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Artificial Intelligence
April 20, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Intellectual Property
April 20, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Trade
April 17, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
Antitrust View More
April 21, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
The UK government has asked the Law Commission to assess whether the way consumer laws are enforced could be strengthened by the introduction of a consumer class actions regime. The regime would seek to improv... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Middle East
MLex Summary: Personal care products and cosmetics company Hobi Kozmetik İmalat Sanayi and RA Pazarlama are under investigation by the Turkish competition authority to see if they fixed resale prices for their... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: An investigation into whether energy companies BP, Cepsa, now operating under the Moeve brand, and Repsol had pricing agreements or abused their collective dominant position has been closed, Spai... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 21, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s National AI Strategy Committee has created two new subcommittees on autonomous driving and humanoid robots under its push to raise the country’s competitiveness in embodied AI. The ... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe, North America
The EU is divided over joining the US-led Pax Silica initiative, weighing access to AI chips against risks to its strategic autonomy. Concerns center on potential US export controls that could fragment the sin... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
Japan’s proposed amendment to its personal-information protection law finally reached parliament in early April — a pivotal moment that tests the nation’s commitment to safeguarding privacy in the AI era. The ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 21, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has filed its planned Ceconomy takeover for EU foreign subsidy approval. The European Commission has set a May 28 deadline to decide whether to open an in-depth probe.
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Biomass fuel supplier Seras Energy’s planned acquisition of wood recycling company GI Hadfield & Son is to be investigated by the UK antitrust regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority is ... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Tibnor has won approval from the Finnish competition authority to buy Ovako Metals. The watchdog found that the buyer would still face significant competitive pressure, particularly from its larg... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 21, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe, North America
US privacy oversight officials are reviewing the handling of EU citizens' complaints about how their personal data is treated under the EU-US data transfer agreement, a senior US official said Tuesday. The US ... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Messaging app Telegram has expressed surprise at a UK investigation into its handling of child sexual abuse material, and has rejected the regulator’s suspicions. The UK probe, announced today, follows evidenc... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
Use of smartphones is to be formally banned in UK schools after the government on Monday night agreed to amend the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, currently under scrutiny by lawmakers. The concession c... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 21, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China has cast stronger protection for artificial intelligence, data and other emerging technologies as a strategic response to intensifying global competition, while outlining the next steps in a broader push... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Nick Robertson
North America
A US Patent and Trademark Office listening session Monday on the technology industry's views on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board showed there's little common ground between patent owners and challengers, but ... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday granted BMW’s motion to dismiss a bid to undo an antisuit injunction it was awarded in January — and the judges ordered Onesta I... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
The recent surprise departure of the head of the Serious Fraud Office won’t prompt a significant change of policy at the UK enforcer, a senior official has said. Matthew Wagstaff, SFO director of legal service... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A new law that harmonizes the definition of corruption and related penalties across the EU has been approved by European governments. It will ensure offenses including bribery, misappropriation, ... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Europe
After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the cha... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK’s finance ministry has proposed tweaks to its cryptoasset legislation to “avoid placing additional burdens” on stablecoin payments, ahead of a broader regime set to take effect in 2027. Un... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
National governments will have to identify “specific risks to a fundamental interest of society” if they are going to overrule EU regulators and intervene in mergers that affect banking, media or public securi... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government wants to establish a single payments framework for both traditional and tokenized payments, including stablecoins and tokenized deposits, as part of a wider drive to modernize its payments re... (more story)
Trade View More
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Price caps and tax cuts to offset higher energy costs risk distorting market signals and weakening incentives to reduce consumption, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Mond... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The success of the European Commission's planned clean industry law hinges on clear and predictable design, particularly regarding the concept of “European preference", the American Chamber of Co... (more story)
April 21, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Polish company PESA will replace a Chinese subcontractor in a consortium bid to extend the Lisbon metro after the European Commission intervened under its rules policing the impact of state support from non-EU... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: France has won EU approval for a program worth €300 million to cover advisory services to businesses processing, producing and selling agricultural products. To receive the support, the services ... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Portuguese transport provider Metropolitano de Lisboa may award a contract for the design and construction of a metro line in Lisbon to a bidder that made the most economically advantageous offer... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
The Maltese government has proposed renewing Eugène Buttigieg's appointment to the EU's General Court for another term, according to documents seen by MLex. National representatives are set to make an official... (more story)
Energy View More
April 20, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Australia's incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins has warned of a rise in climate-related legal actions against corporations stemming from an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice las... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: A legal opinion authored by Australia’s incoming Solicitor General Ruth Higgins and published Monday says an International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change is likely to influen... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
No breakthrough on the EU's 20th Russia sanctions plan is likely at a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council next week despite the political transition in Hungary, an EU diplomat said on Friday. The package... (more story)
Technology View More
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Messaging service Telegram’s potential fault in the sharing of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, on its platform is the subject of an investigation by Ofcom, the UK media and communications r... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hungary violated the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive by restricting content portraying gender identity and homosexuality, with the bloc’s top court finding the measures unlawfully curta... (more story)
April 21, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission moved to voluntarily dismiss its appeal seeking review of a preliminary injunction preventing the FTC from enforcing a civil investigative demand issued to Media M... (more story)