Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: Innsworth Capital, a litigation funder, has said it might take legal action over the settlement approved by the UK competition court for the UK mass action against Mastercard over card fees. Inns... (more story)

Eiji Chatani, the newly appointed Japanese competition chief, said today that he intends to continue his predecessor’s approach and pursue antitrust enforcement and advocacy in digital regulation. He also plan... (more story)

A Chinese cabinet advisor has called for targeted modifications to the ongoing revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law to better implement the country’s new Private Economy Promotion Law. Speaking to a med... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Commission flagged China at the top of a country watchlist identifying nations where weak intellectual property enforcement poses the greatest economic risk to EU businesses, accordi... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court has launched a public consultation on its draft Mediation Rules, inviting input from experts and companies globally until J... (more story)

EU lawmakers and member states have reached a political agreement on new compulsory licensing rules for crisis situations, toughening protections for trade secrets after months of negotiations. The final text ... (more story)

The European Commission plans to expedite the ratification of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement by submitting it for signature by EU governments next month or early July, a senior EU trade official said. Sabine ... (more story)

MLex Summary: Belarus, Russia, Myanmar and North Korea have been designated as “high risk” countries under the EU’s deforestation law, according to an implementing regulation published today by the European Co... (more story)

MLex Summary: The European Parliament today endorsed a proposal to impose new import tariffs on Russian and Belarusian fertilizers and agricultural products — including sugar, flour, vinegar and animal feed — ... (more story)

Oversight of information recommendation algorithms in China will strengthen, following last year’s campaign led by the country's Internet regulator, underscoring that algorithm governance is a long-term, syste... (more story)

Keio University Professor Satoru Tezuka received parliamentary approval today to become Japan’s new data protection chief. After securing support from the Upper House yesterday, lawmakers in the Lower House ap... (more story)

MLex Summary: China's Internet regulator has launched a two-month campaign, cracking down on malicious online defamation and privacy infringements that harm the rights of businesses and entrepreneurs, the Cybe... (more story)