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Japan's new competition chief Chatani aims to promote digital competition, SME protection May 22, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Eiji Chatani, the newly appointed Japanese competition chief, said today that he intends to continue his predecessor’s approach and pursue antitrust enforcement and advocacy in digital regulation. He also plan... (more story)

Calls to modify China's AUCL to better implement new private-sector law May 22, 2025 | MLex Staff

A Chinese cabinet advisor has called for targeted modifications to the ongoing revision of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law to better implement the country’s new Private Economy Promotion Law. Speaking to a med... (more story)

Kakao Mobility defeats self-preferencing allegations in appellate court ruling May 22, 2025 | Jenny Lee

The Seoul High Court today ruled in favor of ride-hailing giant Kakao Mobility, nullifying all penalties previously issued by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, including a 27.1 billion won ($19.6 million today)... (more story)

Music labels under fire for pricey minimum guarantees in China May 22, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Major music labels are facing allegations in China over their use of high minimum guarantees, a pricing model critics say unfairly draws on market dominance at the expense of streaming platforms, MLex has lear... (more story)

Instagram purchase a 'grand slam home run' by Meta, expert tells US trial May 22, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Instagram would not have been as successful as it is today had it not been acquired by Meta Platform in 2012, an economic expert for the tech giant testified today while arguing that the US Federal Trade Commi... (more story)

Irico damages hearing ends as judge considers expert models in CRT cartel case May 22, 2025 | Alex Wilts

A hearing for Irico Group’s fight over the damages it may owe for allegedly conspiring to fix prices of cathode-ray-tube, or CRT, products wrapped today in Oakland, Calif., as a US judge continued to weigh the... (more story)

US DOJ exploring quality of privacy protection as aspect of competition, official says May 22, 2025 | Mike Swift

As the US Department of Justice scrutinizes digital markets for antitrust problems, the agency is considering the quality of consumers’ privacy protections as one element of competition, a senior DOJ official ... (more story)

US judge grants Google judgment over ‘vague,’ ‘conclusory’ Rumble arguments May 21, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

A California* federal judge granted Google its request for summary judgment today over US antitrust claims by Rumble given the platform’s “vague and conclusory” arguments for its requested tolling of the statu... (more story)

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Hopes for UK mass claim targeting crypto exchanges on hold for appeal outcome May 21, 2025 | Simon Zekaria

A landmark UK antitrust collective claim against Binance and other cryptoasset exchanges, the first of its kind, saw the challenges it faces dramatically increase with a court ruling that pared back the claim ... (more story)

Why Vodafone's network trash talk may trigger Australian antitrust regulator May 20, 2025 | James Panichi

Vodafone Australia launched a broadside at industry leader Telstra this week, claiming that the company was overstating — by a factor of a million square kilometers — the reach of its mobile-phone network. The... (more story)

Will Microsoft’s Teams deal with EU enforcer cause it real pain? It’s complicated May 16, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Questions abound over Microsoft's draft settlement with the EU antitrust regulator today to close its probe into the US tech giant's rollout of its Teams collaboration software. First, will it do the job of ge... (more story)

Trump executive orders on competition put spotlight on federal regulations May 15, 2025 | Clayton Vickers

The US Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration are among the likely targets of a presidential directive mandating the evaluation of anticompetitive government regulation.

Australian minister says competition will play a part in boosting productivity May 15, 2025 | James Panichi

Andrew Leigh has been reappointed as Australia’s competition minister, with added responsibility for boosting the workforce’s weak productivity gains in recent years. In an interview with MLex, Leigh said stro... (more story)

US FTC's Meador advocates 'down the middle' antitrust enforcement May 14, 2025 | Ilana Kowarski

US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador described his competition law enforcement philosophy as “neutral and fair,” meaning neither hostile nor obsequious toward business. Meador promised to find a middle gr... (more story)

EU countries, lawmakers stack support behind SEP bill revival May 14, 2025 | Inbar Preiss

A growing bloc of EU member states is urging the European Commission to reverse its decision to withdraw a controversial SEP regulation. The proposal will now be discussed at the May 22 meeting of trade and ec... (more story)

Brazil's CADE sees victory in recent high-stakes court battles May 13, 2025 | Maria Júlia Baumert

The Brazilian competition authority is feeling confident in court battles initiated by companies challenging preventative measures imposed by the agency, MLex has learned. At the moment, the agency has at leas... (more story)