Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: Gildan Activewear SRL and major wholesale T-shirt distributor S&S Holdings have agreed to make changes to an agreement that prohibited Gildan from offering certain pricing and discounts given to ... (more story)

A Belgian competition probe into AutoScout24's handling of data portability illustrates how mid-sized European competition authorities can complement the European Commission's Big Tech enforcement by targeting... (more story)

MLex Summary: German engine maker Deutz has been fined 8 million Danish krone ($1.2 million) by a Copenhagen court for abuse of market power, the Denmark's competition regulator said on Thursday. Deutz blocked... (more story)

China has issued detailed implementation rules for its revamped integrated circuit layout-design regime, clarifying how applicants must define original features and how those claims will shape subsequent cance... (more story)

Japanese cosmetics company Kao faces a smaller rival’s planned trademark action to halt a new skincare line it has promoted with a celebrity campaign and advertising across four Japanese cities to broaden its customer base.

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft told Australian lawmakers that copyright restrictions or legal uncertainty pose barriers to training AI models locally. The government is working on copyright legislatio... (more story)

EU lawmakers have backed amendments to the Critical Raw Materials Act that would establish a center to help secure supplies for European industry. The European Parliament's industry committee urged the Europea... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU lawmakers have called for modernized economic partnership agreements with African countries and investment that strengthens regional supply chains. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the Eur... (more story)

Three companies are blocked from submitting tenders in two public projects in the Greek energy sector after the European Commission said they'd failed to provide enough information on foreign subsidies, MLex h... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms faces a German lawsuit over its alleged refusal to reimburse legal expenses after losing an out-of-court dispute over Facebook content originating from the Russian state-affiliated... (more story)

MLex Summary: Tech companies are facing UK parliamentary scrutiny over how smart devices such as Ring doorbells, fitness trackers and speakers, as well as online platforms, are being used to facilitate stalkin... (more story)

The EU's Digital Markets Act has yet to demonstrate its promised benefits, US Federal Trade Commission official Mark Meador said, arguing that available evidence doesn’t show the rules have improved legal cert... (more story)