Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: The American National Red Cross urged a US appeals court to rule that it is not a “person” for Sherman Act purposes. ANRC asked the court to affirm the dismissal of Verax Biomedical’s antitrust c... (more story)

Meta has been asked by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to explain changes to its commercial terms that publishers fear would authorize the scraping of their websites, as the regulator considers poss... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms faces a call by German digital publishers’ associations for the EU antitrust regulator to probe changes to its commercial terms for links shared on its platforms. Currently, Meta h... (more story)

Roche’s pact with Hansoh underscores China’s growing importance in supplying experimental medicines, supported by rapid development and greater trust in its science. Hansoh will receive $400 million upfront an... (more story)

China's iconic juice maker Huiyuan is at the center of an escalating trademark dispute, with its original operating group announcing plans to stop using the brand after affiliated companies were ordered to pay... (more story)

Four US Supreme Court justices recused themselves from review of a copyright decision on the global nature of termination notices, leaving the court without a quorum and resulting in the affirmance of the US C... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade on Tuesday mostly upheld the Commerce Department in its 2023 review of an antisubsidy order on multilayered wood flooring from China. 

The EU-China understanding on hybrid vehicles offers Brussels breathing space for its carmakers and Beijing greater predictability for its exporters. But translating the deal into enforceable restrictions pres... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade has sustained the Commerce Department's remand determination concerning the dumping margin for Mexican firm Galvasid S.A. de C.V. regarding corrosion-resistant... (more story)

The UK online regulator considered seeking an urgent court order over sexualized AI deepfakes generated using X's chatbot Grok, but the legal threshold prevented immediate intervention, the CEO of Ofcom told l... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' Oversight Board has said the company must “do more to ensure that its enforcement practices during elections are transparent and consistent” following concerns of “recurring enfor... (more story)

Legal challenges from Meta Platforms, X and TikTok aren’t weakening the UK online safety regulator’s appetite for enforcement, its chief executive told lawmakers on Tuesday. Melanie Dawes said Ofcom would robu... (more story)