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Data Privacy and Security
February 25, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
North America
Artificial Intelligence
February 25, 2026 | Amy Miller
North America
DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions
February 24, 2026 | Flavia Fortes
Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America
Antitrust View More
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Optimum Communications filed an amended US complaint accusing Apollo Capital, Ares Management, BlackRock Financial and other firms of engaging in an illegal group boycott to freeze it out of the ... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Jon Menon
Europe
The UK antitrust regulator's interim chair, Doug Gurr, has the professional competence and independence for a full term as chair, but the government should impose several “risk mitigation measures," a committe... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Florida commercial roofing executive Gregg Wallick has pleaded guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by rigging bids on commercial roofing projects, a... (more story)
Artificial Intelligence View More
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The fact that OpenAI is opening its largest AI research hub outside San Francisco in London “reaffirms the UK’s global leadership as the place to pursue AI innovation that is both safe and transf... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Latin America
MLex Summary: The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) is expected to consider next Wednesday the appeal filed by Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and WhatsApp, against the opening of an inquiry... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The way that copyright rules should apply to the use of protected content in generative artificial intelligence was set out in the European Parliament’s non-binding report, published on Wednesday... (more story)
Mergers and Acquisitions View More
February 26, 2026 | Wesley Brown
North America
Nexstar Media Group has answered questions from the US Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission and state attorneys general regarding its proposed acquisition of Tegna and anticipates the deal ... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst
Europe
Clarifying the European Commission’s approach to “dynamic effects” is a major hurdle facing regulators as they revise their merger review guidance, according to Guillaume Loriot, who heads the merger review di... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The Romanian competition authority has said that Schwarz Group may take over the supermarket chain La Cocoș. The watchdog cleared the deal under various conditions, such as preserving La Cocoș's ... (more story)
Data Privacy and Security View More
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: Kochava and the US Federal Trade Commission notified a federal judge that they've reached a settlement to resolve claims over Kochava’s marketing of geolocation data that might be used to track c... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: An objector to Oracle’s $115 million settlement in privacy litigation concerning its data broker business asked a US appeals court to rehear their case. The petition argues that in approving the ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Belgium’s Market Court has asked the EU Court of Justice whether the EU-US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, agreement — which mandates the automatic transfer of US citizens’ financia... (more story)
Intellectual Property View More
February 26, 2026 | Freny Patel
Asia
Puma Sports has told an Indian court that it will stop playing disputed sound recordings in stores amid a licensing row with Phonographic Performance, which contests Puma’s reliance on other copyright society licenses.
February 26, 2026 | Douglas Clarke-Williams
Europe
Spyros Melaris, who produced a 1995 pseudo-documentary of a hoax alien autopsy, has failed in his effort to block filmmaker Louis Theroux’s production company from distributing its own documentary on Melaris’s film
February 26, 2026 | Inbar Preiss
Europe
The EU is finalizing a major overhaul of its pharmaceutical rules. While generic drugmakers welcome steps that could speed up market entry, they warn that new supply requirements and procedural changes may cre... (more story)
Financial Crime View More
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the entry of a final consent judgment as to Fernando Passos, a former executive vice president of finance and investor relations of Brazilian r... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Guidance for banks and other financial institutions on how to use digital identities to verify customers under the UK's anti-money laundering regime has been set out on Thursday. The UK Treasury ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned five Nicaraguan government officials who lead the principal financial, communications, and military agencies that enab... (more story)
Financial Services View More
February 26, 2026 | Hoa Dinh
Asia
Starting March 1, financial institutions in Vietnam will be subject to new regulations around the use of artificial intelligence systems, including requirements to conduct pre-use security checks, classify ris... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: The US fraud trial of Ken Leech, former chief investment officer of Western Asset Management Co., was delayed to June 15, 2026, after the judge heard updates on the status of discovery and trial preparations.
February 25, 2026 | Neil Roland
North America
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an advisory after release of two 2025 enforcement cases involving misuse of confidential information and fraud related to some prediction markets traded on Ka... (more story)
Trade View More
February 26, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission opened a new fact-finding investigation examining China's state support and pricing practices in the biotechnology sector and its impact on trade and the US ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Asia, North America
MLex summary: The US International Trade Commission opened a fact-finding investigation into the impact of revoking permanent normal trade relations with China. USITC expects to issue a report by Aug. 21, and ... (more story)
February 26, 2026
North America
MLex Summary: German producer BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade challenging the Commerce Department's January final antidumping review on forged steel fluid end b... (more story)
State Aid View More
February 25, 2026 | Andrew Boyce
Europe
The EU and UK’s competition watchdogs have formalized a cooperation agreement that would ensure “smooth interactions” on antitrust and merger cases. The deal was unique in that it would allow the Competition a... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Enforcers at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority will be able to cooperate more closely with colleagues at the European Commission and national enforcers within the EU, after a new agreeme... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: The granting of operating aid for renewable energy on a larger scale will become possible, and rules on aid for airports will become more flexible, under proposed changes to the EU's State Aid Ge... (more story)
Energy View More
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: European countries built 19 gigawatts of new wind energy capacity in 2025 and invested €45 billion in new wind projects, according to a study by industry group WindEurope. The association warned ... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: Presentation of the EU's energy package, which includes measures to strengthen energy security, an electrification plan, and a heating and cooling strategy, has been postponed to May 19, the Euro... (more story)
February 25, 2026
Asia
MLex Summary: South Korea’s Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy on Wednesday adopted the final version of a three-year policy roadmap aimed at fostering the development and adopti... (more story)
Technology View More
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: “Loot box” disclosures must be prominently featured on app store listings, the UK regulator for advertising has said in an enforcement notice. The Committee of Advertising Practice’s notice clari... (more story)
February 26, 2026
Europe
MLex Summary: German data watchdogs have urged EU lawmakers to drop plans for broad chat monitoring in child sexual abuse material rules as negotiations begin on Thursday. Such provisions, breaking end-to-end ... (more story)
February 26, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe
The UK's online safety regulator has defended in court its decision to keep secret details of meetings and exchanges with Meta, Google, X and TikTok, as campaigners argued it is stretching the law to block pub... (more story)