Saras and Tamoil to appeal Italian court rulings in biofuel cartel
May 22, 2026
| Anna Ferrari
Oil companies Saras and Tamoil will appeal to Italy’s highest administrative court against lower-court rulings largely upholding antitrust fines against the companies for taking part in a biofuel cartel, MLex ... (more story)
Mastercard Australian antitrust trial hears economists clash on market definition
May 22, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
Economists for Mastercard and Australia’s competition regulator clashed in court Friday over how to define markets in modern payments systems, as an antitrust trial over alleged misuse of market power continue... (more story)
Apple, Google Australia class action expansion delayed over potential appeals
May 22, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
An Australian judge has ordered the delay of any expansion of the Australian class actions against Apple and Google over app-store commissions, putting the proposed new claims and group members on hold while a... (more story)
Indonesia antitrust regulator defends online lending cartel ruling against appeals
May 22, 2026
| Roffie Kuniawan
Indonesia’s competition regulator has urged a Jakarta court to reject appeals filed by 87 online lenders against its record interest-rate cartel ruling. The regulator argued that the lenders cannot rely on all... (more story)
China's top court rejects double-punishment claim over concrete-cartel fine
May 22, 2026
| MLex Staff
China’s Supreme People’s Court upheld an antitrust fine against a Hangzhou concrete producer, rejecting the company’s argument that earlier criminal penalties in a related forced-transaction barred separate ad... (more story)
Evergreen challenges South Korea's cartel claims as court seeks company-specific proof
May 22, 2026
| Jenny Lee
Evergreen Marine challenged South Korea’s antitrust regulator at a remand hearing on Thursday to show concrete evidence that the carrier itself joined a long-running shipping cartel, as appellate judges repeat... (more story)
Ticketmaster must be divested to remedy monopoly, states tell US court
May 22, 2026
| Khushita Vasant
Live Nation should be ordered to divest its wholly owned subsidiary Ticketmaster so that competition can be restored for primary ticketing contracts with major concert venues, 33 states and the District of Col... (more story)
Apple seeks US Supreme Court review of Epic Games injunction fight
May 21, 2026
| Alex Wilts
Apple is urging the US Supreme Court to review its dispute with Epic Games, saying the case raises important questions about civil contempt standards and courts’ power to issue universal injunctions, according... (more story)