A no-cash settlement reached between Agri Stats and end-user consumer plaintiffs to resolve their broiler chicken price-fixing claims is still valuable due to behavioral changes the company agreed to, a US jud... (more story)

MLex Summary: Nidhi Hegde, executive director of the American Economic Liberties Project, said Assembly Bill 177, the Competition and Opportunity in Markets for a Prosperous, Equitable and Transparent Economy ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Permian Resources, Chesapeake Energy, Continental Resources and other producers of shale oil must face US pricing claims over heating oil, according to a US federal judge. District Judge Matthew ... (more story)

The UK government has said it will consult on the risks of AI-generated digital replicas following sustained pressure from the entertainment industry for greater protections for their creative output. The move... (more story)

US Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter urged the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Monday to overturn the rejection of a preliminary injunction she sought to halt her firing by President Trump, cit... (more story)

Japan’s IP High Court has ruled that a name linked to an allegedly infringing TikTok user’s PayPal account did not have to be disclosed, because the copyright owner failed to show that it qualified as the user... (more story)

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a funding bill that includes a two-year extension of trade preference programs for Africa and Haiti.

MLex Summary: The European Commission has asked EU governments to authorize negotiations with the UK over compensation for the country's decision to raise its WTO tariff ceiling on almost all steel products to... (more story)

The European Commission’s technical work on a possible new instrument targeting industrial overcapacity is well advanced, but whether and when it moves forward will depend on political backing from EU governme... (more story)

The UK’s online safety watchdog is facing an information demand after refusing the Children’s Commissioner access to platforms' child-risk assessments. Rachel de Souza said on Tuesday that she planned to use h... (more story)

MLex Summary: Following OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT ads in 31 European countries in late August, EU lawmaker Sandro Gozi has asked the European Parliament whether existing EU rules can prevent targeted advertis... (more story)

Rules that govern where litigants can bring lawsuits in the EU are set for an overhaul, with the European Commission flagging likely changes for class actions. The law — known formally as Brussels Ia — sets ou... (more story)