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UFC escapes sanctions for now over alleged US discovery violations July 03, 2026 | Alex Wilts

A Nevada federal judge said Thursday that he would decline, for now, to sanction Ultimate Fighting Championship over alleged discovery violations, while allowing mixed martial arts fighters to renew their request later.

99Food dominance probe returns to CADE Tribunal July 02, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

CADE’s interim president formally requested a review of the decision by the agency's Superintendence to close an investigation into allegations that 99Food improperly imposed exclusivity clauses on restaurants... (more story)

US DOJ can't get Visa materials from debit antitrust class action, judge says July 02, 2026 | Chris May

Visa won’t be compelled to hand over transcripts of sworn testimony in long-running class action antitrust litigation sought by the US Department of Justice in separate monopolization litigation, a New York fe... (more story)

UK water companies may face revival of mass competition claim over pollution July 02, 2026 | Simon Zekaria

Water companies are facing a possible revival of a UK competition-law mass claim against them over sewage discharges after a class action representative won the right from the top court to challenge a block on... (more story)

Deal values up, second requests down in fiscal year 2025, HSR report says July 02, 2026 | Wesley Brown

The percentage of transactions greater than $1 billion continued to rise as second requests dropped, according to an annual Hart-Scott-Rodino report by the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Com... (more story)

Google ordered to pay €126m in damages to Dailymotion, French press publishers July 02, 2026 | Jean Comte

Google was ordered by a French court to pay a total of €126 million in antitrust damages to Le Figaro, Les Echo-Le Parisien, Prisma Media and Dailymotion, according to rulings issued on Monday and seen by MLex... (more story)

SolidWorks software supply draws UK antitrust probe July 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Dassault Systemes, Solid Solutions Management and Visiativ Solutions are the target of a new UK antitrust investigation over the supply of SolidWorks software — a kind of modelling software used in design.

Google loses appeal against €4bn EU fine for Android antitrust abuse (*updates) July 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google has failed to persuade the EU Court of Justice to overturn a 2018 antitrust decision that imposed a record fine of €4.3 billion. Judges dismissed the appeal "brought by Google and Alphabet against that ... (more story)

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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.

Barreto leaves CADE with pending Big Tech probes after expanding digital enforcement June 26, 2026 | Maria Júlia Baumert

Alexandre Barreto de Souza is leaving Brazil’s competition agency with a pipeline of high‑stakes Big Tech investigations still pending. During his tenure, the agency stepped up scrutiny of digital platforms, h... (more story)