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Artificial Intelligence
April 09, 2026 | Mike Swift
North America
Data Privacy and Security
April 08, 2026 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift
North America
Trade
April 08, 2026 | Bradley Dress and Eliana Hubacker
North America
Antitrust View More
April 09, 2026 | Lewis Crofts
Europe
Google searches for football results and stock-market information may yield a carousel box featuring other information providers such as ESPN and MarketWatch, giving prominence to other information sources, ac... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Retail price increases in motor fuels and home heating oil are primarily driven by significant rises in wholesale prices, rather than competition issues, Ireland's competition and consumer author... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Sweden’s antitrust authority has closed an investigation into whether the decision by Svenska Golfförbundet — to impose a cap on the number of active Golf-IDs that clubs can issue to players — wa... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, as well as the UK’s Online Safety Act, are not equipped to tackle the impact of AI overviews on news media companies, leaving competition en... (more story)
April 09, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
The market supervising bureau in the Chinese city of Hangzhou is exploring the use of artificial intelligence agents in its work while warning of associated risks, a move reflecting growing interest among Chin... (more story)
April 09, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Stephen Thaler has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court over delays on AI-generated artwork copyright, challenging India’s stance on non-human authorship and seeking recognition of art created by the DABUS... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 09, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Experience Australia Group’s proposal to acquire Crocodile Hotel in the state of Northern Territory is being reviewed by the Australian competition regulator. In a statement on Wednesday, the Aus... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: A joint venture between French utility EDF and Korea Western Power, or Kowepo, and a joint venture between Oman-based OQ Alternative Energy and TotalEnergies SE were among 15 transactions to rece... (more story)
April 09, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
Industry engagement and government support and investment in systems helped deliver a smooth rollout of Australia’s new merger control regime, with initial data showing it is operating as intended and meeting ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea plans to require major data handlers, including telecom operators, identity verification services and large-scale personal data handlers to obtain the Personal Information and Informa... (more story)
April 09, 2026 | Jenny Lee
Asia
KakaoPay returned to court on Thursday after judges in South Korea reopened arguments to probe lingering questions over the legal framework behind the privacy watchdog’s sanctions, with the payment giant and t... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Auction house Christie’s had been fined 287.2 million won ($194,000) by South Korea’s privacy regulator for a data breach that affected 620 South Korean users. The Personal Information Protection... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 09, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
Product classification alone is not determinative in assessing trademark similarity, a Chinese court has ruled, saying judges must also consider how closely goods align in function, target consumers and usage ... (more story)
April 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has offered a sharp reminder that, even after Japan opened trademark law to three-dimensional signs, the path from distinctive design to protectable branding remains narrow.
April 09, 2026
Asia, Europe
MLex Summary: The directorate general of intellectual property, or DJKI, under Indonesia's Ministry of Law and the UK's Intellectual Property Office have agreed to collaborate on improving the management of in... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: A draft plan to implement the GENIUS Act’s money laundering and sanctions compliance requirements was issued by the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Office... (more story)
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission appointed David Woodcock to be the new director of the Enforcement Division, effective May 4.
April 08, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Exiled Chinese businessman Miles Guo's crimes were of "extraordinary dimensions" and he should receive a sentence of at least 30 years in prison, US prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.
Financial Services View More
April 08, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK financial sector has called for a review of financial promotion rules, arguing that the current “loss-focused” warnings are discouraging retail investors. In the Risk Warnings Review, a group of 17 fina... (more story)
April 08, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
As banking and cryptocurrency firms clash over a key part of a digital assets regulatory bill in the US Senate, the White House has waded in with a study showing that, in essence, banks are making much ado abo... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe, North America
MLex Summary: The US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group discussed issues related to digital finance, noting broad support among participants for digital assets and the adoption of stablecoins for payments. ... (more story)
Trade View More
April 09, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet
Europe
EU countries want to quickly wrap up the two legislative proposals to implement the EU-US trade deal, but lawmakers' push for tougher safeguards against backtracking by the Trump administration could slow the ... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Indonesian ministry of trade said the trade safeguards committee, or KPPI, has started investigation into a ossible extension of trade-safeguard measures on imported roll-bond and fin evapora... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce urged the EU to resolve trade frictions through dialogue and abandon protectionist measures, spokesperson He Yadong said at a regular press briefing Thursday. Respond... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission has set up a new bureau to oversee foreign state-owned assets, state media Xinhua reported Wednesday. The new department will ... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Bristol Airport's appeal of a decision of the Welsh Government to grant a subsidy package to Cardiff International Airport has been dismissed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Bristol Airport a... (more story)
April 07, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission has approved a Lithuanian scheme that aims to compensate Litgas for supplying a mandatory quantity of liquefied natural gas to a terminal in the port of Klaipėda. The meas... (more story)
Energy View More
April 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback for a review it is conducting of the EU’s Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, or ACER, assessing whether it meets its objectives, mandate ... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: New rules clarifying how organizations that report energy market data are approved and supervised, as well as an update as to how such data is submitted to regulators, were published Thursday in ... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The supply of oil remains stable, industry representatives said on Wednesday during an oil coordination meeting with representatives from the European Commission and EU countries. Data sharing on... (more story)
Technology View More
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms and Google, the parent company of YouTube, are being examined by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs over their compliance with child-protection regulation... (more story)
April 09, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s top cyberspace regulator pledged to advance key internet legislation, expand foreign-related rule-of-law efforts and improve the legal framework at a national conference on this year’s wo... (more story)
April 08, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea's science ministry said Thursday that Seoul and Washington held a kickoff meeting for a bilateral technology-prosperity working group, formally launching cooperation to implement the ... (more story)