Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: South Korea has fined Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.7 million) for effectively forcing app developers to use their in-app payment systems, improperly delaying app reviews and,... (more story)

Hong Kong will release as soon as Thursday the findings of an independent inquiry into a deadly apartment fire that killed 168 people last year, with Chief Executive John Lee expected to unveil reforms includi... (more story)

South Korea’s competition regulator has revived a cartel remedy that it rarely used for nearly two decades — an order requiring companies found to have engaged in price-fixing to reset their selling prices to ... (more story)

China is proposing trade and investment restrictions against foreign entities that misappropriate Chinese trade secrets and threaten national interests, adding new economic measures to its intellectual propert... (more story)

The Unified Patent Court on Tuesday granted Versuni a preliminary injunction against sales of Dreame’s electric “Mira Mop” in Germany, France and the Netherlands, with the Hague local division finding a risk o... (more story)

Patent office leaders from the US, Spain and Denmark were in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to celebrate the removal of Argentine patent regulations that limited the patent eligibility and patentability of follow-on ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Swiss President Guy Parmelin will visit China from Friday to Sunday, China's Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday. China and Switzerland will sign a protocol upgrading their bilateral free trade ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Japan’s cabinet on Monday approved definitive anti-dumping duties of 3.6 percent to 42.1 percent on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip from China and Taiwan. The dutie... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Justice Department entered into a non-prosecution agreement with Extreme Networks, which agreed to pay criminal penalties totaling about $975,000 to resolve an investigation into sanctions... (more story)

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant on Tuesday backed giving individuals the right to sue technology platforms for breaches of online-safety obligations, arguing that existing complaint systems ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed parliament on Tuesday on the government's digital duty-of-care legislation one day before it was approved by the House of Representatives. He ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs and the SNational Police are strengthening cooperation to combat cross-border online gambling networks, digital fraud and other cybercrim... (more story)