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DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 16, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski
Europe, North America
Antitrust, Technology
April 16, 2026 | Khushita Vasant
North America
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Trade
April 16, 2026 | Emma Whitford
Asia, North America
Antitrust View More
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published its draft instructions to Alphabet on how the tech giant should share Google search data with rivals under the EU's Digital Markets Act. The instructions out... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Australia’s domestic card network Eftpos offered merchants discounts conditional on routing debit transactions through its network, a court heard, as testimony in an antitrust trial against Mastercard indicate... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
The Japanese antitrust watchdog filed a criminal accusation on Friday against five diesel sellers — including East Japan Usami, Eneos Wing and Enex Fleet — for their suspected involvement in a price cartel for... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 17, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s top data regulator has released a draft action plan to build industry-grade, high-quality datasets to support artificial intelligence development, marking Beijing’s latest effort to address a key bottl... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
Nvidia’s bid to dismiss direct and contributory copyright infringement claims over using US authors’ works to train its AI models was met with skepticism by US District Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, Californi... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Mike Swift
Europe, North America
Michael McGrath, the European Commission’s consumer protection chief, visited Silicon Valley this week with a message: The EU’s planned Digital Fairness Act, set to be proposed by the end of this year, is not ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Hong Kong's Competition Commission said Friday it is monitoring reports of a potential merger between Wellcome and ParknShop, the city's two largest supermarket chains said to account for nearly ... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Press distributor Boyacá has won clearance to acquire rival Logista Publicaciones, after agreeing to maintain commercial and economic terms for publishers, outlets and other distributors for four... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: Nippon Express Holdings said Friday it has agreed to acquire all shares of Metro Supply Chain Group for 1.8 billion Canadian dollars ($1.3 billion) as it seeks to expand its logistics services in... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Data controllers outside Europe can now apply for the Europrivacy certification, which proves one’s GDPR compliance, the European Data Protection Board said in an opinion. If a controller or proc... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platform operators can now expect to come under UK rules that expose senior executives to criminal liability for failing to remove non-consensual intimate images, after lawmakers backed the measure on T... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Dutch tech companies, specifically those active in ICT, will be preventively monitored on their digital security, the country’s data watchdog said. Due to the growing risks of cyber attacks and m... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 17, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s IP High Court overturned a Japan Patent Office decision rejecting Riken Technos’ patent application for a transparent projection-screen coating, saying the office had not shown why a skilled person wou... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Onesta IP must defend the validity of two US patents — and allegations both were misused when they were asserted against BMW in Germany. That potentially high-risk outcome “does not kill” future tests of last ... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The European Commission has decided not to offer an automatic exemption from antitrust rules to Licensing Negotiation Groups in the final version of its updated guidelines on tech transfer rules published on T... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Mining company Glencore has won a bid to keep some internal documents out of the hands of investors who are pursuing claims linked to overseas corruption. Glencore is being sued under the UK’s Financial Servic... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
Svenska Handelsbanken's Norwegian unit has been found to have “serious deficiencies” in its anti-money laundering controls, the country’s financial regulator said on Thursday. The lender hasn't been fined, but... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
A British accountant has been charged with an alleged breach of the UK’s Russian sanctions legislation and a money laundering offense by the National Crime Agency. John Ormerod, 76, became the first UK-based n... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Financial services in the UK which are regulated by the prudential regulator are set to pay £346.6 million in fees in the 2026-2027 financial year, a 1 percent decrease from 2025-2026, the Pruden... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Financial market infrastructures supervised by the Bank of England have been asked to provide feedback on the 2026-2027 fee proposal. The funds, which support the bank’s supervisory activities, a... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority has reiterated that it will cut burdens for firms and support economic growth, as it published its business plan for 2026/27. The PRA largely confirmed re... (more story)
Trade View More
April 17, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: Market access for agricultural products, offshore wind, and automotive, as well restrictions on the online sales of alcoholic drinks were on Friday's agenda of the 13th EU-South Korea trade commi... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China and Vietnam said in a joint statement issued Friday that they agreed to strengthen trade and investment ties, including by building more resilient supply chains and promoting cross-border e... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A new European Commission roadmap for completing the EU single market emphasizes regulatory simplification, internal market legislation, trade, and energy-related initiatives. The document, dated... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Romania's plan to grant €600 million and other benefits to state-owned Nuclearelectrica National Company, to refurbish the Cernavoda 1 nuclear reactor, has drawn an in-depth EU state aid probe.
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Compensation by the Dutch government to coal plant operators RWE Eemshaven Holding and Uniper Benelux for profit losses caused by a cap on CO2 emissions doesn't amount to state aid, the European ... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Sweden has secured European Commission clearance to extend its program to increase the use of sustainable biofuels in the transport sector until the end of December 2032. The €1.3 billion measure... (more story)
Energy View More
April 17, 2026
Africa, Europe
MLex Summary: A new energy initiative to speed up clean power development across the Mediterranean will be put forward by the European Commission in the second quarter of this year, the commission announced on... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Spain’s energy regulator has opened formal sanction proceedings following its investigation into the power outage last year. The authority found the blackout had multiple causes but identified po... (more story)
April 17, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Carbon removal, carbon capture, and carbon market industries face new EU certification rules covering technologies such as direct air capture, bioenergy with carbon capture, and biochar. The plan... (more story)
Technology View More
April 16, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Plaintiffs bringing privacy and sex-trafficking claims against X Corp. filed a reply in support of their petition for the US Supreme Court to review their case. The brief says, “This petition is ... (more story)
April 16, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Online platforms using age inference to remove accounts that look likely to belong to under-13s is not enough under the UK regulatory framework, the privacy and online safety watchdogs told a conference. The I... (more story)
April 16, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has published a new version of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, with its accompanying guidelines. The text provides clarity for tech-transfer arrangemen... (more story)