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US companies slam South Korea's regulatory environment in criticism to USTR March 24, 2025 | Wooyoung Lee

US tech companies are ramping up pressure on South Korea over what they describe as its  adverse regulatory environment, blatantly accusing the country’s antitrust regulator and lawmakers of unfairly targeting... (more story)

Chinese pharma price-fixing decision results in first individual penalty March 24, 2025 | Yonnex Li

A subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Pharmaceuticals and one of its business executives were fined by Shanghai's market regulator for colluding with two rivals in price-fixing and market division agreemen... (more story)

Japan's Nissei, Sumitomo Heavy subsidiary, ShinMaywa penalized for antitrust violations March 24, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan's three major manufacturers of mechanical parking systems, along with an agent, were fined a total of $3.5 million for antitrust violations. In addition, the companies and another manufacturer received c... (more story)

GMR prevails in antitrust complaints over Indian airport operations March 24, 2025 | Freny Patel

GMR Airports and related entities have been cleared of antitrust allegations concerning the operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport by the Indian watchdog. The allegations, brought by two gro... (more story)

A&T Europe cleared of anticompetitive conduct in Indian tender March 24, 2025 | Freny Patel

A&T Europe has been cleared of allegations concerning anticompetitive behavior in an Indian swimming pool tender. The Competition Commission of India found insufficient evidence to support claims that the Ital... (more story)

NHL urges judge to throw out case alleging antitrust conspiracy March 22, 2025 | Alex Wilts

The National Hockey League, or NHL, pushed back against allegations today that it was a “ringmaster” of an unlawful conspiracy that led to young hockey players being denied the freedom to choose where they played.

Any trial ‘hot-tubbing' needs careful management: UK power-cable cartel claimant March 21, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

The UK mass claimant targeting Nexans over the impact of a power-cable cartel on consumer electricity bills told a UK judge today that any joint trial expert witnesses "hot-tubbing," or giving evidence at the ... (more story)

Online advertising companies await moves from EU to address transparency March 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Online advertising companies, Big Tech platforms, and publishers are eager to see the next steps by the European Commission on how EU regulators should tackle online ads that spread illegal content. It’s still... (more story)

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Australia's Big Tech regulatory zeal gets mugged by new White House reality March 23, 2025 | James Panichi

Until recently, Australia’s strides towards regulating United States technology giants have been a source of national pride, suggesting that no matter how big the companies, in this jurisdiction they must play... (more story)

How Cambridge Analytica catalyzed privacy, antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no d... (more story)

EU swipe at Google Search broadens net over ‘distinct’ services March 21, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

After months of wrangling over Google’s travel and shopping results, the European Commission has reminded the company that the ban on self-preferencing in search ranking is absolute, covering many more service... (more story)

Democratic US FTC commissioners say firings undermine agency independence March 21, 2025 | Mike Swift

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)

CK Hutchison may face multiple hurdles in China over BlackRock port deal March 20, 2025 | MLex Staff

Hong Kong's CK Hutchison may encounter a complex web of regulatory challenges in China as it seeks to divest port assets in a high-profile deal to a consortium spearheaded by BlackRock. The deal, which is sign... (more story)

US FTC commissioner firings threaten 'brand' before key constituency: judges March 20, 2025 | Mike Swift

The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important. A group of former FTC commissioners and agency officials who spoke to MLex about the unprecedented fir... (more story)

Trump firings at US FTC clear path for enforcement docket shake-up March 19, 2025 | Madeline Hughes, Chris May, Curtis Eichelberger and Flavia Fortes

While the chair of the US Federal Trade Commission has always had broad discretion to open and close cases, there were internal checks and balances within the independent agency to keep tabs on the cases and f... (more story)

Removal of US FTC commissioners stirs court fight on presidential power March 19, 2025 | Claude R. Marx and Dwight A. Weingarten

US President Donald Trump’s firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commission members Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter is setting up a likely Supreme Court fight that could dramatically reshape the executive branch.