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China plans 7 trillion yuan infrastructure push to support AI economy
China plans to invest more than 7 trillion yuan ($1 trillion) this year in infrastructure and public-service facilities, including artificial intelligence-related c... (more story)
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South Korean auditor questions KFTC's cartel leniency, fine calculations, case handling
South Korea’s competition regulator was faulted by the country’s audit watchdog over some core parts of its enforcement work, with auditors flagging loopholes in ca... (more story)
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Philippine digital platform study urges privacy integration into competition law
A market study by the Philippine Competition Commission recommends integrating data privacy considerations into the Philippine Competition Act and strengthening coo... (more story)
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Rebids made by electricity generators Stanwell and CS Energy were rational responses to changing price forecasts, not “deliberate” attempts to inflate wholesale electricity prices as alleged by farming busines... (more story)
Companies operating in South Korea could soon face significantly higher antitrust penalties under a proposed overhaul of the country’s fine framework, as authorities move to ensure that violations of competiti... (more story)
SeatGeek's top executive told a New York jury on Friday that the company has had to offer expensive retaliation insurance to US arenas as a last resort to get the venues to switch over from Ticketmaster and to... (more story)
Apple told a UK judge Friday that part of a mass damages suit alleging consumer overcharge from its iCloud service should be struck out because it targets those who used the cloud computing service but didn’t ... (more story)
Automotive components makers Rombat and Elettra, as well as industry association Eurobat, have challenged an EU antitrust fine before the bloc’s judges over their alleged role in a cartel, according to court f... (more story)
Meta Platforms’ plan to introduce fees for AI chatbots temporarily re-admitted onto its WhatsApp messaging service has drawn strong criticism from AI rivals. This week it suspended a ban on carrying rival agen... (more story)
Ctrip will remove its automated hotel-pricing tool from March 10, a move the company said makes it the first domestic online hotel-booking agency to scrap such functionality, amid growing regulatory scrutiny o... (more story)
Farming business Stillwater Pastoral cannot succeed on its antitrust appeal because it has failed to establish that either Stanwell Corporation or CS Energy held a substantial degree of market power in the Que... (more story)
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President Lee Jae Myung’s aggressive rhetoric on collusion and pricing can be read as a politically understandable push to restore market order and relieve pressure on households. But for the Korea Fair Trade ... (more story)
The US Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in a price-fixing case over Circana’s PotatoTrack product, maintaining a focus on anticompetitive information sharing and further clarifying the condi... (more story)
The US Department of Justice and US Federal Trade Commission’s joint inquiry over potential reissuance of guidance on collaboration between competitors is a green light for heavy lobbying from the antitrust ba... (more story)
US policymakers have shown an increased interest in standard-essential patents (SEPs) in recent months, as stakeholders tell MLex that 2026 will be critical for both patent owners and standard implementers. Wi... (more story)
Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act was meant to be a tougher answer to years of frustration with Apple and Google’s grip over the country’s $16.5 billion app market. But the first compliance reports under... (more story)
Germany’s top court backed VoiceAge in its standard essential patent dispute with HMD, ruling that companies must provide prompt financial security to rely on EU antitrust defenses. Judges rejected a rigid rea... (more story)
Uncertainty has arisen after Councilor Victor Oliveira Fernandes left the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) three months before concluding his term, and more resignations by top officials are ... (more story)
The first legislation to emerge from the California Law Revision Commission’s review of state competition laws would broaden California’s primary antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, to cover anticompetitive... (more story)