Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: The Lithuanian city of Panevėžys has lost a legal challenge to a decision made by the national competition authority, which found it had breached antitrust rules by discriminating against waste-m... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Thursday said it has finalized revisions to its guidelines for transactions under the SME Transactions Act, which took effect in January, and the freelance work... (more story)

A company fined for antitrust conduct shouldn’t be able to seek redress from its own executives to recoup penalties, according to a legal opinion for the EU’s highest court. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar sai... (more story)

Patented medicines could face greater government intervention after an Indian court ruled that unaffordable prices can trigger government use of pharmaceutical patents to supply drugs to patients.

India’s investment reforms have failed to dispel US concerns over discriminatory rules, unpredictable regulation, aggressive enforcement, data localization, weak intellectual-property protection and slow legal... (more story)

Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has rejected a tea producer’s bid to stop a rival from selling matcha promoted as helping lower blood pressure, finding that the rival’s manufacturing process did not u... (more story)

France is seeking allies among EU governments to shape the European Commission’s planned diversification instrument, expected in December, calling for powers to impose tariffs and restrictions on goods and ser... (more story)

MLex Summary: European aluminum producers could face greater import pressure under the EU’s pending trade agreements with India and Indonesia, lobby group European Aluminium said in a September statement. The ... (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)

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)