Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Proponents of the One Agency Act are “pretty unrealistic” about the magnitude of work that will be required to dissolve and fold the US Department of Justice into the Federal Trade Commission along with each a... (more story)

MLex Summary: California consumers filed their second amended complaint challenging an alleged unlawful scheme by the five largest oil refiners operating in California — Chevron, Valero, PBF, Marathon and Phil... (more story)

A "gargantuan" case targeting anticompetitive noncompete provisions is coming in “the next couple months,” US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Friday.

In a sharp increase over 2023, nearly half of UK young adults surveyed on behalf of the UK Intellectual Property Office say they have knowingly purchased counterfeit products, with sporting goods and toys amon... (more story)

Japan’s Asahi Kasei, one of the country’s leading chemicals groups, said it will file civil claims against a Chinese chemicals company and a former employee arrested on suspicion of trade secret violations und... (more story)

India's draft life-sciences patent guidelines could improve predictability without easing patentability standards, but their impact will depend on consistent examination and applying existing jurisprudence to ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Moroccan firm OPC S.A. filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to contest the Court of International Trade's July ruling sustaining the International Trade Commission... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced on a 25-20 vote a bill that would prohibit certain US companies from complying with global sustainability regulations, including the European U... (more story)

MLex Summary: Countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development could continue receiving certain EU waste, including some plastic, paper, metal and glass waste, after May 2027 under a... (more story)

A gap in international cooperation arrangements for Digital Markets Act-style rules makes coordination “worth thinking about,” a European Commission official said. Linsey McCallum said existing frameworks do n... (more story)

Meta Platforms is due to get a decision on Oct. 29 on its appeal against orders from France's competition watchdog to negotiate a payment system for using journalistic content with two media organisations "in ... (more story)

In its appeal challenging a 162.8 billion won ($117 million today) antitrust fine imposed in 2024, Coupang challenged the reliability of consumer research used by South Korea’s competition regulator to support... (more story)