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Irish recovery program for farm plastics makes changes after EU antitrust scrutiny May 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

An antitrust investigation into a farm plastics recycling scheme in Ireland forced the operator to make changes aimed at boosting competition and altering the way costs are passed on, the European Commission r... (more story)

Litigation funding to get EU court review over impact on antitrust rules May 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The EU’s highest court will decide whether class actions backed by certain kinds of litigation financing risk undermining the effectiveness of the bloc’s antitrust laws. In a new case stemming from Portugal, t... (more story)

Apple loses bid to scrub out 'free storage' part of iCloud UK mass suit (update*) May 06, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Apple has failed to kill off part of a UK mass damages suit over iCloud that targets those who used the cloud computing service but didn’t pay anything for it. The tech company is being sued at the Competition... (more story)

Amazon's pricing practices facing EU scrutiny over gatekeeper-law compliance May 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The way Amazon manages prices across its internet platform is under scrutiny at the European Commission to ensure the company is complying with restrictions on digital gatekeepers. The regulator has sent infor... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa fail in bid to challenge UK card-fee litigation ruling May 06, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Mastercard and Visa have failed in their bid to challenge a trial ruling focused on whether inflated payment card fees were passed on from retailers to consumers. The payment-card giants are being sued by a th... (more story)

Ahlers loses EU court bid over antitrust fine calculation May 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Westfälisches Textilwerk Adolf Ahlers — the largest licensee of French fashion house Pierre Cardin — has failed to convince EU judges that antitrust investigators made mistakes when calculating a €3.5 million ... (more story)

Mastercard executive faces judge's questions on routing in Australian trial May 06, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

An Australian judge pressed a Mastercard executive on the need for minimum transaction volume clauses in agreements with retailers, as the competition regulator argued that such commitments were designed to li... (more story)

Mayfield triumphs in Australia's NSW Ports Crown immunity challenge May 06, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

Mayfield Development has won its challenge to derivative Crown immunity, with Australia’s top court ruling that national competition laws may apply to NSW Ports’ contracts with the New South Wales government. ... (more story)

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Google flags security, innovation risks in EU’s AI interoperability case May 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google is leaning heavily on the risks to security and privacy, as well as delays in the launch of new products, in its bid to push back against EU measures forcing open Android’s inner workings for other AI s... (more story)

Agri Stats, DOJ, US states in throes of settlement talks over information-sharing suit May 05, 2026 | Khushita Vasant and Alex Wilts

As Agri Stats and the government hold intensive talks to settle an information-sharing lawsuit ahead of a May 18 trial, the Department of Justice and six US states are aiming to secure remedies that would ban ... (more story)

How far can Australian court orders go in Apple-Epic antitrust case? May 05, 2026 | Sean Maguire and Saloni Sinha

Remedies hearings concluded Friday in Australia in the long-running antitrust dispute between Epic Games and Apple, raising questions whether the judge would open Apple’s “walled garden” worldwide. Whatever ha... (more story)

Chegg, Penske lean on Yelp case in bid to keep Google antitrust lawsuits alive May 04, 2026 | Alex Wilts

Online learning company Chegg and news publisher Penske Media are seeking to ensure their antitrust lawsuits don’t suffer the same fate as other publishers’ claims against Google, pointing to Yelp’s case in Ca... (more story)

Ticket buyers resist Live Nation arbitration push amid US DOJ settlement fallout April 29, 2026 | Alex Wilts and Samuel Rubenfeld

Consumers who bought event tickets on secondary platforms are fighting to keep their antitrust claims against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster in New York federal court, resisting the company’s push ... (more story)

Maryland law spotlights momentum — and limits — of US state surveillance pricing bans April 29, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Maryland has become the first state to restrict “surveillance pricing,” as lawmakers across the US seek to curb the use of personal data to tailor prices, though advocates warn many proposals include loopholes... (more story)

Antitrust attorneys opting for state AG work over FTC, DOJ, private bar April 24, 2026 | Curtis Eichelberger

Antitrust attorneys have been leaving the US Federal Trade Commission and US Department of Justice to take jobs with state attorneys general, lured by a jump in hiring, greater responsibility, more geographic ... (more story)

Tech groups warn against EU SEP customs enforcement, patent holders seek stronger rules April 23, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Tech companies asked the EU to exclude standard-essential patents from customs enforcement, warning that border measures are ill-suited to complex licensing disputes and could bypass EU rules on good-faith neg... (more story)