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Lenaerts set to be reappointed as judge for EU top court July 06, 2026 | Jean Comte

Koen Lenaerts, a judge at the EU higher-tier court and currently the president of the institution, is on track to be reappointed for another mandate, according to documents seen by MLex. EU member states are s... (more story)

Red Bull files appeal at top EU court over dawn raid costs July 06, 2026 | Andrew Boyce

Red Bull is turning to the EU’s highest court to seek hundreds of thousands of euros in compensation after the bloc’s antitrust regulator conducted dawn raids at its premises and then continued them remotely i... (more story)

China unveils draft e-commerce law revision with 5% turnover fines July 06, 2026 | MLex Staff

China has unveiled its first major draft revisions to its E-Commerce Law that would introduce turnover-based fines of up to 5 percent for particularly serious violations by online platforms, while expanding th... (more story)

Execs at South Korea’s major oil refiners indicted over alleged fuel-price cartel July 06, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s major oil refiners — HD Hyundai Oilbank, SK Energy, GS Caltex and S-Oil — and their executives face charges of raising fuel prices following the outbreak of the war in Iran, resulting in fuel-pri... (more story)

Coupang cases to proceed under unchanged KFTC approach amid US criticism July 06, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Coupang's antitrust cases in South Korea are set to move into the deliberation process in the coming weeks and months, with the Korea Fair Trade Commission showing no sign of altering its posture despite an in... (more story)

Big Tech's video alliance needs EU scrutiny, lawmaker Schwab says July 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The Alliance for Open Media, which is backed by the likes of Apple and Google, should face EU scrutiny under competition and tech gatekeeper rules, an influential lawmaker has urged. Andreas Schwab has written... (more story)

Malaysia lower house passes competition overhaul, defers merger control July 03, 2026 | James Konstantin Galvez

Malaysia's lower house has approved the first major overhaul of the country's competition framework, expanding the Malaysia Competition Commission's investigative and enforcement powers while deferring a long-... (more story)

Japan antitrust agency closes Broadcom software-licensing probe without action July 03, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

The Japanese antitrust agency said on Friday that it had closed its investigation into Broadcom after finding insufficient evidence of antitrust violations. The US chipmaker had been under investigation since ... (more story)

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EU's win against Google eases burden on antitrust investigators July 06, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

EU judges have done the bloc’s antitrust investigators a favor. In last week’s defeat for Google, the Court of Justice ruled that regulators don’t have to construct a detailed hypothetical alternative world — ... (more story)

Big win over Google steels EU enforcer and marginalizes key economic test July 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google’s eight-year battle against an EU fine of more than €4 billion ended on Thursday with a court defeat that the European Commission will celebrate for proving that its once-feared antitrust tools are stil... (more story)

US Supreme Court to review Apple injunction-compliance order in Epic Games case July 01, 2026 | Alex Wilts

The US Supreme Court is giving Apple, in its ongoing competition battle against Epic Games, a chance to undo a key finding: a lower court's ruling that the iPhone maker violated the “spirit” of a court order t... (more story)

Slaughter ruling, Ferguson move narrow US FTC, DOJ merger differences June 30, 2026 | Flavia Fortes

The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter is likely to be remembered for transforming the Federal Trade Commission's independence. But it also underscores a quieter shift in US merger enforcement: ... (more story)

US Fed’s independence hangs by thread after Trump move to oust Cook June 30, 2026 | Neil Roland

President Trump’s unsuccessful attempt to oust US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hinged on one conservative justice’s ballot in the 5-4 vote Monday. That leaves either of the two conservatives who sided wi... (more story)

Litigation funding faces first review at EU’s top court June 30, 2026 | Jean Comte

Litigation funders will see judges at the EU's highest court get their first taste of the burgeoning industry in a case over whether antitrust class actions backed by investment funds infringe the bloc's rules... (more story)

US high court ruling on FTC's Slaughter could seal firing of copyright chief Perlmutter June 29, 2026 | Nick Robertson

A US Supreme Court decision Monday allowing the president to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission for any reason could hurt Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter’s legal arguments to keep her own job... (more story)

Japan's IP strategy follows the money June 29, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

From antitrust guidance to AI and seed-law reform, Japan's latest IP moves aim to prevent value leaks before ordinary enforcement begin.