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The Crime and Policing Act 2026 fundamentally transforms UK corporate criminal liability by making organisations automatically liable for any criminal offence committed by senior managers acting within their authority, with no defence for having prevention procedures in place. This sweeping reform extends far beyond economic crime to encompass the entire spectrum of UK criminal law, from data protection and health and safety to environmental violations and modern slavery. How should organisations with senio

This newsletter presents four court decisions handed down in recent months.

In 2025, private equity firms are increasingly turning to dividend recapitalizations to return capital to investors amid a sluggish exit environment.

Plaintiffs in data privacy cases have pursued a variety of theories from negligence to breach of contract, and even Constitutional claims, only to come up empty-handed because they suffered no actual injury.

The question arises in an MDL, In re Kia Hyundai Vehicle Theft Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation (C.D. Cal. MDL No. 3052). In that MDL, product liability claims stemming from car thefts...

On September 2, 2025, the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the staff of the Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a joint statement.

DAMITT, the Dechert Antitrust Merger Investigation Timing Tracker, is the leading source of analysis for significant U.S. and EU antitrust merger investigation and litigation trends.

The commencement order giving effect to the provisions of the Irish Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (the "Act") which provides for the efficient re-domiciling of offshore fund companies to Ireland has been signed.

The UK Supreme Court has delivered its judgment in HMRC v Bluecrest Capital Management (UK) LLP, addressing critical questions about when LLP members should be treated as self-employed versus employees for tax purposes. The ruling clarifies the interpretation of "disguised salary" and "significant influence" tests, establishing that influence must derive from legally enforceable rights rather than informal commercial importance.

Over the past year, we have reported on the growing number of federal court decisions shifting eDiscovery costs to the losing party by taxation under Federal Rule 54(d).

The SEC has approved Nasdaq's proposal to permit trading of securities in tokenized form, marking a significant development in the modernization of U.S. market infrastructure through blockchain technology.

We reported last year that the rise in multi-jurisdictional criminal and regulatory investigations over the past few years has led to improvements in cross-border cooperation between enforcement authorities in corporate investigations, ...

English courts have reaffirmed that witness coaching is prohibited regardless of method, including through AI chatbots. A recent criminal case examined whether AI-generated documents that rehearsed cross-examination answers constituted impermissible coaching, ultimately finding that while such use violates established principles, procedural safeguards may prevent proceedings from being stayed. The decision raises critical questions about how AI tools intersect with longstanding rules protecting witness test

On January 15, 2026, the SEC staff published new FAQs addressing two common challenges that investment advisers face when complying with the Marketing Rule.

The Staff noted that Covered Stablecoins are marketed solely for use in commerce, emphasizing their stability, reliability and accessibility for making payments, transmitting money and storing value. The Staff identified five key marketing factors that indicate that Covered Stablecoins are not offered or sold as securities:

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets ("PWG") on October 21, 2010 released its long-awaited report on "Money Market Fund Reform Options" (the "Report").

English Court documents are soon to become more readily available to non-parties, with sweeping changes proposed under a pilot scheme published on October 20, 2025.