Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU judges are set to give more clarity on whether a competition authority can seize work emails after a Portuguese court sent a new batch of questions to the EU's top court, MLex has learned. Those new request... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meal voucher provider Edenred has offered commitments to settle an Italian dominance-abuse probe. The proposals would give retailers greater choice over voucher acceptance systems, reduce the fee... (more story)

Fines may not be "appropriate" where enforcers are trying to "change market equilibrium" rather than sanction past breaches, UK judge Ian Forrester said. The jurist, who previously served as a UK judge at the ... (more story)

China’s top court has highlighted a ruling that protects the title of hit crime drama The Knockout as a commercial identifier, signaling that widely recognized television titles can be shielded from copycat ma... (more story)

Via LA has launched its DRAM data center patent pool with three of the field’s top 15 largest patent holders and is negotiating with most of the rest, President Kevin Mack told MLex. A second group of new memb... (more story)

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently invalidated UK trademark rights in “GPT” and “ChatGPT” while rejecting OpenAI’s bid to block ChainGPT LLC from registering its name there. The decision gives UK app... (more story)

MLex Summary: New EU customs rules adopted by EU lawmakers last week have passed into law after being released in the EU’s official bulletin. The new law will make non-EU e-commerce platforms responsible for c... (more story)

MLex Summary: Chinese company Suzhou Carrey Intelligent Manufacturing will be subject to a 39.6* percent EU dumping duty on its exports of iron or steel fasteners, the European Commission said Monday, after ac... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU imports of alkyl phosphonic acids and their sodium salts originating in China will be subject to definitive dumping duties of up to 192.2 percent, the European Commission said on Monday. They ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta has been targeted in a complaint by digital-accountability group What To Fix. The group's filing to the Netherlands’ consumer and markets regulator, or ACM, alleges that Meta violated the EU... (more story)

The Philippines is stepping up pressure on Meta as regulators and lawmakers demand stronger safeguards for children, faster action on harmful content and greater accountability from the company. Digital Secret... (more story)

MLex Summary: Apple’s new tools allow parents to more easily manage the content their children can see, Australia’s prime minister said. In a statement published on Sunday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who... (more story)