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Trade

January 29, 2026 | Zack Budryk

North America

Wyden presses US trade chief on Swiss gifts to Trump before tariff cut

Financial Crime

January 28, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Martin Coyle

Europe, North America

Ex-trader’s lawsuit is ‘forum shopping,’ UBS says in motion to dismiss

Data Privacy and Security

January 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Google agrees to settle US Android cellular data suit for $135 million

Antitrust View More

South Korean executives indicted over flour, sugar cartels and power equipment bid rigging

February 02, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

Asia

South Korean prosecutors have indicted executives across the flour, sugar and power equipment industries as part of a sweeping crackdown on cartel conduct.

South Korean executives at sugar, flour, power-equipment companies indicted for collusion

February 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Dozens of executives across the flour, sugar and power-equipment industries have been indicted by South Korean prosecutors as part of a sweeping crackdown on cartel conduct. The Seoul Central Dis... (more story)

Philippines antitrust agency expects ruling this year in record onion cartel case

February 02, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Asia

The Philippine Competition Commission said a ruling is expected this year in its biggest cartel case to date, which could result in a record 2.4 billion peso fine, as officials stress that enforcement remains ... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Indonesia's proposed AI labeling rules move toward binding enforcement

February 02, 2026 | Roffie Kuniawan

Asia

Indonesia is moving toward mandatory labeling of artificial intelligence-generated content, with draft rules taking shape that would impose binding obligations on platforms, developers and content creators. Th... (more story)

China unveils draft law to tighten cybercrime prevention, oversight

February 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s public security regulator has released a draft law on cybercrime prevention and control, seeking to establish a dedicated legal framework to curb what it describes as an increasingly severe and complex... (more story)

Law to govern AI in defense sector proposed in South Korea

February 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: A group of 33 lawmakers from South Korea’s ruling party and largest opposition party have recently proposed a law to govern artificial intelligence specifically in the national defense sector. Th... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Rewe takeover of Unimarkt premises cleared in Austria

February 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Food retailer Rewe International has won approval in Austria to take over 20 Unimarkt locations, the national competition authority has said. Ten of the approvals are conditional on those stores ... (more story)

Abbott-Exact Sciences deal to be reviewed by Australian antitrust regulator

February 02, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Global healthcare company Abbott Laboratories’ proposal to acquire Exact Sciences will be reviewed under the new mandatory merger regime, the Australian competition watchdog said Monday. In a sta... (more story)

US states may act as antitrust becomes 'political football,' Texas official warns

January 31, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

North America

Some US states could initiate antitrust lawsuits without collaboration from federal enforcement agencies as certain attorneys general distance themselves from the Trump White House in the backdrop of competiti... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

China digital-music sector faces competition concerns over data opacity, algorithms

February 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s digital-music industry continues to face multiple structural challenges, including opaque data practices and algorithmic control, issues that industry figures say are raising competition concerns while... (more story)

Chinese regulator clarifies integration of outbound data transfers regimes

February 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: China’s internet regulator clarified in a new policy briefing that personal-data handlers using standard contracts or certifications to export personal data must file a data export security revie... (more story)

Snap locked 415,000 accounts under social-media ban for under 16s in Australia

February 02, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: California-based social-media company Snap locked over 415,000 Snapchat accounts of users under the age of 16 in Australia as of January 2026, the platform said. In a statement on Monday, Snap sa... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

China backs precision manufacturing innovator with record trade-secrets ruling

February 02, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has raised the stakes for trade-secret theft, ruling that stolen technology integral to a product can be presumed to account for its full value in calculating damages.

Fed Circuit reinforces implicit ordering doctrine of patent claims

January 30, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

In a ruling with implications for patent drafting and litigation strategy, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday affirmed a summary judgment victory for Hulu, holding that Sound View Inno... (more story)

Alibaba, Tmall win trademark appeal as Chinese court affirms fame of cat-head logo

January 30, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Tech giant Alibaba Group and its e-commerce platform Tmall have won a trademark appeal after a Chinese court ruled that Tmall’s cat-head logo qualifies as a well-known trademark entitled to cross-class protection.

