Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Audi, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are being investigated by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) over an alleged cartel based on the exchange of competitively sensitive informa... (more story)

Customers suing the four dominant US railroads over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy over fuel surcharges urged a US appeals court to rectify an allegedly mistaken ruling by an inferior federal court and han... (more story)

Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Samsung told a US federal judge that a statement of interest by the Department of Justice does not supersede binding Third Circuit precedent, nor does it provide a basis to dismiss Samsung’s mono... (more story)

Bargain Busting, a British distributor of e-cigarettes, or vapes, has failed in a bid to bring a contempt of court charge against Chinese rival Shenzhen SKE Technology in the UK courts over a disputed trademar... (more story)

China’s photovoltaic sector has launched its first patent pool, in line with Beijing’s push to establish such mechanisms in key industries to accelerate patent commercialization and strengthen the innovation e... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade partially remanded a Commerce Department antisubsidy duty review of Chinese multilayered wood flooring, finding the agency improperly discarded international timber price da... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department said in a final determination that truck parts supplier AXN Heavy Duty LLC's axle beams, slider boxes and landing gear sets are covered merchandise under antidumping an... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade partially remanded the Commerce Department's final results in the 11th administrative review of the antisubsidy duty order on Chinese multilayered wood floorin... (more story)

Agri Stats, the Department of Justice and six US states jointly asked a federal judge to push back the start date of a bench trial in their antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, as the parties have been deep i... (more story)

MLex Summary: Norway's government plans to send a bill to parliament by the end of this year that would ban social media use for children until the start of the year that they are due to turn 16. Under the new... (more story)

Giant crypto-asset intermediaries such as Binance, Crypto.com and Bybit need comprehensive policy oversight and cross-border supervision to prevent disruptions from spilling into the broader financial system, ... (more story)