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MLex Summary: Nexstar Media Group, Mission Broadcasting and White Knight Broadcasting failed to convince the US Supreme Court to review DirecTV’s case accusing them of conspiring to raise and fix the prices of... (more story)

MLex Summary: Plaintiffs involved in private price-fixing litigation against RealPage and landlords asked a US federal judge to certify a proposed class. If approved, the class would include anyone who paid re... (more story)

A mass lawsuit targeting Amazon over its online pricing behaviors must go to trial, the class representative of the action told a UK judge. Amazon's bid earlier this year to get the claim struck out failed.

India's Supreme Court will examine whether patent holders should lose part of their 20-year protection because of delays in granting patents.

Suno is facing a novel lawsuit from musicians David Lowery and Jason Isbell alleging the AI music service unlawfully indexed and exploited artists' identities and voices. Rather than copyright claims, the suit... (more story)

English law determines whether a prior foreign judgment prevents parties from reopening issues in a multinational copyright dispute, the UK Court of Appeal ruled Friday. Aviator LLC and two affiliates won thei... (more story)

France and Germany have urged the European Commission to design a new trade instrument that could restrict access to the EU single market in response to systemic distortions by non-EU countries, as part of a b... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security announced administrative proceedings against Massachusetts-based software and engineering service company Lambda Research Corporation,... (more story)

MLex Summary: US Customs and Border Protection said in a final determination that importers Excellent Sharp Inc., VASS Pipe and Steel, Haylier International Limited,  Tejas Tubular Products, Inc and Marmon/Key... (more story)

TikTok’s challenge of information requests made under the UK’s Online Safety Act is targeting the regulator’s use of its information-gathering powers, which TikTok said goes beyond what the law permits, the co... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice and state plaintiffs filed their proposed final judgment in their adtech markets monopolization lawsuit against Google.

Challenges by Meta Platforms, X and TikTok to UK regulator Ofcom’s information requests under the Online Safety Act will be heard next Monday by the same judge, according to court listings. Meta previously tol... (more story)