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Mexico's National Antitrust Commission plans to review its merger guidelines and issue guidance on the certification of corporate compliance programs by early next year, commission President Andrea Marván Salt... (more story)

In a Wednesday judgment memorializing his mid-October bench ruling, UK High Court Judge James Mellor rejected Dolby and Access Advance’s proposal to resolve preliminary patent licensing questions before addres... (more story)

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs asked a US federal judge to grant final approval to 13 settlements totaling $202.8 million with Agri Stats, Cargill, Hormel Foods, and other red meat processors to resolve allegations of wage-fixing.

The US Patent and Trademark Office exceeded its major trademark performance goals in fiscal year 2026, the office's trademark leaders said Wednesday. Pendency for a first office action fell to about four month... (more story)

An Oslo court temporarily barred Meta from introducing commercial terms that Norwegian media companies say would allow it to scrape their content for AI training. The order blocks the changes pending a final r... (more story)

A UK law on non-compete clauses in employment contracts is a possible step closer, with the government promising to set out "a detailed position" on the surrounding issues early next year to inform legislation... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade on Tuesday upheld the Commerce Department's July remand of an antisubsidy order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from South Korea.

The Trump administration's lifting of key tariffs on Canada ahead of next week's midterm elections could benefit allies in tight races, but it could also open the administration up to legal arguments that the ... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department issued a call for public comments on subsidies for certain countries exporting softwood or softwood lumber between January and July 2026. Exporter nations covered by th... (more story)

Meta has asked Brazil's data protection authority to close an administrative proceeding stemming from complaints over content moderation practices on Facebook and Instagram, arguing that the allegations do not... (more story)

MLex Summary: OpenAI told a US appeals court that maintaining Google’s ability to pay for default placement practically guarantees that Google will be able to keep and extend its monopoly, arguing that a lower... (more story)

Data centers will get priority access to the UK's electricity grid if they invest in local communities, create local jobs and protect local water supplies, under a package announced Wednesday in a bid to keep ... (more story)