Financial Crime View More

Former Leighton executive pleads guilty in Australia over Iraq bribery case

January 30, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Oceania

A former chief operating officer of Leighton Holdings pleaded guilty in an Australian court and was fined A$1,000 ($700) over his role in a foreign bribery case, police said. Australian Federal Police launched... (more story)

Australian man pleads guilty to misleading directors in Iraq bribery case

January 30, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: An Australian man was convicted and fined $1,000 in a local Australian court for providing false or misleading information to the directors of a multinational publicly listed company. At the time... (more story)

US SEC announces appointment of new chair, other members to PCAOB

January 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the appointment of Demetrios Logothetis as chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and said Mark Calabria, Kyle Hauptman and... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Trump-Biden split on US noncompete enforcement offers deterrence test

January 31, 2026 | Chris May

North America

US Federal Trade Commission antitrust enforcers across the Biden and Trump administrations agree that employers’ pervasive use of unlawful restrictions on labor mobility are causing harm to workers, competitio... (more story)

Trump taps ex-Fed Governor Warsh to head US central bank

January 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

President Trump said he will nominate Kevin Warsh, a former US Federal Reserve governor who has recently sided with the president’s views on cutting interest rates faster, to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair... (more story)

Former TD Bank employee pleads guilty to role in Colombia ATM laundering scheme

January 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting bribes and facilitating the laundering of more than $5.5 million to Colombia while employed by TD Bank.

Trade View More

EU–Singapore digital trade deal now in force

February 02, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: The digital trade agreement between the EU and Singapore entered into force on Feb. 1, the European Commission said. It is the bloc's first standalone bilateral digital trade agreement, which wil... (more story)

EU steel exports to US drop 25% after Trump’s tariff hike

February 02, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

Europe, North America

EU steel exports to the US fell sharply after Washington raised Section 232 tariffs to 50 percent in June, with shipments down 25 percent year on year between July and November 2025, export data seen by MLex s... (more story)

EU's phased ban on Russian gas imports published in the Official Journal

February 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU regulation imposing a phased ban on Russian gas imports introduced in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine has been published in the EU’s Official Journal. The measure applies from March, w... (more story)

State Aid View More

Environmental group challenges EU approval of France's renewables program

February 02, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: French environmental group Union Belliloise is challenging the European Commission’s approval of France’s €11 billion, 20-year offshore wind aid program. It wants the EU lower court to annul the ... (more story)

Danish wastewater fee system faces EU probe for possible state aid violation

January 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Denmark faces an in-depth investigation into its degressive tariff model for the discharge and treatment of companies' wastewater. Under the system, businesses that discharge large volumes pay a ... (more story)

Polish town Tychy can receive €25.8m in aid for green economy hub

January 30, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The town of Tychy, southern Poland, may receive a direct grant worth €25.8 million to support a project for the construction of a green economy hub. The measure will allow an underdeveloped build... (more story)

Energy View More

China welcomes WTO ruling against US clean energy subsidies under Inflation Reduction Act

February 02, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce welcomed and appreciated what it called an “objective and impartial” World Trade Organization panel ruling finding that US clean energy subsidies under the Inflation ... (more story)

LaFarge wins partial dismissal of another US lawsuit filed by terrorism victims

January 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A US judge granted in part a motion from LaFarge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by victims of terror attacks financed by the cement producer's payments to Islamic State and Al Nusra Front in Syria. I... (more story)

US FTC Chairman Ferguson warns law firms over DEI hiring

January 30, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a letter to 42 law firms regarding potentially unfair and anticompetitive employment practices. The FTC said that all of these firms re... (more story)

Technology View More

Amazon appeals EU court ruling upholding most stringent digital law obligations

February 02, 2026 | Júlia Tar

Europe

Amazon has appealed against an EU court ruling that upheld the European Commission’s designation of its online marketplace as a Very Large Online Platform, a classification which triggers the most stringent co... (more story)

Indonesia to conditionally restore Grok access after X Corp compliance pledge

February 02, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital said Sunday it is moving to conditionally normalize access to Grok services under strict supervision, after X Corp submitted a written compliance... (more story)

Pornhub says it will lock UK users out, but is there more than meets the eye?

January 30, 2026 | Frank Hersey

Europe

Pornhub operator Aylo this week made perhaps the loudest cry yet for a shift in the UK to age checks for adult content to be handled at the device level, not by online platforms themselves. It won't have falle... (more story)