Lauwereys

Europe

The UPC this week reinforced procedural rules, rejecting bids to suspend injunctions and limiting preliminary objections in REEL v Fives. Valeo upheld jurisdiction against Bosch, while Amgen’s win stands after... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Damen says Dutch bribery and sanctions allegations have taken toll

March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

Damen Shipyards Group said allegations of fraud and sanctions violations brought by Dutch prosecutors have had a “significant impact” on the company. Units of the conglomerate faces bribery and sanctions claim... (more story)

Former medical device executive's US bribery trial rescheduled to May 2027

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: At the joint request of the prosecution and the defense, a US judge rescheduled the corruption trial of former medical device company executive David Ferrera to May 2027. At his arraignment, the ... (more story)

Dentons should face re-run of UK money laundering 'breach' case, court told

March 26, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe

International law firm Dentons should face a re-run of a UK court case over claims that it breached money-laundering rules in its handling of a wealthy client, a London appeal court was told Thursday.

Financial Services View More

UK's transition finance guidelines, policy requests to government published

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The UK Transition Finance Council has released a set of guidelines to unlock transition finance, which is understood as the investment needed to help the decarbonization of high-emitting sectors.... (more story)

UK banks, investment firms see final recovery and resolution framework

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Prudential Regulation Authority finalized a package of changes to firms’ resolution reporting and disclosure requirements. The regulator said the UK’s resolution regime is designed to ensure ... (more story)

PayPal, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard receive US FTC warning over debanking customers

March 26, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent letters to PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard warning them about denying customers access to services due to their political or religiou... (more story)

Trade View More

Chinese lithium hexafluorophosphate targeted for duties by US industry

March 26, 2026

North America

Representatives for Orbia argued in favor of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed with the US International Trade Commission for Chinese imports of lithium hexafluorophosphate Thursday.

US Commerce says Algeria subsidizing steel rebar

March 26, 2026

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department said in a final determination that Algeria is subsidizing steel concrete reinforcing bar. Commerce assigned a 72.94 percent subsidy rate to all Algerian producers.

US imposes duties on erythritol from China

March 26, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex summary: The US Commerce Department said it will impose antidumping and antisubsidy duties on erythritol from China following an affirmative conclusion from the agency and the International Trade Commissi... (more story)

State Aid View More

Spain wins EU approval for €50m regional cleantech aid plan

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Companies investing in additional manufacturing capacity for the production of net-zero technologies and their main components will be eligible for direct grants under a Spanish regional plan wor... (more story)

Romania's creation of monopoly for ship services may be state aid, EU court says

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Romanian law granting the rights to services guiding ships in and out of ports exclusively to public authorities could potentially amount to state aid, an opinion prepared for the EU’s top cour... (more story)

Multinationals should lose Belgian tax exemption appeals, EU court opinion says

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A Belgian tax program that exempted certain "excess profits" of Belgian companies as being part of multinationals was correctly identified by the European Commission as illegal state aid, accordi... (more story)

Energy View More

Clean-energy supply chain concentration raises risks, international agency warns

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Concentrated clean-energy supply chains leave key technologies vulnerable to disruption, with China dominating most manufacturing steps and every major chain containing at least one weak link, an... (more story)

Russian fuel phaseout will go ahead despite doubts, EU energy chief says

March 25, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

Plans for the EU to phase out Russian fossil fuels remain on track despite delays and political pressure, the bloc's energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, said as lawmakers clashed in debate over Russian energy depende... (more story)

Lufthansa raised ‘competitive distortions’ concerns at meeting with EU’s Ribera

March 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Europe

German carrier Deutsche Lufthansa voiced concerns over “competitive distortions” between EU and foreign airlines at a meeting with the bloc’s competition chief, according to minutes published on Wednesday. Luf... (more story)

Technology View More

Netflix case sent to EU court after Belgian ruling upholds streaming levy

March 26, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Netflix will see key legal questions in its challenge to a Wallonia-Brussels streaming levy — including its compatibility with the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive — decided at the EU level, after Bel... (more story)

Netflix fails to overturn Belgian audiovisual levy as court refers EU law questions

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Netflix largely lost its bid to annul a Wallonia-Brussels decree imposing up to a 9.5 percent levy on streaming services after Belgium’s Constitutional Court, in a ruling and accompanying press r... (more story)

Grok must ban function generating sexualized images in Netherlands, court rules

March 26, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: X’s chatbot Grok will have to ban its functionality to generate and distribute non-consensual “nudified” images and child sexual abuse material in the Netherlands, a Dutch court ruled on Thursday... (more story)