Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

MLex Summary: France's "highly concentrated" film and audiovisual talent agency sector should introduce various measure to improve competition, including updating the cap on agents’ pay and facilitating direct... (more story)

MLex Summary: US Anesthesia Partners and Texas AP must face some US claims in an antitrust case accusing them of illegally monopolizing anesthesia services in Texas, a federal judge ruled. US District Judge Al... (more story)

MLex Summary: Brazil’s competition authority is set to rule on Oct. 7 on whether to approve American Airlines’ $100 million investment in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras following an appeal by Abra Group. Membe... (more story)

CEN and CENELEC, two of Europe’s main standards bodies, have warned that the EU’s planned overhaul risks undermining the system’s independence and causing fragmentation. The proposal would increase the Europea... (more story)

This week, the UPC Court of Appeal restored Nvidia’s and Keysight Technologies’ rights to appeal decisions, leaving their conditional patent-revocation counterclaims undecided after findings of noninfringement... (more story)

Europe needs trusted methods for valuing intellectual property to encourage banks to lend against companies’ IP assets, EUIPO chief João Negrão said. The agency is preparing an IP-backed finance framework as B... (more story)

The EU's plans to steer companies away from dominant suppliers are raising the stakes for trade talks with China. A new tool to diversify supply chains — expected by December — could give Brussels more leverag... (more story)

France is seeking allies among EU governments to shape the European Commission’s planned diversification instrument, expected in December, calling for powers to impose tariffs and restrictions on goods and ser... (more story)

India’s investment reforms have failed to dispel US concerns over discriminatory rules, unpredictable regulation, aggressive enforcement, data localization, weak intellectual-property protection and slow legal... (more story)

MLex Summary: ChatGPT data may be accessed by regulators and vetted researchers to monitor compliance with the Digital Services Act and to understand systemic risks in the EU, the EU’s digital chief said on Th... (more story)

MLex Summary: Bulgaria has been told to comply with the EU's digital services law and empower its national authorities to enforce it within two months or face a possible formal warning that it is violating the... (more story)

An EU proposal for US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft to use “voluntary conciliation” in disputes over telecom network fees is unlikely to be used in practice, a key EU lawmaker said ... (more story)