Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: Four power-cable companies have been fined a total of more than 1.94 billion koruna ($90 million) for running a cartel in the market for metallic telecommunications and power cables, the Czech an... (more story)

MLex Summary: Telecommunication companies 2degrees and One NZ are seeking clearance to form a joint venture to operate their radio-access network assets, New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog said. In a statement p... (more story)

Linfox Armaguard has proposed an undertaking governing interim pricing and other terms for its Australian cash-distribution services. The undertaking would require Armaguard to maintain its existing geographic... (more story)

MLex Summary: Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw headnotes are copyrightable, and ROSS Intelligence’s use of that content to create its own competing product was not fair use, according to a recently unsealed opinion by... (more story)

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday dismissed a Japanese voice actor’s bid to force TikTok to remove videos allegedly using an AI-generated imitation of his voice, finding that the posts had already been del... (more story)

US Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said Tuesday he is considering returning decisions on the merits of patent review petitions to Patent Trial and Appeal Board panels while retaining control ... (more story)

MLex Summary:  Carmakers should be refused their request for a delay to stricter EU-UK rules of origin for electric vehicles and batteries beyond January 2027, an advocacy group and two industry lobbies have u... (more story)

MLex Summary: US companies continue to face discriminatory rules, regulatory uncertainty and heavy-handed enforcement in India even as New Delhi liberalizes foreign investment and seeks to improve its business... (more story)

MLex Summary: Slovenia’s National Assembly ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement on Tuesday. Most of CETA has applied provisionally since September 2017, but the agreement cannot en... (more story)

Reddit’s challenge to Australia’s under-16 social media ban should be rejected despite uncertainty about the evidence linking social media use to harm, the government has told the country’s top court. In a rec... (more story)

Chegg and Penske Media Corp.’s separate antitrust lawsuits alleging that Google used its search monopoly to coerce online publishers into providing cost-free content were dismissed Wednesday by a Washington, D... (more story)

Pornography provider First Time Videos has paid an £80,000 fine and blocked access for UK users after online safety regulator Ofcom found it had breached its Online Safety Act duty to use highly effective age ... (more story)