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

A bipartisan group in the US Congress has introduced legislation that aims to foster artificial intelligence (AI) innovation within the financial services industry by creating regulatory sandboxes.

On 23 January 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published its findings from a 2022 targeted exam sweep...

In a critical new decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has confirmed that the state's anti-wiretapping statute does not extend to website tracking technologies.

On 6 June 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) published a request for information on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector...

We saw last year how low hackers are willing to stoop to shame companies into paying ransoms, including leaking sensitive information aimed at embarrassing individuals affected by data breaches.

In order to discourage investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment companies from engaging in any "tricks," the SEC's Division of Examinations has published a treat, in the form of its 2025 Examination Priorities...

On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") proposed new rules ("Proposal") intended to address certain conflicts of interests associated with the use of "Covered Technology"...

This webinar explored the latest updates and developments surrounding sanctions and changes in the US Trade Representative (USTR) Section 301 fees...oren

K&L Gates presents our fourth Modern Slavery Statement (Statement) made pursuant to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (the Act) in respect of K&L

Trustee-directed products largely encompass accumulation choice products with strategic asset allocations to more than one asset class.

You've reached the end of a long week, riddled with proselytising about the importance of being privacy aware and privacy prepared.

On 20 July, the European Commission announced political agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council on proposed amendments to the EU's Alternative Investment Fund Managers...

As anticipated in our earlier blog on ELTIF 2.0, Regulation (EU) 2023/606 amending the Regulation on European long-term investment funds (ELTIF Regulation) has been in force since 10 January 2024.

The UK's FCA has published consultation paper 24/7: Payment optionality for investment research. It proposes a new, more flexible, way to charge third-party investment research to clients.

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has released a voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings and data products providers (the Code), reflecting recommendations...

On May 21, the South Carolina Governor signed a Bill to enact the Earned Wage Access Services Act (the Act), joining Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and Wisconsin as the fifth state to codify earned...

In March 2024, the SEC adopted The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors final rule, which required companies to make disclosures regarding climate risks...

As previously alerted, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) voted 3-2 this past April to publish and issue a final rule that (1) bans for-profit employers...

Effective 1 January 2026, Illinois House Bill 3773 (HB 3773) amends the Illinois Human Rights Act, (IHRA) to expressly prohibit employers from using artificial intelligence (AI)...