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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

February 11, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

OpenAI faces possible expanded ChatGPT log production as US discovery closes
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Data Privacy and Security

February 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Disney to pay record $2.75 million fine to California for privacy law violations

DealRisk®, Mergers and Acquisitions

February 10, 2026 | Flavia Fortes and Curtis Eichelberger

North America

Paramount’s 2nd request certification with US DOJ a bold move in race for Warners

Antitrust View More

Malaysian appeal tribunal affirms MyCC fine decision in chicken-feed cartel case

February 12, 2026

Asia

MLex summary: Malaysia’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has unanimously upheld the Malaysia Competition Commission’s 415.5 million ringgit ($3.9 million) fine decision against four poultry-feed producers for pric... (more story)

US FTC's Section 5 policies give states more tools but worry businesses, Texas enforcer says

February 11, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Clayton Vickers

North America

Whenever the Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice come out with new antitrust policy statements, it gives state attorneys general another tool to think about, but it also creates concerns ... (more story)

Aurobindo asks US judge to reconsider judgment against states' antitrust claims over PioMet

February 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Aurobindo Pharma asked a US federal judge to reconsider a summary judgment against states’ antitrust claims over the drug PioMet. Aurobindo said reconsideration is appropriate because the court’s... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

Developers asking to revive US copyright claim against AI companies face skeptical panel

February 12, 2026 | Amy Miller and Nick Robertson

North America

Software developers urged a US appeals court to find that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does not have an identicality requirement, so their proposed class action can proceed against Microsoft, GitHub an... (more story)

Voicemonk takes on Google in India after patent victory against Walmart's Flipkart

February 12, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

Following a patent victory against Walmart-owned Flipkart, California-based startup Voicemonk is suing Google in India for infringing artificial intelligence and Android patents. The Delhi High Court has refer... (more story)

Brazil orders X’s Grok to prevent AI-generated non-consensual nudes

February 11, 2026

Latin America

MLex Summary: Brazil's National Data Protection Agency, Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and National Consumer Secretariat expressed dissatisfaction with X’s AI chatbot Grok over its handling of AI-generated... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

United Airlines' $100m investment in Azul Linhas Aereas cleared in Brazil

February 11, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal has unanimously approved United Airlines' $100 million investment in the Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aereas, increasing the company’s minority shareholding from... (more story)

United Airlines’ expanded minority stake in Azul cleared by Brazil CADE

February 11, 2026

Latin America

Brazil’s antitrust tribunal has approved, without restrictions, United Airlines’ plan to raise its minority stake in Azul from 2.02 percent to roughly 8 percent — a move tied to Azul’s Chapter 11 restructuring... (more story)

ClickBus–RJ Participações deal must be re-notified, reviewed again, Brazil's CADE says

February 11, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Latin America

The Brazilian competition authority's Tribunal suspended the final clearance of ClickBus’s acquisition of RJ Participações on Wednesday and closed the deal review without examination on the merits, concluding ... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Meta assails former executive at New Mexico trial for pausing on ‘disgusting’ videos

February 12, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

North America

Meta Platforms sought to discredit one of its former engineering directors Wednesday during cross-examination in a New Mexico trial by asking why he was “lingering” on “disgusting” videos during his alleged te... (more story)

Four states to lead first US jury trial over Meta's alleged youth harms

February 12, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

A federal judge overseeing the nationwide social media addiction MDL set trial dates on Wednesday and outlined how the first state case against Meta Platforms will be tried, as years of litigation over Faceboo... (more story)

Brazil to align online age-verification with risk detection, official says

February 11, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

Latin America

Brazil’s online safety law, known as the Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents, or ECA Digital, will take effect in March, with a primary focus on age-verification methods to safeguard minors’ rights in... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

Bipartisan Senate bill would require mandatory AI training transparency

February 11, 2026 | Nick Robertson

North America

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would require AI companies to disclose the use of copyrighted works in model training before a new model is deployed. The bill expands upon previou... (more story)

ECJ clarification of EU trademark opposition rules ends Brexit hangover

February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss and Douglas Clarke-Williams

Europe

The EU’s top court has reaffirmed that EU trademarks can only be blocked by rights still in force at the time of the final decision on their registration. Experts say that in preventing oppositions based on ri... (more story)

UPC says all EU must be covered for unitary patent; declines top court referral

February 11, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The Unified Patent Court's appeal judge has ruled that a European patent must cover all participating EU states to qualify for unitary protection, rejecting an attempt to exclude Malta and declining to seek gu... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Former coal executive approved intermediary’s invoices, colleague tells US jury

February 12, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Former coal sales executive Charles Hunter Hobson signed off on every invoice submitted by the company’s agent in Egypt, even those that seemed unusual, Hobson's ex-colleague testified Wednesday in his US corruption trial.

