Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: Commercial crabbers asked a US federal judge to grant final approval to their $2.25 million settlement with Pacific Dream Seafood and Caito Fisheries to resolve price-fixing claims.

MLex Summary: CDC Cartel Damage Claims has brought a €670 million lawsuit on behalf of 210 companies against Spanish cardboard packaging association AFCO and nine companies over a cartel that operated from at least 2002 to...(read more)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' legal challenge against the European Commssion over an interim order telling the company to restore free access for rival AI assistants to WhatsApp was published in the Official Journal Monday...(read more)

Ericsson failed to secure an injunction against Asus at the Unified Patent Court. Judges revoked one patent and upheld another, but refused to ban infringing computers because Ericsson gave inadequate notice before suing. ...(read more)

Thomas Pink’s launch of PINK-branded womenswear has revived its dispute with Victoria’s Secret, with a UK court ruling last week that the parties’ 2015 settlement does not bar the lingerie retailer’s US lawsuit. Thomas Pin...(read more)

South Korean skincare company Coiz has won a Chinese trademark challenge, with a court finding that goods in different trademark classes can be considered similar if consumers are likely to confuse their source.

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has issued preliminary determinations that Turkish and Taiwanese tin mill products are sold or likely to be sold at less than fair value in the US. The determination covers a period...(read more)

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection has opened an investigation into whether importers Aceto US LLC, Avid Organics Private, Ltd., Intoglo Technologies Inc., Norris Industries Inc., and Prinova US LLC evaded anti...(read more)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department has issued preliminary determinations that Taiwanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese imports of polytetramethylene ether glycol are or are likely to be sold at less than fair value ...(read more)

MLex Summary: Digital businesses would face new rules on addictive design, dark patterns, influencer marketing and personalized pricing under a draft EU Digital Fairness Act. The proposal, scheduled for presentation on Wed...(read more)

Digital businesses would have to let consumers switch off features encouraging compulsive or excessive use and obtain their explicit agreement before free trials become paid subscriptions, under a leaked draft of the EU Di...(read more)

MLex Summary: Proposed changes to EU roaming rules could raise domestic mobile prices and weaken network investment, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications warned. Responding to the European Parliame...(read more)