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Data Privacy and Security, Technology
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Technology
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
Antitrust, DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
April 22, 2026 | Ilana Kowarski and Flavia Fortes
Europe, North America
Antitrust View More
April 23, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
Microsoft’s appeal of matters in a claim brought against it by ValueLicensing over alleged unlawful practices concerning the bulk resale of the tech giant’s software licenses will be heard by the Court of Appe... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Simon Zekaria
Europe
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland, Japan's MUFG and other banks are facing a fresh bid to file a UK mass claim against them over a foreign-exchange cartel, a proposed class representa... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Anna Ferrari
Europe
Amazon warns that “opaque brokers” are gaining access to user data under EU market rules for big tech, pointing to a “fundamental” conflict with EU data protection obligations. It said most requests come from ... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: UK telecom providers have been warned by regulator Ofcom about the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Mythos Preview. Businesses should “assess security risks arising from f... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Matthew Newman
Europe
An umbrella group of European data protection authorities is planning to publish guidelines on the further use of data by AI models by the end of the year, after the Dutch privacy watchdog issues guidelines on... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Martin Coyle and Samuel Rubenfeld
Asia
A UK tech entrepreneur who founded the collapsed Builder.ai business is facing allegations of fraud in India that he received millions of dollars in laundered funds. The AI company led by Sachin Duggal, previo... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
April 23, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger
North America
Union Pacific Chief Executive Officer Jim Vena said the company is on track to file its amended Norfolk Southern merger application with the US Surface Transportation Board April 30, and that he doesn’t expect... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Europe
Planned use of EU foreign direct investment tools as a means to safeguard European added value in strategic sectors has been questioned by a group of member states, MLex has learned. In a first discussion on t... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: LB Group’s acquisition of titanium dioxide business-related assets of Venator Materials UK has gained UK antitrust clearance after an initial phase I probe. The Competition and Markets Authority ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
April 23, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK online safety regulator Ofcom has refused to disclose details of meetings with US tech companies, arguing that releasing the information could harm UK-US relations and undermine its ability to engage wi... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Europe
The EU’s cybersecurity rules overhaul would require more senior technical expertise, clarify the role of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, or ENISA, in EU certification schemes and support moves tow... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Proton, a privacy-focused tech company, warned Thursday that sweeping age verification measures risk “killing anonymity online,” arguing that current proposals would expand data collection and ha... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
April 23, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys and Inbar Preiss
Europe
This week, the Unifed Patent Court blocked Geely's global interim license bid which could have undermined European patent enforcement. Judges also upheld Dianese's patent while also clarifying jurisdiction ove... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Nokia has appealed a UK judgment that awarded an interim license for the use of standard essential patents for video codecs to Acer and Asus. Nokia, which owns the rights to the SEPs, challenged the lower cour... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi
Asia
Japan’s draft code on generative AI transparency and intellectual property has exposed a clear divide between rights holders seeking enforceable safeguards and AI developers warning of impractical disclosure o... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
April 23, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: PwC has been fined a total of HK$1.3 billion, around $166 million, by two Hong Kong regulators over its accounting work on collapsed property company Evergrande. The Securities and Futures Commis... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The UK's Financial Conduct Authority on Thursday censured financial services firm Sapia, over its failure to put proper safeguards in place for clients of the Wealth Tek fund. Sapia has agreed to... (more story)
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)
Financial Services View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The European Banking Authority warned that proposed changes by the European Commission to new rules on operational risk could increase complexity and weaken supervisory effectiveness. In an opini... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies that provide environmental, social and governance ratings have been given new EU rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest and requiring clearer disclosures about methods and data... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Sofia Gerace
Europe
MLex Summary: A group of leading financial services firms in the UK has begun a campaign to persuade consumers to invest in the stock market. The campaign, named “Invest for the Future,” is backed by governmen... (more story)
Trade View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The EU has adopted a new sanctions package focusing on Russia’s energy revenues, including 46 additional vessels deemed to be part of a shadow fleet, new listings across the oil sector, and restr... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello
Asia, Europe
With European Parliament visits to China resumed after an eight-year hiatus — and a trade committee trip planned for this October — lawmakers see opportunities to discuss EU policy plans including the bloc's c... (more story)
April 23, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Portuguese producer The Navigator Company, S.A., filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade to challenge the Commerce Department's March review of an antidumping order on uncoated pap... (more story)
State Aid View More
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Companies in Estonia relying heavily on electricity and exposed to international trade will be eligible for a levy rate reduction of between 75 and 85 percent under a €36 million plan that has wo... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: A Croatian measure worth €37 million, for the construction of two business facilities offering workspaces for the gaming sector in the town of Novska, has won state aid approval, the European Com... (more story)
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)
Energy View More
April 23, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello
Europe
The EU's carbon border levy faces an early test as one of the bloc's main tools to keep carbon-intensive industries competitive. The Iran war's pressure on fertilizer prices and imports has seen the commodity ... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European liquified natural gas markets face sustained price volatility and higher storage costs as Middle East disruption tightens global supply, the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy... (more story)
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.
Technology View More
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter
Europe
TikTok says it has appealed a German court ruling requiring changes to parts of its web-based recommender system and reporting tools. The ruling was among the first to clarify how obligations under the EU's Di... (more story)
April 23, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Access disputes over telecom infrastructure in the EU may be simultaneously handled both in a dispute settlement process at the national telecom authority and by court proceedings, according to a... (more story)
April 23, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi
Europe
Poland has called on the European Commission to prioritize enforcement and simplification of existing digital rules rather than introducing additional obligations in its planned digital fairness law later this... (more story)