Banning widespread and anticompetitive contracting practices by dominant US hospital systems could reduce prices and save approximately $45 billion a year in premium costs borne by workers, according to a memo... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US White House released a memorandum estimating the hospital price and health insurance premium reductions that might follow a nationwide ban on hospital systems' use of antisteering, antitie... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has passed the Protect College Sports Act by a 19-9 vote. “A lot of people in Washington — my Washington — and around the country ... (more story)

LinkConnect launched with a large telecom network patent portfolio, Everest Medicines struck a major drug licensing deal with Dimerix and Applied Atomics secured rights to commercialize BWXT's small modular re... (more story)

This week, the Unified Patent Court granted InterDigital an injunction against Disney's streaming services, and rejected a preliminary injunction application from Ericsson in its dispute with Asus. The court a... (more story)

Persan, an established Spanish manufacturer of hygiene products, has lost the UK design protection for its laundry detergent capsule after the UK Intellectual Property Office found that it had been preempted b... (more story)

MLex Summary: The US International Trade Commission preliminarily determined that allegedly dumped and subsidized imports of rubber accelerant N-cyclohexylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide (CBS) materially injure US industry.

The US Commerce Department was correct to determine that Turkish exporter Assan was not eligible for duty drawbacks for the dumping order on Turkish common alloy aluminum sheet, the US Court of International Trade ruled.

The US Commerce Department must explain why it selected Turkey as a surrogate country in an antidumping case concerning melamine from Qatar, the Court of International Trade ruled this week. 

MLex Summary: Florida's motion for summary judgment against a US court challenge to a state social media law has been denied. US District Judge Robert L. Hinkle said that the governor’s signing statement and n... (more story)

Meta Platforms urged a state court in Los Angeles to not require CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri to testify in upcoming trials involving allegations that Meta’s social media apps contribute... (more story)

MLex Summary: Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr told a US appeals court that a decision in favor of Texas’ online age verification law supports overturning an injunction against a similar Georgia law. ... (more story)