Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
October 29, 2026 | Chris May, Nick Robertson and Emma Whitford
Europe, North America
Data Privacy and Security, Technology
October 29, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo
Europe, Latin America, North America
Data Privacy and Security, Energy, Technology, Trade
October 29, 2026 | Bradley Dress
North America
October 30, 2026 | Jean Comte
Europe
Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz has welcomed a decision this week by the Dutch competition regulator to probe Biogen's possible abuse of dominant position over a product linked to the treatment of multiple... (more story)
October 30, 2026
MLex Summary: French appeal judges have published a ruling dismissing Meta Platforms' appeals against two interim injunctions issued in July by the French competition authority. The regulator had ordered the U... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Jon Menon
Meta is under investigation over whether it's abusing a dominant position by imposing exploitative terms on news publishers and advertisers, the UK antitrust regulator said. Separately, the CMA is seeking info... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Melissa Ritti
Asia, Europe, North America
A recent report by the World Intellectual Property Organization Secretariat laid out options for documenting artificial intelligence use in the inventive process, assessing AI-generated material as prior art a... (more story)
MLex Summary: Five organizations representing French publishers have filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Google's AI Overview and AI Mode services, both of which were deployed in France in... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki
Asia
A wave of cyberattacks exposing Japanese companies to compensation costs and damages claims is sharpening questions about whether the country needs stronger safeguards against misuse of artificial intelligence... (more story)
MLex Summary: The required waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act related to Viatris' acquisition of Pacira BioSciences expired just before midnight on Oct. 29. The deal is valued at $1.65 billion.
MLex Summary: Pittsburgh-based Viatris, a global healthcare company, said that Peach Purchaser Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Viatris, has commenced a tender offer to purchase all of the issued and out... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Anna Lauwereys
Apple informed the European Commission on June 30 of its intended purchase of data engineering platform Ascend.io. As a designated “gatekeeper” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to tell the... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Imogen Howse
Google has said individual online services should remain responsible for age assurance, after a report by the UK's online safety regulator found that app stores could do more to protect children. Ofcom said ap... (more story)
Meta Platforms has renewed its criticism of information demands issued by UK regulator Ofcom, after the High Court rejected legal challenges brought by Meta, TikTok and X. Meta maintained that the scale of the... (more story)
MLex Summary: Meta Platforms, TikTok and X have lost their legal challenges to information demands that the UK regulator made under the Online Safety Act. In a judgment handed down on Friday, the High Court re... (more story)
The comment period for the US Copyright Office’s 10th triennial rulemaking is open and independent medical equipment repairers must again defend their exemption from anticircumvention rules. In a notice of pro... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Steve Scherer
Proposed US limits on investments in Chinese biotechnology could make American drugmakers less competitive against foreign rivals and disrupt the complex partnerships that have made China an important source o... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | MLex Staff
China’s top court is signaling a tougher stance on plant-variety infringement, easing rights holders’ evidentiary burden, applying punitive damages and tackling attempts to evade liability.
MLex Summary: Jald Jensen, a former sales manager of BizJet International Sales and Support, pleaded guilty for his role in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to government officials in Latin America to se... (more story)
MLex Summary: Cryptocurrency platform Binance said it has fallen victim to a hack estimated to have affected $6.3 billion worth of customer funds. The exchange said it was likely the funds had been accessed vi... (more story)
October 29, 2026
MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged two foreign-operated, Colorado-incorporated entities for allegedly orchestrating a fraud scheme that used false SEC filings to boost confidence i... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission is seeking feedback on draft rules that would ease collateral requirements for derivatives trades when either trading party falls below a €8 billion activity threshold. Th... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Júlia Tar
Providers of blockchain-based identity and document verification tools, including digital wallets, could face additional General Data Protection Regulation duties when sharing data about people they can't iden... (more story)
MLex Summary: EU banks should no longer have to report certain indicators on fees, commissions and trading-book activities under the bloc's green taxonomy rules, the European Banking Authority has told the Eur... (more story)
October 30, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet
Online sellers and platforms shipping goods directly to EU consumers will, from Sunday, face a €2 handling fee per parcel and mandatory product identifiers. The charge applies regardless of value, will cover c... (more story)
MLex Summary: Imports of certain cellulose ethers from China and South Korea will face EU customs registration, allowing anti-dumping duties to be collected retroactively if the legal conditions are met. The E... (more story)
MLex Summary: The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of between 39.8 percent and 48.1 percent on Chinese PET spunbond. The duties take effect following an investigation prompted by ... (more story)
October 27, 2026
MLex Summary: Japan's government-backed chipmaker Rapidus and Indian technology company HCLTech said on Monday that they have opened two semiconductor development centers in Bengaluru and Hubli, India, to supp... (more story)
October 26, 2026
MLex Summary: The Greek Council of State has released the public version of its decision in August to refer to the EU top court a dispute between the Greek state and the newspaper Dimokratia. The dispute regar... (more story)
October 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Lauwereys
Five Spanish industrial manufacturers saw their challenge of a state aid measure for power prices dismissed at the EU top court on Thursday. PGI Spain, Berry Superfos Pamplona, Promens Packaging, RPC Envases a... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Louis de Briant
Proposed EU requirements preventing electricity from being taxed more heavily than gas faced government opposition Thursday, with several countries arguing that the measures require unanimous approval under a ... (more story)
MLex Summary: EU governments called for greater national discretion over electricity network charges and simpler rules for meeting future energy targets during Thursday's Energy Council. According to a press r... (more story)
MLex Summary: Reporting obligations for wholesale energy transactions — including liquefied natural gas trading, market exposure and bilateral contracts with energy-intensive consumers — have been clarified in... (more story)
Social-media giants Meta Platforms, TikTok and X have lost their legal challenge against the UK's online safety watchdog over information demands it issued. The ruling marks a significant victory for Ofcom as ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
A group of parents are trying to convince a US federal judge not to send their claims against Roblox over child safety failures to arbitration, arguing in court on Thursday that the mass arbitration framework ... (more story)
October 29, 2026 | Madeline Hughes
The Washington DC Attorney General’s Office and others are seeking to depose TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about his knowledge of potential child sexual exploitation issues that have arisen from TikTok Live.