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Wooden gavel resting next to a black spiral notebook on a light wood surface, with the handwritten words Crypto regulation and sketched bitcoin symbols on the cover. A pen lies at the bottom of the notebook.

Financial Crime, Financial Services

April 09, 2026 | Neil Roland

Asia, North America

US Treasury advances cyber plan for crypto industry to ward off threats

Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

April 09, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Wesley Brown

North America

Judge in Nexstar case ponders US FCC analysis of Tegna merger

Antitrust View More

Microsoft wants ChatGPT subscribers' US claims sent to arbitration or dismissed

April 10, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Microsoft urged a US judge Thursday to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by ChatGPT Plus subscribers who claim the company struck a secret agreement with OpenAI that inflated prices, arguing their alleged inj... (more story)

Epic, Google to face new hearing on proposed Play Store injunction changes

April 09, 2026 | Alex Wilts

North America

Epic Games and Google will face another evidentiary hearing over their proposed modifications to a US court-ordered injunction mandating changes to the Google Play Store.

US judge shuts down new Power Buying antitrust complaint against Juul, HSW

April 09, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

A US judge shut down renewed antitrust claims brought by Power Buying Dealers against Juul Labs and HS Wholesale, saying the plaintiff made misrepresentations that subverted the integrity of a previous decisio... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Florida launches probe of OpenAI, citing CSAM, other 'evils'

April 09, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

Florida became the latest state to announce an investigation of an AI chatbot, in this case OpenAI's ChatGPT, with state Attorney General James Uthmeier warning that “subpoenas are forthcoming" as the state pr... (more story)

With ROSS, Westlaw hearing on the horizon, fair use ruling draws attention

April 09, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

North America

ROSS Intelligence is feeling buoyed by a new precedential holding that online publication of standards incorporated in the International Building Code is sufficiently transformative to excuse admitted copying.... (more story)

Watchdogs issued €1.15bn in fines in 2025, European Data Protection Board report says

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: National data protection watchdogs issued a total of €1.15 billion in fines in 2025, the European Data Protection Board said in its annual report, published on Thursday. The European umbrella aut... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Nexstar, Tegna spar with merger challengers over content of potential injunction

April 09, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski

North America

TV channel operators Nexstar Media Group and Tegna, Inc. — which technically closed their merger before their business integration was halted by a temporary restraining order — are fighting efforts by deal opp... (more story)

Fired US FTC commissioners should be at oversight hearing, Sen. Cantwell says

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: US Senator Maria Cantwell wrote to Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz calling on him to invite the fired Federal Trade Commission members Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya to testify at the FTC ... (more story)

Nexstar, Tegna urge court to allow cost-saving measures planned before merger

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Local TV news broadcasters Nexstar Media and Tegna — which have been enjoined from integrating their business operations post-merger via a temporary restraining order — have asked a US court to p... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Tech platforms face increased scrutiny over US CyberTipline reports

April 09, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

The government is putting more pressure on tech companies to make more detailed and accurate reports to the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s CyberTipline. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck... (more story)

New Mexico AG praises decision for quick bench trial against Meta

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez praised Judge Bryan Biedscheid's denial of Meta Platform's motion to postpone the bench trial in the state's consumer protection lawsuit. The bench trial i... (more story)

Meta knew it was collecting Facebook users' data, US plaintiffs argue

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms knew or was willfully blind to the fact it was collecting sensitive data from Facebook users without permission, plaintiffs told a US federal judge. Plaintiffs opposed a motion to ... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

IP licensing and business: March 27-April 9

April 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, North America

SEP licensing pools continued to gain traction, with agreements spanning WiFi, telecom, home security and automotive technologies. AI companies – including Anthropic, IBM, Meta and Microsoft – formed a licensi... (more story)

Fewer petitions to US PTAB push Big Law to adapt, not retreat

April 09, 2026 | Steve Scherer

North America

For over a decade, large law firms developed specialized practices focused on handling intellectual property disputes before the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Now, with fewer petitions making it through to... (more story)

Advocates push for SEP policy in White House manufacturing plan

April 09, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

Standard-essential patent implementors and their industry group advocates are pushing the White House to address SEP policy in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Strategic Plan for Advanced... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

US proposes money laundering, sanctions rules for stablecoins

April 09, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

The US Treasury Department proposed rules that would implement a statutory mandate to apply anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance requirements to stablecoin issuers. Commenters have 60 days to respond.

