Shein pressured suppliers into anticompetitive agreements, Temu tells UK court
July 14, 2026
| Simon Zekaria
Shein put pressure on its suppliers to enter into anticompetitive agreements, rival Temu has told a UK competition court. Temu, which is seeking compensation from Shein for the alleged practices, made the comm... (more story)
Google antitrust remedy committee struggling to staff up, US judge says
July 14, 2026
| Chris May
Google and a US Department of Justice-led coalition on Tuesday confronted fresh issues that are delaying the work of a committee tasked with overseeing fixes to the company’s monopolistic conduct in search and... (more story)
Bayer asks US court to dismiss Latham's claims over seed market monopoly
July 14, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Bayer CropScience has asked a US federal court to dismiss Latham Quality's antitrust claims accusing it of unlawfully monopolizing the seed market on grounds that the complaint relies on impermissible group pl... (more story)
China's top court rejects 'normal profit' argument over illegal gains
July 14, 2026
| MLex Staff
China's top court has upheld antitrust penalties against a ready-mixed concrete producer, rejecting its argument that only so-called "excess profits" should be confiscated as illegal gains. The judgment also a... (more story)
Coupang wins stay against KFTC decision naming Bom Kim as controlling person
July 14, 2026
| Jenny Lee
Coupang has temporarily halted South Korea's antitrust regulator from enforcing its decision redesignating founder Bom Kim as the controlling person of the business group, after the Seoul High Court granted a ... (more story)
HP India fined $16.5m in government procurement cartels
July 14, 2026
| Freny Patel
HP India was fined 1.42 billion rupees ($16.5 million) after India's antitrust regulator found it masterminded bid-rigging cartels in government procurement, despite receiving a reduced penalty for reporting t... (more story)
Japanese refrigerator makers raided over suspected Seven-Eleven tender cartel
July 14, 2026
| Sachiko Sakamaki
Japan's three manufacturers of commercial refrigeration equipment — Fuji Electric, SDRS and Nakano Refrigerators — were subject to onsite inspections by the country's antitrust regulator on Tuesday over suspec... (more story)
Injunction against Nielsen over alleged tying upheld by US appeals court
July 13, 2026
| Clayton Vickers
The Nielsen Co. failed to get an injunction aimed at its allegedly unlawful tying arrangement in radio ratings data markets overturned as a US appeals court on Monday found sufficient evidence that Nielsen exp... (more story)