Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: CDC Cartel Damage Claims has brought a €670 million lawsuit on behalf of 210 companies against Spanish cardboard packaging association AFCO and nine companies over a cartel that operated from at least 2002 to...(read more)

MLex Summary: Meta Platforms' legal challenge against the European Commssion over an interim order telling the company to restore free access for rival AI assistants to WhatsApp was published in the Official Journal Monday...(read more)

MLex Summary: Google faces a German antitrust probe into its car navigation services, the country’s competition regulator said on Monday. The watchdog is examining whether Google only offers its map services as part of a b...(read more)

South Korean skincare company Coiz has won a Chinese trademark challenge, with a court finding that goods in different trademark classes can be considered similar if consumers are likely to confuse their source.

Hermès secured court-backed commitments from India’s Eziere Technologies to halt replica sales and remove listings. The French luxury brand agreed to drop damages claims under a settlement enforceable through contempt proc...(read more)

Despite a US appeals court decision last week that may place guardrails on some Section 1782 discovery proceedings, litigation remains an important tool for standard-essential patent implementers litigating before the Unif...(read more)

MLex Summary: Fertilizer producers and farmers will help identify barriers to the availability, affordability and use of EU-produced fertilizers under a partnership launched by the European Commission on Monday. The initia...(read more)

MLex Summary: China has extended the suspension of special port fees on US-linked vessels and an investigation into the impact of US maritime trade measures until Jan. 10, 2027, the Ministry of Transport said Monday. The m...(read more)

MLex Summary: China will extend the suspension of an additional 24 percent tariff on US imports for two months while retaining a 10 percent additional tariff, effective from 1:01pm on Tuesday, the Customs Tariff Commission...(read more)

MLex Summary: Digital businesses would face new rules on addictive design, dark patterns, influencer marketing and personalized pricing under a draft EU Digital Fairness Act. The proposal, scheduled for presentation on Wed...(read more)

Digital businesses would have to let consumers switch off features encouraging compulsive or excessive use and obtain their explicit agreement before free trials become paid subscriptions, under a leaked draft of the EU Di...(read more)

MLex Summary: Proposed changes to EU roaming rules could raise domestic mobile prices and weaken network investment, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications warned. Responding to the European Parliame...(read more)