Former Mongolian premier asks to intervene in US forfeiture case over apartments

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Former Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold wants to intervene in a US government effort to seize two Manhattan apartments prosecutors say were purchased using siphoned state assets, alleg... (more story)

PwC faces UK audit probe over Digital 9 work

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: PricewaterhouseCoopers faces an investigation over its audit of Digital 9 Infrastructure, the wound-down investment company. The UK's Financial Reporting Council said it would look at the account... (more story)

Financial Services View More

US CFTC seeks injunction to stop Arizona enforcement against prediction markets

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked the US District Court for the District of Arizona for a preliminary injunction to halt Arizona's efforts to apply state criminal and gambling law... (more story)

EU securitization lead lawmaker proposes draft compromise on capital rules

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: A new draft compromise on a revamped EU securitization framework has been put forward by the lead negotiator on the file in the European Parliament earlier this month. Ralf Seekatz's document, ob... (more story)

New EU securitization revamp compromise to be discussed by lawmakers

April 09, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Talks on a revamped EU securitization framework have progressed among EU lawmakers, with a new draft compromise put forward and due to be discussed on April 14 that softens his initial ambitions to loosen capi... (more story)

Trade View More

Nonprofit's forced labor case against Customs draws skepticism from US appeals court

April 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday appeared skeptical of a nonprofit law firm’s push to compel Customs and Border Protection to respond to a petition to review alleged forced labor in ... (more story)

Chinese steel fencing injures US industry, USITC finds

April 09, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission ruled that dumped and subsidized imports of Chinese temporary steel fencing materially injure US industry. The Department of Commerce will impose antidumping... (more story)

USITC votes to continue investigations into Chinese, Indian electrodes

April 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission determined that US industry is materially injured by imports of large diameter graphite electrodes from China and India. The Department of Commerce will cont... (more story)

State Aid View More

Camgraphic can have €211m in Italian aid for chip development, EU watchdog says

April 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Italian company Camgraphic can have a direct grant worth €211 million to back the development of photonic chips which can be used in aerospace and defense, automotive or telecoms, the European Co... (more story)

China asset regulator sets up bureau to oversee foreign state-owned assets

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)

Welsh government airport subsidy appeal challenge dismissed by UK tribunal

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)

Energy View More

EU considers methane rules flexibility as industry points to penalty risks

April 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

"Flexibilities" will soon be presented to reduce penalty risks under the EU methane regulation, particularly to avoid supply disruptions, the European Commission said. Companies have warned of tight timelines ... (more story)

Feedback sought for EU energy watchdog performance review

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)

New EU energy market rules to improve transparency, oversight formally published

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)

Technology View More

US FTC, Uber square off in oral argument over ROSCA claims for 'Uber One' subscriptions

April 10, 2026 | Mike Swift

North America

A federal judge in California signaled Thursday he may allow key claims by the US Federal Trade Commission and a group of states to proceed against Uber Technologies over its “Uber One” subscription service, a... (more story)

UK online safety enforcement being delayed and mishandled, campaigner Kidron says

April 09, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

UK regulators' handling of children’s data and enforcement of the Online Safety Act deserves criticism, prominent UK lawmaker Beeban Kidron has said, while warning of a government push for overly broad legisla... (more story)

Greece joins France in call for EU-wide action on underage social media use

April 09, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Europe

Greece plans to ban social media use for under-15s by 2027, joining France and other EU member states in increasing pressure on the EU to adopt a bloc-wide approach. In response, the European Commission signal... (more story)