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Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes
Europe, North America
Trade
April 22, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker
Europe, North America
Data Privacy and Security
April 22, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Antitrust View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust watchdog will expand its commission from nine to 11 members by adding one standing and one non-standing commissioner, after the National Assembly passed an amendment to th... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Yonnex Li
Asia
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission is seeking more documentation before formally reviewing Grab's proposed acquisition of Foodpanda's local business. Acting Chairman Andy Chen said the agency will examine whether ... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Saloni Sinha
Oceania
An Australian judge indicated that evidence from a key Mastercard witness will be confined to his personal beliefs and state of mind, as the court grappled with a wave of objections from the competition regula... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, a technical support unit for multiple authorities including the country’s internet regulator, warned Wednesday that malicious “skill pac... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s highest court is drafting new guidance on adjudicating artificial-intelligence disputes, highlighting Beijing’s efforts to build a firmer legal framework around the technology, a senior judicial offici... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Anthropic argued in a motion for summary judgment that using the lyrics to music publishers’ songs, along with billions of other copyrighted works, to train its artificial intelligence model Clau... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Liberty Global, Telefónica and InfraVia's acquisition, through their joint venture Nexfibre, of Substantial is under scrutiny by the UK Competition and Markets Authority. The CMA, which hasn't ye... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A proposal by eBay Inc. to acquire Depop, a mobile-first pre-owned fashion online marketplace, from Etsy is under scrutiny by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. The CMA is seeking views ... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
The Japanese government this week took the unusual step of recommending that Asian private equity fund MBK Partners halt its tender offer for Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds. The first such... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 23, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China’s Ministry of State Security warned Thursday of growing supply-chain espionage risks, reinforcing new regulations that tighten oversight of data, technology and rare earths, and raising compliance pressu... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee
Asia
South Korea’s privacy watchdog on Thursday said it had imposed a combined fine of about 4.7 billion won ($3.2 million) on three companies in the telemarketing, matchmaking and cemetery sectors for data breache... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Sean Maguire
Oceania
Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft and Steam have been told by Australia's eSafety Commissioner to explain how they are responding to concerns that sexual predators are using their platforms to groom children and ext... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 23, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
China is sharpening one of its most potent tools in intellectual property enforcement, moving to make punitive damages more predictable and more punishing for bad-faith infringers.
April 22, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
North America
Overlapping name changes by two prominent animal welfare advocacy groups have sparked litigation over the exclusive right to use “humane society.” For nonprofits operating in a crowded field, the case undersco... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Footwear manufacturer Crocs lost an appeal against a finding of invalidity for the design for its rubber shoe. The General Court of the EU ruled that the addition of an ankle strap was not enough to make Crocs... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Stuart Holloway, a former relationship manager with the Royal Bank of Scotland’s specialist Global Restructuring Group, was sentenced to 21 months in prison at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after admit... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-Fonden and Goldman Sachs jointly told a US judge they've reached an agreement in principle to resolve a shareholder lawsuit alleging that investors lost money becau... (more story)
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: In a securities filing, Chilean mining company Sociedad Quimica y Mineras de Chile (SQM) said a US foreign bribery investigation has resumed after a pause ordered by the US government. The compan... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government has further diluted its proposed powers over pension fund asset allocation, following pushback from lawmakers in Britain’s upper chamber. Pensions minister Torsten Bell said the latest propos... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
A UK consumer group is set to bring the Financial Conduct Authority to court over its £9.1 billion car-finance redress plan, after claiming that drivers will be left undercompensated. The FCA set out in March ... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
The UK government is moving ahead with plans to remove the Certification Regime from national financial regulations, amid concerns that it’s hindering economic growth. The finance ministry has said it will int... (more story)
Trade View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: Asian private equity fund MBK Partners has received a Japanese government recommendation to halt its planned tender offer for Japanese machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, according to a fi... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: A group of US Republican lawmakers has urged South Korea not to discriminate against US companies such as Apple, Google, Meta and Coupang, which they said play an important economic role in bilat... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
The US will push to ensure 100 percent of federal cargo is moved by US-flagged ships, part of an increasing effort to restore American shipbuilding, a top official said Wednesday at a congressional hearing.
State Aid View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Lufthansa has lost its legal challenge to a lower court verdict that ruled a German €6 billion recapitalization plan for the air carrier was illegal. In a judgment delivered Thursday, the EU's Co... (more story)
April 22, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Europe
The European Commission outlined coordinated measures to contain rising energy prices, including possible oil stock releases and joint gas storage efforts to avoid price spikes. In an announcement Wednesday, t... (more story)
April 21, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The China Chamber of Commerce to the EU has criticized the removal of a Chinese subcontractor from a consortium bid for works on the Lisbon metro system, saying the company didn't make a critical... (more story)
Energy View More
April 22, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: President Donald Trump signed five directives to invoke the Defense Production Act to shore up domestic supply chains for grid, large-scale energy, liquefied natural gas, coal and petroleum infrastructure.
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU countries should remove barriers to power purchase agreements — long-term contracts that let companies buy electricity directly from producers at stable prices — to help industry manage energy... (more story)
April 22, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to address rising energy costs driven by tensions in the Middle East. The plan combines emergency support for households and in... (more story)
Technology View More
April 23, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Two Australian regulators will work together under a new agreement to protect people’s privacy and ensure online safety. In a joint statement published on Thursday, the Australian eSafety Commiss... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Oceania
MLex Summary: Online gaming platforms including Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite and Steam have been issued legally enforceable transparency notices by the Australian regulator amid concerns about grooming. In a st... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A total of 63 percent of webpages that contain child sexual abuse material are hosted on EU servers, the Internet Watch Foundation said in its report for 2025, published on Thursday. According to... (more story)