Nexstar Chief Operating Officer Michael Biard said Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery would give the merged company power to pressure broadcast affiliates to pay more for less content.

MLex Summary: Perrigo must face most of US state plaintiffs’ “individual drug product” conspiracy claims, a Connecticut federal judge ruled. US District Judge Michael P. Shea denied Perrigo’s motion for summar... (more story)

The US Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the broadcast ownership cap by a vote of 2-1, with Commissioner Anna M. Gomez the lone dissenting vote. The order replaces the 39 percent national owner... (more story)

This week at the UPC, three different disputes were settled out-of-court, with a fourth one being published two weeks after being withdrawn as well. Kodak managed to reverse an injunction and got its €1.72 mil... (more story)

Meta Platforms’ entanglement with French investigators last month shows the antitrust pitfalls for dominant companies in supplying data to partners on the other side of the negotiating table. Meta’s tactic of ... (more story)

China has overhauled its integrated circuit layout-design regulations for the first time in more than two decades, expanding protection to emerging chip technologies while tightening registration and enforcement rules.

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department launched an antidumping and antisubsidy review into welded stainless line and pressure pipe from India, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

MLex Summary: Chinese mineral companies should immediately halt audits, training, fee payments, data submissions and other cooperation involving the US-headquartered global industry coalition Responsible Busin... (more story)

MLex Summary: Imports of lightweight thermal paper from China will be subject to temporary tariffs of up to 70.5 percent at EU borders to tackle government subsidies, the European Commission said in a formal n... (more story)

Facebook posts about a Spanish Supreme Court ruling related to migration surged during the July 30 mass crossings into the Spanish territory of Ceuta, Spanish fact-checking group Maldita.es said. It found that... (more story)

Germany is proposing changes to the EU's planned cybersecurity certification framework that would give national governments a greater role in deciding how security goals evolve as technology and cyber threats ... (more story)

MLex Summary: South Korea’s three major telecom operators — SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus — have revised terms of service that the country’s competition regulator found unfairly limited their liability for perso... (more story)