MLex Summary: Tyson Foods’ $47 million settlement with commercial and institutional indirect purchasers over US price-fixing allegations related to beef has been granted final approval by a federal judge.

An antitrust investigation into a farm plastics recycling scheme in Ireland forced the operator to make changes aimed at boosting competition and altering the way costs are passed on, the European Commission r... (more story)

The EU’s highest court will decide whether class actions backed by certain kinds of litigation financing risk undermining the effectiveness of the bloc’s antitrust laws. In a new case stemming from Portugal, t... (more story)

The UK's intellectual property authority appears still to be hoping for lawmakers to be able to consider a proposal for it to gain new powers to seize goods and monitor financial accounts before lawmakers brea... (more story)

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s PCT Informed Examination Request (PIER) pilot program takes a unique approach to reducing pendency in international patent applications that reach the national stage in the... (more story)

Vietnam’s government is launching a nationwide campaign to crack down on intellectual property infringements, just days after the Office of the US Trade Representative placed the country in the most severe cla... (more story)

US Customs and Border Protection announced an antidumping duty evasion investigation and interim measures for multiple importers and two electric golf cart manufacturers under the Enforce and Protect Act.

Targeted EU deals on clean trade and investment should be made binding to strengthen ties with trade partners and ensure scrutiny by lawmakers and NGOs, former WTO chief Pascal Lamy has told EU lawmakers. Some... (more story)

The European Commission will reflect on whether its current trade defense measures are sufficient to address the imbalance of Chinese industrial production, outgoing director general of the commission’s trade ... (more story)

Aylo will again allow unregistered UK users to access its adult-content platform Pornhub if they verify their age through Apple’s device-level checks, partially reversing restrictions introduced earlier this y... (more story)

MLex Summary: Europe’s mobile operators will need to invest about €475 billion over the next decade to bring the region’s networks up to the standards of global 5G leaders, but market conditions are likely to ... (more story)

MLex Summary: South Korea aims to expand pilot programs applying post-quantum cryptography, or PQC, across key infrastructure in 2026, including telecommunications, finance, transportation, defense and space, ... (more story)