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On 26 October 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") adopted Form PF, the form to be used by SEC-registered investment advisers to provide the new Financial Stability Oversight Council, the systemic risk oversight body created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with information necessary to help it monitor the systemic risk created by private funds, among other things.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on December 20, 2011 finalized two rules related to swap data reporting, recordkeeping and public dissemination under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act).

The past year has been eventful for online advertising regulation with important trends emerging that advertisers need to be on top of.

Welcome to the latest edition of our Ads & Brands Law Digest, covering legal and regulatory developments from the last few weeks relevant to advertising...

The UK plans to introduce a more comprehensive regime for the regulation of cryptoassets, which aims to assist businesses through the confidence brought by a wide-ranging licensing and conduct regime...

The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (the CPA) was enacted almost 35 years ago in order to implement EU law. The act introduced the concept of "strict liability" into the arena of product supply to certain users.

During the Covid-19 pandemic the Court embraced technology.

The legal relationship between business and the consumer will be fundamentally reshaped by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA), the key sections of which came into force on 1 October 2015.

The FCA has issued a consultation on proposed guidance setting out how relevant firms involved in crypto should apply the FCA's consumer duty, including most importantly the rules...

On 19 April 2023, the High Court of England and Wales handed down its long-awaited judgment in the battle between supermarket giants Lidl and Tesco.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) held an open meeting on December 5, 2011 to address a diverse set of regulatory initiatives under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act).

In April this year, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation proposing to streamline the framework for the regulation of Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) in the UK (the Consultation).

On 13 July 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) set aside the General Court's judgment of 2020 annulling the European Commission's (Commission) 2016 prohibition decision concerning...

Concurrency between regulators has exponentially increased over recent years. Often, regulators have complimentary aims and have found strength in numbers.

This paper looks at how AI and machine learning is currently regulated in the Financial Services sector.

The global consumer spending landscape is more complex than ever as we prepare to enter 2025. Businesses and consumers alike continue to grapple with the aftershocks of the past few years...

The Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken in response to it have revealed a number of fault lines in all areas of the law.

2025 has been a pivotal year for the UK's consumer protection regime. In April 2025 the new strengthened consumer protection regime created under the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024...