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Woori Bank opened the first appeal against South Korea’s landmark information-exchange cartel sanctions Thursday, arguing that loan-to-value, or LTV, ratios shared among major banks were neither terms of trade... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has asked EU governments to authorize negotiations for a digital trade agreement with Costa Rica, aimed at facilitating cross-border digital trade and reducing regulatory ... (more story)

Meta Platforms is due to get a decision on Oct. 29 on its appeal against orders from France's competition watchdog to negotiate a payment system for using journalistic content with two media organisations "in ... (more story)

Japan’s Asahi Kasei, one of the country’s leading chemicals groups, said it will file civil claims against a Chinese chemicals company and a former employee arrested on suspicion of trade secret violations und... (more story)

India's draft life-sciences patent guidelines could improve predictability without easing patentability standards, but their impact will depend on consistent examination and applying existing jurisprudence to ... (more story)

MLex Summary: News outlets including the New York Times filed an updated version of their summary judgment motion in copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft, with fewer redactions. Their lawsuits say... (more story)

China’s Commerce Ministry has backed a new industry initiative setting expectations for Chinese mining companies on fair competition, supply-chain due diligence and sustainable operations in international mark... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission has released additional TARIC codes to adequately monitor imports of titanium dioxide, or TiO2, into the bloc, particularly import flows from the UK. The step will allow t... (more story)

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection opened an investigation into whether three importers evaded antidumping and antisubsidy duties on thermoformed molded fiber products from China. CBP alleged the i... (more story)

In its appeal challenging a 162.8 billion won ($117 million today) antitrust fine imposed in 2024, Coupang challenged the reliability of consumer research used by South Korea’s competition regulator to support... (more story)

Google’s anticompetitive conduct in digital advertising technology markets offered a golden opportunity for a court to impose structural remedies, said a former senior US Department of Justice antitrust enforc... (more story)

A top US Department of Justice official said Thursday the agency is always open to settling monopolization cases, including with Google over its antitrust violations in the adtech markets after a federal judge... (more story)