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Intellectual Property
April 20, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Trade
April 17, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 17, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
North America
Antitrust View More
April 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Tyson Foods agreed to pay $82.5 million to settle with direct purchasers over US price-fixing allegations related to beef. The deal is subject to approval by a federal judge.
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Eni unit Novamont, a bioplastics leader in the Italian market, has lost its appeal of a €32 million fine imposed by the Italian competition agency, according to a ruling published on Monday. An a... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Apple has denied third-party developers access to its platform in 56 interoperability requests under EU rules for big tech companies, a report by an industry group said. None led to a solution, leaving develop... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: EU governments and lawmakers have agreed on some of the less controversial aspects of a legislative package to amend the EU's AI law, including the provisions on AI literacy, the legal basis for ... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU governments are being asked for feedback on compromise proposals, to weigh in on different options and to indicate their flexibility on five key unresolved issues in AI Act amendments, ahead of a final deal... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | MLex Staff
Asia
A senior Chinese legislative official has offered a fresh glimpse into Beijing’s evolving approach to legislation on artificial intelligence, signaling new priorities while maintaining continuity with earlier ... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Corporate deals that drive technological progress, boost R&D and secure access to critical inputs may get an easier path to EU approval, according to draft guidelines seen by MLex. The European Commission’s ne... (more story)
April 20, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: US Republican Senator Mike Lee and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the chief executives of United Airlines and American Airlines on reports indicating the companies are consi... (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)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 20, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
The Irish Data Protection Authority can review whether AI model providers are correctly applying a “balancing test” on whether their use of legitimate interests as a legal basis for training models is in line ... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU lawmakers and member states agreed to follow European Commissioner Magnus Brunner’s recommendation to split discussions on detection obligations under the proposed child sexual abuse material regulation, ML... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
EU member states have circulated a revised compromise text, setting out more prescriptive requirements on how digital interfaces must handle users’ privacy choices. The text also extends obligations to operati... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 20, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
Abbott Diabetes Care has secured a UPC injunction against Sinocare’s GlucoMen iCan, with appeal judges overturning a refusal and finding indirect infringement and likely validity. Judges cited urgency, warning... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s justice ministry is moving to clarify when generative artificial intelligence users may face civil liability for copying a person’s voice or likeness without consent, setting up an expert panel that co... (more story)
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)
Financial Crime View More
April 20, 2026 | Martin Coyle
Asia, Europe
A criminal investigation into Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation by UK prosecutors led to it being had “over a barrel” by lenders, lawyers for the Kazakh miner have said as it opened a $290 million claim a... (more story)
April 17, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that he's joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to scale back its plans to severely reduce... (more story)
April 17, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
Senator Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, expressed concern that US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins deliberately misled lawmakers about declining enforcem... (more story)
Financial Services View More
April 20, 2026 | Fanny Roux
Europe
Ralf Seekatz, an EU lawmaker from the center-right European People’s Party, faces a tight deadline to secure support from several political groups for a revamped securitization framework ahead of a May 5 vote.... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU’s revised bank crisis framework was published Monday in the bloc’s Official Journal, setting out reforms to strengthen deposit protection and bank resolution rules. Known as the Crisis Man... (more story)
April 20, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez
Asia
Singapore is pushing for faster global AI governance by promoting earlier standard-setting and stronger testing frameworks, as officials warn standards must keep pace with rapid technological change. At an int... (more story)
Trade View More
April 20, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe, Oceania
The French government won't oppose the EU-Australia trade agreement despite voting against the EU-Mercosur deal last year over agricultural concerns, MLex understands. Expectations were that France, with an ac... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Research business Ecorys will assess the economic impact of the EU’s trade defense measures, an award notice shows. The estimated length of the contract, commissioned by the European Commission's... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU and Bangladesh have started a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to advance collaboration in areas such as trade,investment, energy and security, the European Commission said Monday. Th... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Hrvatska Banka za Obnovu i Razvitak, a Croatian development bank, may receive a capital injection worth €411 million, the European Commission said on Monday, clearing the support under EU state a... (more story)
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)
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 20, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Lewis Crofts
Europe
Google is taking the European Commission to court over how users are counted for its Google Shopping service under the bloc’s Digital Services Act, in a move that could clarify a key methodology under the bloc... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Apple retains broad discretion over interoperability, forcing developers into costly, slow and uncertain access processes, according to a report by Free Software Foundation Europe. Drawing on dev... (more story)
April 20, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology will meet with Meta Platforms to demand concrete, time-bound actions against online disinformation, warning stronger regul... (more story)