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Meta’s chatbot revenue in Brazil tops CADE fine in WhatsApp API dispute June 16, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Meta may be generating enough revenue from chatbot pricing on WhatsApp in Brazil to offset potential fines imposed by the country’s competition authority, according to a report by the country’s competition aut... (more story)

Deutsche Bank chats ‘difficult to argue away,’ US judge says in UK bond antitrust suit June 16, 2026 | Chris May

Deutsche Bank struggled to convince a New York federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss antitrust litigation over UK government bonds despite the existence of chats between competing financial sector employees disc... (more story)

Public interest in competition a 'danger,' Germany's Mundt says June 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts, Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst

Taking public interest arguments into account in competition assessments represents a "huge danger," according to Germany's top antitrust enforcer. But the head of the Dutch competition authority disagreed, sa... (more story)

Interplay of EU merger rules, French law poses challenges, watchdog chief says June 16, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Assessing the potential benefits of a merger poses particular problems in France where the government will still have the power to overrule deals on public interest grounds after revised EU guidelines are in p... (more story)

Mastercard, Visa face UK lawsuits from Herbalife's Czech operations June 16, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Mastercard and Visa face lawsuits from nutrition products retailer Herbalife's Czech operations filed at the High Court in London. The two payment card giants have been subject to a raft of competition lawsuit... (more story)

Strong competition enforcement needed for energy transition, EU's Gauer says June 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Active competition enforcers are crucial to ensuring the benefits of the clean energy transition flow to the right parts of society and the economy, according to the new head of the European Commission’s energ... (more story)

EU gives up fight over SAS, Air Canada interest payments June 16, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Anna Ferrari

The European Commission will not appeal a court ruling awarding millions of euros to SAS and Air Canada for unpaid interest on annulled cartel fines, MLex has learned. EU judges found that the regulator had br... (more story)

China's Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance form alliance to end platform wars June 16, 2026 | Yonnex Li

Alibaba, Tencent and nine other Chinese tech giants have signed a government-backed pact in Guangzhou to curb aggressive competition practices. The compliance alliance, formed three days before China's June 18... (more story)

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Procompetitive role of patents often overlooked, US antitrust, IP expert says June 16, 2026 | Melissa Ritti

A new report warns that the erosion of intellectual property rights could undermine one of the United States' key strengths — its ability to generate and commercialize new technologies — by making it harder fo... (more story)

Generic drugmakers' deals with US DOJ complicate Humana bellwether case June 15, 2026 | Chris May

As Humana moves toward the first trial in massive generic drug price-fixing litigation, deals between the US Department Justice and drugmakers to resolve criminal charges have raised questions about how limite... (more story)

Former US DOJ prosecutor warns of antitrust focus on AI collusion, whistleblowers June 12, 2026 | Khushita Vasant

Algorithmic collusion and anticompetitive conduct involving AI will be a key area of enforcement for the US Department of Justice over the next decade, and companies using these tools should be mindful of the ... (more story)

Innsworth ruling clarifies UK antitrust court control over claim funders’ returns June 12, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Decisions on how third-party litigation funding returns are treated in the UK's antitrust collective action regime are now squarely with judges at the specialist Competition Appeal Tribunal. The High Court bac... (more story)

US Third Circuit zeroes in on fair use, not copyrightability, in Ross appeal June 11, 2026 | Melissa Ritti and Emma Whitford

Judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit spent much of Thursday's oral argument probing whether Ross Intelligence built a market substitute for Westlaw and whether its use of Thomson Reuters’ co... (more story)

X petition could drive changes to 20-year US FTC consent orders June 11, 2026 | Mike Swift

Claiming that 15 years of "onerous regulatory oversight is enough," X has asked the US Federal Trade Commission to terminate by the end of this year the 20-year privacy consent order it agreed to in 2022, befo... (more story)

Trump faces regulatory squeeze from ranchers over beef imports June 10, 2026 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration is struggling to balance pressure from both ranchers and consumers as it seeks to increase beef imports to better manage a struggling market that is becoming a key issue ahead of the m... (more story)

European 'keyword-bidding' collusion probes rattled by watchdog's court defeat June 10, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

EU and Swiss probes into holiday travel operators over possible search-word collusion may appear trickier after a recent Swedish court ruling that appeared to raise the bar for finding such conduct illegal. Ju... (more story)