Paxful sentenced to $4 million fine after pleading guilty to money laundering

February 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Paxful Holdings Inc., an online virtual currency trading platform, was sentenced to pay a criminal penalty of $4 million based on its ability to pay following its guilty plea to conspiracies to p... (more story)

Stryker says US SEC drops foreign bribery probe

February 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its inquiry into whether Stryker Corp. violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the company said in an annual earnings report.

Financial Services View More

Banking group voices displeasure with US bank-chartering process

February 11, 2026 | Neil Roland

North America

Just days after Erebor, a Bitcoin-focused digital bank, became the first national bank chartered by the second Trump administration, a major group made up of more traditional banks called for changes in the ch... (more story)

EU leaders to ignite debate on bank capital rules

February 11, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

The issue of reviewing the EU bank capital framework will be raised by some member states during an informal meeting of EU leaders on competitiveness on Feb. 12 at a castle in eastern Belgium. These informal d... (more story)

Monte dei Paschi di Siena exec resigns following Italian insider probe

February 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena executive Stefano Di Stefano has resigned from the Italian lender, it said Wednesday. The departure comes after an investigation was opened into Stefano following ... (more story)

Trade View More

US citric acid producers say more relief needed

February 11, 2026 | Bradley Dress

Asia, North America

A coalition of domestic producers for citric acids and certain citrate salts argued in a preliminary US International Trade Commission hearing on Wednesday that more trade relief is needed to protect the indus... (more story)

USITC says Taiwanese monomers, oligomers, harm industry

February 11, 2026

Asia, North America

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously voted in a final determination that a domestic industry is materially injured by dumped and subsidized imports of multifunctional acrylate and me... (more story)

US manufacturers voice concerns over use of Section 232

February 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: A large group of US manufacturers associations voiced concerns over the use of Section 232 investigations, arguing that the added tariffs on top of tariffs imposed by other policies create signif... (more story)

State Aid View More

China's Goldwind sees EU publish details on subsidy inquiry, seek comment

February 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission suspects that tax breaks and "preferential financing" handed to Goldwind by banks controlled by the Chinese state may distort competition in the EU, according to an offici... (more story)

EU seeks comments for one month on probe into Lithuania's support to energy firm

February 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: An EU in-depth state aid investigation into Lithuania's support to energy company AB Ignitis Gamyba for a strategic reserve for electricity covering the 2013-2018 period is now open for comments.... (more story)

Leonardo files Iveco Defence's acquisition for EU approval

February 10, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Italian defense company Leonardo requested the EU Commission's approval to acquire the defense unit of European truckmaker Iveco, according to an update on the regulator's website. Iveco Defence is spun off fr... (more story)

Energy View More

Speed small nuclear rollout with coalition of EU countries, draft strategy says

February 11, 2026 | Louis de Briant and Oscar Pandiello

Europe

To keep pace in the race to rollout nuclear small modular reactors, Europe needs to prioritize collaboration between governments and manufacturers and focus on the most promising designs, the European Commissi... (more story)

EU industry competitiveness falls across most key indicators, report shows

February 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: EU industrial competitiveness has deteriorated across most key performance indicators, according to a report published Wednesday by Deloitte and commissioned by a group of 25 EU industrial sector... (more story)

Channel ETS revenue toward industry, Von der Leyen tells EU countries

February 11, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Revenue from the EU’s Emissions Trading System should be redirected more strongly to support industrial decarbonization, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. She ... (more story)

Technology View More

Texas AG accuses Snap of addictive design, misleading parents on safety

February 11, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Texas is the latest state to sue Snap Inc., claiming it deceptively portrayed its messaging app as being safe for minors while subjecting them to graphic content and product features designed to encourage compulsive use.

Texas sues Snap over over child safety concerns

February 11, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against Snap, Inc. for allegedly failing to adequately warn parents and consumers about inappropriate material on the platform and the app’s ... (more story)

EU deprioritizes setting out key calculation of tech company user numbers

February 11, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi

Europe

Tech companies that are subject to the EU's digital services law may have to wait longer for the bloc to set out how their user numbers should be calculated, a significant bone of contention about the rules, a... (more story)