Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

California dairy farmers have filed US antitrust claims alleging that a state quota program governing premiums paid for milk they produce is ultimately a private cartel run by rivals in the industry who reward... (more story)

MLex Summary: Direct purchasers were denied class certification in a US case accusing Keurig of monopolizing the markets for single-serve brewers and compatible cups. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick determi... (more story)

MLex Summary: Canada’s Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell issued what he said may be his last speech as commissioner before the Canadian Bar Association Competition Fall Law Conference, reflecting on ... (more story)

Settlements of patent litigation have led to a spate of new licensing agreements in the wireless connectivity space, including major deals between HP and the Wilus Institute of Technology, among others.

The European Commission said its 2023 anti-piracy guidelines failed to curb livestream piracy and it will consider new EU-wide measures and stronger cross-border cooperation to improve enforcement consistency.

Only one ruling was issued this week, as the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered a German surface-finishing equipment maker access to an expert report in its patent dispute with a Spanish technology company.

Legislation introduced in the US Senate would require the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to analyze the market effects of applications for export licenses for key technology.

MLex Summary: The US Court of International Trade ruled that interest expenses from unpaid duties should not be classified as an indirect selling expense for the purposes of deducting those expenses from a sub... (more story)

Mandatory local content requirements could backfire on EU industry by breaching World Trade Organization rules and failing to strengthen supply chains as intended, a top EU official has said.

Five more companies that between them operate 20 pornography websites are newly under investigation for non-compliance with UK online safety rules, the watchdog responsible said. Changes in UK traffic to the s... (more story)

The UK data protection authority’s outlook for enforcing against companies is changing as the “relatively new” data protection case laws filters through, one of its senior officials has said, while the regulat... (more story)

The use of children’s data for online advertising should be prohibited under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the German data protection watchdogs said in a statement published on Thursday. This ru... (more story)