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Financial Crime
March 19, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle
Europe, North America
Artificial Intelligence, Energy
March 19, 2026 | Emma Whitford
North America
Antitrust, Technology
March 19, 2026 | Chris May
North America
Antitrust View More
March 20, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
US antitrust enforcement is obligated to think about competition across all facets and parameters, a senior Federal Trade Commission official said Thursday as he called out the defense bar for being strategic ... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
The acting antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice said Thursday he isn't looking to "break stuff" and destroy companies while enforcing the antitrust laws, saying he enjoys meeting with C-Suite execu... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Allegations that Apple and Google are creating bottlenecks which potentially threaten innovation in the ongoing artificial intelligence development race constitute a concern that warrants more scrutiny, US Fed... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: National governments are set to propose a set of actions to ensure the bloc remains "highly competitive," according to a draft statement obtained by MLex, to be adopted at a summit today. The act... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK lawmakers late on Wednesday approved amendments to create a criminal offense for AI chatbots deemed unsafe, backing campaigner-led proposals over the government's preferred approach to regulating the techno... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission is examining whether existing laws adequately address crimes involving the use of artificial intelligence, amid growing global scrutiny over deepfake pornography and misinform... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
March 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
A US Federal Trade Commission official issued a warning on Thursday to technology companies hiring workers from rivals en masse via high-value transactions: Failure to submit antitrust paperwork for these deal... (more story)
March 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission's motion for a stay pending appeal of a district court decision vacating its revised Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification rule has been denied by the US Court ... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
North America
Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi said that after taking his leadership role at the US Justice Department, he’s had merging “party meetings every day,” and at each of these meetings, his key point... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
March 19, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo
North America
A federal judge signaled she is prepared to approve a $68 million settlement over claims Google’s voice assistant recorded users’ conversations, but warned that flaws in the class notice — particularly involvi... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Six years after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada sued Facebook on claims that the social media company's data sharing practices with apps prior to 2015 violated the nation's national privacy la... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
US House Republicans' attempt to strip the duty-of-care provision from the Kids Online Safety Act would significantly alter tech companies' responsibilities under the proposed law and likely make consumer prot... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
March 19, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
US Patent and Trademark Office commissioners said at an IP conference Thursday that the office will begin deploying prior art search and pre-examination AI tools to patent and trademark examiners in the coming... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Inbar Preiss, Charlotte Westphal and Anna Lauwereys
Europe
This week, the Unified Patent Court saw key rulings on infringement, fair licensing defenses in standard essential patent disputes, and jurisdiction clarifications. Judges also issued rulings on procedural rul... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The European Commission has been told by patent owners that extensive requirements for technology pools will prove costly and cumbersome, according to a document seen by MLex. The push, comprising stakeholders... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
March 19, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Major League Baseball said they signed an information-sharing memorandum of understanding related to growing prediction markets, aimed at protecting the integrit... (more story)
March 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Justice Department announced a resolution of a foreign bribery investigation into Balt SAS, a medical device company based in France, relating to an alleged scheme to pay bribes to a physi... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A French court validated an agreement between Balt, a medical device company, and Parquet National Financier, the French national prosecutor, regarding an investigation into an alleged scheme to ... (more story)
Financial Services View More
March 19, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
EU leaders have agreed to aim to get centralized capital markets supervision and other key competitiveness-focused financial reforms passed this year, setting strict deadlines to apply political pressure on re... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Neil Roland
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania
After heated years-long debate, US banking agencies proposed an industry-friendly 4.8 percent net decrease in capital requirements for the largest banks under the 2017 Basel III standards, the Global Systemica... (more story)
March 19, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Social media influencer Kenneth Thom pled guilty to investment adviser fraud, the US Department of Justice announced. “Kenneth Thom pretended online to be a successful investor and adviser when ... (more story)
Trade View More
March 19, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Zack Budryk, Eliana Hubacker
North America
The Trump administration’s sweeping Section 301 trade investigation into forced labor will cast a shadow over the upcoming talks for the review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and throws a wrench ... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Oil supply to the EU remains stable despite disruptions in the Middle East, the European Commission said after an oil coordination group meeting with EU countries on Thursday. Officials flagged c... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Marc van der Woude, the president of the EU’s lower-tier General Court, is set to leave the judiciary this autumn, MLex has learned. His resignation will take effect on Sept. 15 and is for personal reasons, a ... (more story)
State Aid View More
March 19, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Japanese Cabinet on Thursday approved a bill to amend the Economic Security Promotion Act for submission to parliament. The bill would add services to ensure the stable supply of critical goo... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Parties wishing to make comments on Denmark's tariff model for the discharge and treatment of companies' wastewater now have one month to provide input to the European Commission. In January, the... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU Court of Justice has requested amendments to its internal rules, most significantly, to allow the institution to deliver a ruling even after the participating judges have left the court. T... (more story)
Energy View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A review of the EU emissions trading system is necessary to protect competitiveness as aviation decarbonizes, the International Air Transport Association said on Thursday. The current framework r... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The slow deployment of the EU Innovation Fund is limiting its impact on clean-tech competitiveness and emissions cuts, the EU's main auditing body has said. In a statement, the EU Court of Audito... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: France, Germany, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan said they are ready to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz after condemning Iran’s atta... (more story)
Technology View More
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A UK court has backed Ofcom’s decision to keep secret details of its engagement with major tech platforms, dismissing a legal challenge by campaign groups Clean Up The Internet and Movement for a... (more story)
March 19, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
UK online safety regulator Ofcom has won a legal challenge over its refusal to disclose details of meetings with major tech platforms, as a judge backed its interpretation of the Communications Act. Campaign g... (more story)
March 19, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: More clarification is needed on the proposed EU cybersecurity framework, which includes revision of the existing Cybersecurity Act and targeted amendments to the NIS2 Directive, key EU data secur... (more story)