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Seven major open-market operators in South Korea have agreed to revise their user terms after the country’s antitrust regulator found multiple clauses that unfairly shifted risks onto users.

MLex Summary: Coupang, Naver, Market Kurly, SSG.com, Gmarket, 11street and NOL Universe will revise their user terms after South Korea’s antitrust regulator found multiple unfair clauses that shifted risks ont... (more story)

States are taking the lead in tackling “surveillance pricing” as federal momentum stalls, with former FTC official Sam Levine urging regulators to impose straightforward rules on the practice.

MLex Summary: Samsung told a US federal judge that a statement of interest by the Department of Justice does not supersede binding Third Circuit precedent, nor does it provide a basis to dismiss Samsung’s mono... (more story)

MLex Summary: The Global Disinformation Index agreed to dismiss its case against the US Federal Trade Commission over a civil investigative demand after the agency withdrew the CID.

Bargain Busting, a British distributor of e-cigarettes, or vapes, has failed in a bid to bring a contempt of court charge against Chinese rival Shenzhen SKE Technology in the UK courts over a disputed trademar... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said Saturday it strongly opposed the EU’s decision to include Chinese companies in its 20th round of sanctions against Russia, warning the move undermines bilateral ... (more story)

MLex Summary: China’s Ministry of Commerce said Monday it has submitted comments to the European Commission on the EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, warning the draft would impose discriminatory restri... (more story)

The US Court of International Trade partially remanded a Commerce Department antisubsidy duty review of Chinese multilayered wood flooring, finding the agency improperly discarded international timber price da... (more story)

Pork processors are set to face off against Minnesota direct action plaintiffs in an alleged price-fixing civil lawsuit, with a US federal judge setting Sept. 9 as the trial date following weeks of discussion.

Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)

Agri Stats, the Department of Justice and six US states jointly asked a federal judge to push back the start date of a bench trial in their antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, as the parties have been deep i... (more story)