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China seeks to curb 'disorderly' pricing with tiered approach, cost guidance
China’s top economic planning and market regulators have unveiled a tiered enforcement framework targeting “disorderly” price competition, while encouraging industr... (more story)
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Japan's new mobile competition law gets muted response from domestic companies
As Japan’s competition regulator promotes a new smartphone law designed to open mobile ecosystems that have long been dominated by Apple and Google, domestic compan... (more story)
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Bondi dodges US senators' questions on HPE-Juniper, Amex-GBT settlements
US Attorney General Pam Bondi deflected questions from US senators about the Department of Justice's alleged lack of due process and her former chief of staff overr... (more story)
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The US Department of Justice is encouraging patent holders and users facing sham litigation to approach the agency as it looks to deepen its understanding of the area, according to Dina Kallay, one of the top ... (more story)
Companies looking to bring a successful antitrust claim under the rule of reason, including patent disputes, must allege harm to the competitive process — because antitrust laws aren’t an “over-the-counter col... (more story)
Congress lacks the authority to “insulate” officers of executive agencies such as the US Federal Trade Commission from being removed at will by the president, the Trump administration told the US Supreme Court... (more story)
European Commission guidance that carmakers can at times cooperate regarding intellectual property licenses without violating competition law was surprising, unusual and an unfortunate development as it appear... (more story)
A New York bill that would bar residential housing managers from using software to collude on rental prices was officially sent to the governor for approval this week. If enacted, landlords and software vendor... (more story)
Apple told a California federal judge on Friday there are “fundamental problems” with the plaintiffs’ pursuit, as an aftermarket case, of monopolization claims against mobile wallet Apple Pay.
Brazil’s competition regulator disclosed details of two investigations into alleged gun-jumping violations involving the soccer club associations Liga do Futebol Brasileiro (Libra) and Liga Forte União do Fute... (more story)
A federal judge denied the US Department of Justice’s motion to stay the court’s review of the UnitedHealth Group-Amedisys settlement while US President Donald Trump and the US Congress resolve a lapse in fede... (more story)
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As Japan’s competition regulator promotes a new smartphone law designed to open mobile ecosystems that have long been dominated by Apple and Google, domestic companies have so far been slow to explore the busi... (more story)
The Brazilian administration aimed to submit two regulatory bills, one focused on user safety in digital services and the other on promoting fair competition among tech players, but government officials chose ... (more story)
A US judge’s response to the Department of Justice’s sentencing proposal for a healthcare staffing executive convicted of wage-fixing and fraud could signal how harshly courts are willing to punish criminal an... (more story)
An antitrust bust-up looms for the world of rugby after its major governing bodies united in banning players from international games if they join the breakaway R360 competition. The standoff revisits a famili... (more story)
Carmakers and other IP-intensive industries are likely to welcome a planned revamp of the EU’s competition rules for technology transfer, that would make it easier for them to jointly negotiate with patent own... (more story)
Roxtec lost a court appeal in Italy this week against a sanction for a laundry list of antitrust misdemeanors, including sham litigation and denigration. Judges shed light on when criticizing a rival can breac... (more story)
When Qualcomm appears in a UK court next week for the trial of a mass claim over smartphone chip patent licensing and supply, it won't be a stranger to such litigation, which alleges dominance abuse and consum... (more story)
The fight against bid rigging targeting Australian government tenders appears to be on a roll. It’s not just because the competition regulator has managed to assert itself in a handful of key court cases; or t... (more story)