MLex Summary: A pandemic-era agreement between Portuguese football clubs restricting player transfers may not have breached EU competition law, given the “very specific context brought on by the Covid-19 pande... (more story)

MLex Summary: Pet owners should be protected from high prices and unfair terms, the Dutch competition authority has said, publishing a final report into the sector. It has tightened previous findings, arguing ... (more story)

Companies in the travel sector are facing two new investigations before EU and Swiss antitrust authorities over illegal contacts in bidding for search terms online. The Swiss regulator is also probing almost a... (more story)

China’s top court has invalidated a “SCHIFF” trademark in a retrial ruling that could reshape how foreign companies protect their brands in the country, particularly when they fall short of the stringent “well... (more story)

Landmark litigation between Tesla and InterDigital saw arguments aired in a UK Supreme Court hearing this week that centered on a dispute between the parties over whether or not the English courts’ jurisdictio... (more story)

Garrett Reynolds, co-founder of code access startup UpCodes, says a recent ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirming the company’s fair use defense marks a significant moment not just... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s State Administration for Market Regulation on Thursday urged Chinese toy exporters to step up compliance as the EU’s new Toy Safety Regulation enters into force, highlighting heightened r... (more story)

The sole US producer of spandex told the US International Trade Commission that it should consider polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) with a molecular weight of 1800 as a separate domestic-like product in... (more story)

Nations targeted by the dozens of Section 301 forced labor investigations announced by the US earlier this year pushed back at a hearing Wednesday, arguing their regulatory mechanisms are sufficient to avert s... (more story)

MLex Summary: Online platforms and AI service providers will face expanded compliance duties in the UK as a bill tightening Online Safety Act obligations became law Wednesday. Under the final text of the Crime... (more story)

UK lawmakers have approved a bill that commits the government to impose “some form” of social media restrictions on under-16s, but leaves key details unresolved. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has c... (more story)

MLex Summary: British telecom operator BT is being investigated for potentially failing to comply with legally binding requests for information from regulator Ofcom. The probe relates to requests issued in Dec... (more story)