Chinese antitrust officials have underscored that public-safety claims, business losses and local-government involvement generally won’t qualify as legitimate defenses for abusive conduct by dominant utility o... (more story)

A former Mastercard executive admitted in an Australian court on Monday that he provided false information to Mastercard’s finance department to help secure approval for a major 7-Eleven strategic merchant dea... (more story)

China’s dispute over 2026 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights has sparked antitrust discussion, with local state-backed commentaries questioning FIFA’s pricing practices in China and criticizing reported dispar... (more story)

A decision by Google to abandon its safe-harbor defense in favor of a more aggressive litigating posture under the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment is alread... (more story)

Japan’s economy, trade and industry ministry, or METI, is increasingly positioning music and other creative sectors as export industries within the country's broader intellectual property and growth strategy, ... (more story)

MLex Summary: DeWayne Carter, Nya Harrison and Sedona Prince agreed to dismiss their US claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association over rules that prohibit student-athletes from being compensa... (more story)

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection has initiated an evasion investigation to determine whether three importers are evading the antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on Chinese cast iron soil pipe... (more story)

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection determined that importer Coastal Forest Products evaded antidumping and antisubsidy duty orders on softwood lumber from Canada.

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control is designating 12 individuals and entities for their roles enabling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) sale and shipment o... (more story)

MLex Summary: Teresa Anjinho, the European Ombudsman, has said that X’s Digital Services Act risk assessment report should have been individually assessed for possible public disclosure. The ombudsman found th... (more story)

China unveiled its first national policy framework for artificial intelligence agents, introducing a tiered governance model based on application scenarios and potential risks, as Beijing seeks to balance rapi... (more story)

MLex Summary: About 71 percent of New Zealanders remain concerned about children’s privacy, including social media use, according to a survey released by the privacy regulator. In a statement on Monday, New Ze... (more story)