Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Major insulin manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers have engaged in an unlawful ‘quid pro quo’ that sent prices skyrocketing between 2011 and 2023, according to a lawsuit filed by Florida Attorney Genera... (more story)

Brazil’s competition watchdog has dropped a four-year investigation into alleged anticompetitive fee schedules in São Paulo’s audiovisual market. The Administrative Council for Economic Defense’s Tribunal ackn... (more story)

Google faces fresh demands to allow Android and Chrome customers in the UK greater choice and more control when using its search services, after the UK’s competition regulator proposed updated measures to acco... (more story)

VideoLabs bought an Ericsson cloud infrastructure, networking and cybersecurity patent portfolio, extending its licensing business beyond video technology, the CEO told MLex. The deal transferred 332 assets to... (more story)

EU judges have set limits on how far a well-known drugmaker's brand can reach, as Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis lost its challenge against a Turkish competitor over “Devatis” trademarks.

Philips’s bid to restore India’s first post-trial SEP decree has drawn nine interventions, giving the Supreme Court of India a chance to set nationwide rules on essentiality, exhaustion, royalties and FRAND licensing.

ASEAN is aiming to bring its upgraded Trade in Goods Agreement into force by the end of 2026, accelerating implementation from mid-2027 as the bloc deepens regional economic integration. Singapore Trade Minist... (more story)

MLex Summary: Punitive EU tariffs in place to counter dumping and subsidization of imports of tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron from India are set to expire on June 17, 2027, the European Commission said We... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU imports of continuous filament glass fiber products from Egypt will be subject to punitive duties of 13.1 percent to tackle subsidization, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The measur... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened several investigations following complaints that women were filmed in public with smart glasses without their consent and the videos were posted on... (more story)

The European Commission is expected to propose the Digital Fairness Act, a planned new EU consumer-protection initiative for the digital economy, in November, MLex has learned. Several tentative dates are unde... (more story)

MLex Summary: Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would have only a limited impact on media plurality in Sweden and does not appear to affect editorial independence, an EU media advisory... (more story)