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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan conspired with insurers to artificially inflate the prices of services offered on large employer health plans, the Michigan Attorney General’s Office said in a US antitrust c... (more story)

MLex Summary: Ascend Laboratories and Mayne Pharma agreed to pay $1 million to settle US antitrust claims filed by 48 state attorneys general over generic drug pricing, New York Attorney General Letitia James ... (more story)

State attorneys general campaigning for re-election this November say they will talk up their antitrust enforcement efforts because voters understand the relationship between corporate competition and the high... (more story)

The number of patents per drug has more than tripled since 1990 from about 2.1 to 6.9 in 2019, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers argue the incre... (more story)

The US International Trade Commission is weighing whether to continue a trade-secret investigation despite a contract directing disputes to Germany. Neither Zync nor BMW argues that the agreement strips the ag... (more story)

Patent deals linked US and Chinese technology portfolios, renewed smartphone licenses and expanded automotive coverage, while a memory-patent dispute ended in a $600 million settlement. Pharmaceutical partners... (more story)

High purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway is endangering the domestic industry, petitioners testified on Thursday to the US International Trade Commission, which also heard from foreign manufacturers ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department said it was targeting the remnants of Iran's shadow fleet, the aging network of tankers the government relies on to move billions of dollars worth of petroleum and petr... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade ruled against the Commerce Department on Thursday, remanding its redetermination in a countervailing duty investigation into Chinese and Mexican freight rail couplers.

UK fashion retailer Asos has confirmed that a hacker gained access to personal customer information — including names and contact details — after impersonating a trusted contact to obtain an employee’s login c... (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)

Meta Platforms faces scrutiny in India after the Delhi High Court questioned whether Instagram’s Remix feature facilitates copyright infringement, raising broader concerns over platform responsibility for tool... (more story)