Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: US Department of Justice Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation Stephanie Greco said during a speech that criticisms against the Trump administration for its preference for resolving an... (more story)

Google has defended its Android Developer Verification program after being prompted by a Brazilian competition information request, arguing that its identity checks are a necessary and proportionate response t... (more story)

Brazil’s competition authority has formally opened an administrative inquiry into whether Uber’s restrictions on Wexp’s access to its application programming interface could impede price comparisons and weaken... (more story)

Pharmaceutical companies in India could face greater pressure to cut prices, expand patient-assistance programs or negotiate voluntary licenses after a court clarified that the government can authorize the use... (more story)

Ericsson has asked Brazil's competition authority to close the administrative inquiry into its licensing practices for patents essential to 5G technology, accusing Lenovo of deliberately delaying negotiations ... (more story)

Equipment sales, patent royalties and manufacturing scale are all at stake as Washington prepares for international negotiations over spectrum needed for 6G. Experts say competing with China will require early... (more story)

A major US producer of truck bed covers on Thursday fended off accusations of debt and competition as it argued before the International Trade Commission that subject imports from China have damaged the domestic industry. 

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission unanimously determined that a domestic industry is injured by imports of solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos. The USITC also determined that critical ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade denied GameChange Solar Corp. summary judgment in its contestation of the US Department of Commerce's determination that its importation of off-grid solar char... (more story)

Online platforms should face stronger duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act to prevent discriminatory abuse, the Premier League and other English football organizations have told lawmakers. The groups said p... (more story)

MLex Summary: Online platforms have 30 days to comply with Mexico’s new child safety duties under a decree published Wednesday. The decree is mandatory but carries no penalties, the government said in a statem... (more story)

MLex Summary: Germany is planning interim national rules that would generally bar anyone under 13 from social networks, with exceptions for demonstrably child-appropriate services and graduated restrictions fo... (more story)