MLex Summary: South Korea’s National Assembly has passed legislation that will significantly shorten payment deadlines for large retailers dealing with suppliers and store operators, the Korea Fair Trade Commi... (more story)

MLex Summary: Google is facing calls from South Korean app developers and civic groups for stronger remedies over its app-market payment policies, with the groups arguing that fines alone would not be enough t... (more story)

China has completed an initial draft of its planned National Unified Market Construction Regulation, which will target local protectionism, market fragmentation and destructive competition, the Ministry of Jus... (more story)

China’s top court has sent a strong deterrent message through its 380-million-yuan ($56 million) Jingdiao trade-secret ruling. But can plainly wrongful conduct justify treating tens of thousands of drawings co... (more story)

A Tokyo court dismissed a subtitle translator's copyright and moral rights claim over broadcasts of the cult classic “Dawn of the Dead,” finding that broadcasters did not have to independently check subtitle r... (more story)

South Korea has made the biggest change in more than seven decades to the anti-espionage provisions of its criminal code, potentially widening the legal arsenal against theft of trade secrets and advanced tech... (more story)

MLex Summary: Court actions challenging trade defense measures increased last year, with 18 new cases lodged, up from ten in 2024, the trade regulator said in its latest report on the bloc's trade defense acti... (more story)

MLex Summary: China has raised concerns about the EU’s proposed Public Procurement Act, which would favor European suppliers and could restrict Chinese companies’ access to EU contracts. China’s Ministry of Co... (more story)

MLex Summary: China saw a divergence between the number of new foreign-invested companies and the amount of capital invested in 2025, with 70,392 new foreign-invested enterprises established, up 19.1 percent f... (more story)

A broad range of technology companies, from social-media and video-sharing platforms to online games, app stores and AI chatbot providers, would fall within the EU’s new approach to protecting children online,... (more story)

China’s internet regulator has stepped up enforcement against emerging technology risks while continuing to penalize companies for basic cybersecurity and data-security lapses, underscoring its dual focus on n... (more story)

MLex Summary: Social-media and video-sharing platforms, online video games, app stores, AI companions and chatbots offering services to minors will fall within the scope of the EU’s proposed Kids Act, the Euro... (more story)