The UK's Information Commissioner (the "ICO") has recently sent warnings to the UK's most visited websites to inform them that they may face enforcement action if they do not make changes...

On 18 March 2024, the National Association of Private Fund Managers, Alternative Investment Management Association, Limited and Managed Funds Association...

On 14 January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against three investment adviser representatives for acting as unregistered brokers...

In November 2022, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler stated that the SEC was only just getting started in its efforts to ensure firms were properly retaining...

On 30 March 2026, Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule, in response to President Trump’s August 2025 executive order, that seeks to clarify DOL’s position on fiduciary duties in connection with the selection of investment options...

In July, two federal district courts in Texas stayed the effective date (slated for 23 September) of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) amended fiduciary rule that would define when a financial...

The election of President Donald Trump and Republican-held majorities in the House and Senate have far reaching effects on every aspect of the energy industry.

On 15 January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will revoke the color additive authorization for use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food (including dietary supplements) and ingestible drugs.

Recent federal court decisions have established important precedents for insurance coverage in sex trafficking cases, particularly those involving hotel operators sued...

Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment, Nick Brown, discusses his transition from private practice to the business side of sports, sharing insights on overseeing operations for an ownership group with franchises spanning multiple professional leagues. The conversation explores the skills that shaped his career, the unique challenges of working in a multi-team sports organization, and the evolving legal and business landscape of professional sports.

Following a number of eyebrow-raising settlements with broker-dealers and dual registrants and a standalone investment adviser, on 14 August 2024 the SEC settled charges against 26 broker-dealers...

On 29 July 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of a multi-crypto asset exchange-traded product (ETP), under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201-E.

On 15 May 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets (Division) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) clarifying how certain broker-dealer and transfer agency rules relate to crypto asset activities.

China's securities regulator has signaled continued capital market opening through measures including RMB foreign exchange trading pilots, QFI participation in treasury bond futures, and expanded support for foreign financial institutions. Yet this expansion operates within a dynamic framework where openness remains bounded by security considerations, with boundaries adjusting as market sophistication and financial infrastructure strengthen.

China's stock exchanges have implemented three major trading rule changes effective July 6, 2026, designed to enhance market quality and align practices with international standards. The reforms expand after-hours trading, modify public fund pricing mechanisms, and adjust price limits for risk-warning stocks. How will these structural changes impact institutional investors, ETF efficiency, and overall market participation in China's evolving capital markets?

The European Data Protection Board has asked the European Commission to evaluate how a recent US Supreme Court ruling on presidential authority to dismiss FTC commissioners may affect the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The decision raises questions about the independence of the Federal Trade Commission, a key pillar underpinning the European Commission's adequacy determination that allows personal data transfers between the EU and participating US organisations.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched an aggressive campaign to assert exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, where event contracts are traded.

The SEC has proposed rescinding its 2010 pay-to-play rule that restricted political contributions by investment advisers and their employees to government officials. After nearly sixteen years of enforcement, the Commission now characterizes the rule as having "significant unintended consequences" with draconian penalties for minor violations, proposing instead to rely on existing antifraud provisions to address pay-to-play practices.

The Federal Circuit's decision in NCS Multistage Inc. v. Nine Energy Service, Inc. establishes that a patentee's prior commercial sale does not automatically qualify as a public disclosure under the AIA safe harbor provision. The court clarified that the critical question is whether the inventor's actions made the subject matter of the invention available to the public, not merely whether a commercial transaction occurred.

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has issued an urgent warning that AI is fundamentally transforming the cyber threat landscape, with increasingly capable models enabling both rapid vulnerability detection and exploitation by malicious actors. Business leaders are being called upon to treat cyber resilience as a core strategic priority, with recommendations spanning attack surface reduction, accelerated patching, legacy system remediation, strengthened access controls, and incident preparedness. With the