On June 18, 2025, 24 prominent consumer, public health, and food allergy groups called on the Trump Administration to enforce stronger federal alcohol labeling policies, including moving forward with a cancer warning as…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
In the first half of 2025, competition authorities across Europe have continued to vigorously use their intrusive dawn raid powers in diverse economic sectors. These operations require diligent and thorough preparation as well…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
On 2 June 2025, the UK Civil Justice Council ("CJC") published its long-awaited Final Report on the regulation and future of litigation funding in England and Wales (the "Report"). The Report makes 58 recommendations, which…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Insurance
As many involved in Asian infrastructure today will testify, Asia’s digital transformation is fueling an unprecedented demand for data centers.
The growth projections are impressive – the numbers, in dollars and megawatts,…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
A recently filed class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington underscores growing legal risks for retailers and distributors of rice products in the United States. Plaintiffs in Wright et…
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/ Consumer Protection, Products Liability, Toxic Torts
OVERVIEW -
On 2 July 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a significant policy statement and consultation paper (CP25/18) addressing non-financial misconduct (NFM) in the financial services sector. It comes…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has issued a letter, dated 4 July 2025, to Chief Risk Officers of life insurers active in the bulk purchase annuity ("BPA") market. The letter focusses on the use of so-called…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Insurance
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has recently announced the launch of a new market study into the civil engineering sector, which will focus on the supply of roads and railways (excluding HS2). This fits neatly…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Construction Law, Government Contracting
INTRODUCTION - Over the past 50 years, the retirement landscape has steadily shifted from defined benefit (DB) pension plans to defined contribution (DC) plans. In fact, as of the fourth quarter of 2024, private sector DC plan…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On July 4, 2025, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) became law. The OBBBA makes significant changes to domestic and international tax provisions, including provisions addressing bonus depreciation, research and…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Taxation
A Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) divulgou, no dia 03 de julho de 2025, as Resoluções CVM n.º 231 e 232, instituindo o regime FÁCIL – Facilitação do Acesso a Capital e de Incentivos a Listagem. A iniciativa tem como…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
We detail below some recent developments which track the transformation of the UK's fraud prevention landscape and what this means for companies.
WHISTLEBLOWER INCENTIVISATION: A TRANSFORMATIVE TOOL…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On July 3, 2025, the House approved the Senate’s legislative text (the “Senate Legislative Version”) for the budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) without any changes. Thus, the final provisions…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Taxation
On May 27, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed SB-6, which introduces significant changes to the planning, interconnection, operation, and cost allocation of certain large electrical loads within the Electric Reliability…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
FCA finalises rules for PISCES – new secondary private stock market – On 10 June 2025, the FCA issued its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange ("PISCES"). PISCES is a new type of private stock…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
