An Australian judge pressed a Mastercard executive on the need for minimum transaction volume clauses in agreements with retailers, as the competition regulator argued that such commitments were designed to li... (more story)

Mayfield Development has won its challenge to derivative Crown immunity, with Australia’s top court ruling that national competition laws may apply to NSW Ports’ contracts with the New South Wales government. ... (more story)

Businesses will be held responsible for the artificial intelligence tools they use, the head of India's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday. Competition Commission of India chair Ravneet Kaur said companies c... (more story)

MLex summary: Publishers Elsevier, Cengage, McGraw Hill and Macmillan, along with author Scott Turow, have sued Meta and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in New York federal court, for copyright infringement in art... (more story)

Sisvel is quickly growing its licensing program for point-of-sale, or POS, payment devices, adding four more companies this week. The patent licensing and pool management firm expects the pool to become the “d... (more story)

Now removed from the bench for three years, patent law trailblazer and embattled US Judge Pauline Newman is resorting to the Supreme Court to challenge her suspension from the US Court of Appeals for the Feder... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU dumping tariffs on imports of acesulfame potassium from China are set to expire on Jan. 29, 2027, the European Commission said Wednesday. EU producers can request a review of the planned expir... (more story)

MLex Summary: EU steel producers want to a clear definition of Union origin, based on steel that is melted and poured in the EU, in the European Commission's clean industry law, the Industrial Accelerator Act.... (more story)

Witnesses singled out the Chinese government during a hearing on the US Trade Representative’s dozens of excess structural capacity Section 301 investigations, but made scant mention of the other countries nam... (more story)

Indamedia’s acquisition of Ringier Hungary has come under investigation after the Hungarian competition authority opened a post-closing review, citing new information on the deal. The move follows criticism fr... (more story)

Online platforms and search engines under investigation for breaching the EU’s digital services law could see changes to evidence-handling procedures as part of a wider evaluation of the rules, a senior Europe... (more story)

MLex Summary: Meta is expanding the use of AI to place suspected minors into its Instagram Teen Accounts, which apply additional safeguards on accounts used by 13- to 17-year-olds, to the EU and Brazil, the co... (more story)