On 1 September 2025, the new UK corporate offence of “failure to prevent fraud” will come into force, as introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the “Act”)…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law
On June 25, 2025, the SEC’s Office of the Investor Advocate (OIAD) released its annual report to Congress on its policy priorities for fiscal year 2026. The office was established by Congress to focus on retail investor issues…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
On 23 June 2025, the Council of the European Union (“Council”) endorsed its negotiating mandate on the European Commission’s Omnibus I proposal, which aims to streamline the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ((EU)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Environmental Law
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has been active in the context of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (“CFIUS”) and the Outbound Investment Security Program (“OISP”). The main updates…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 12, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew fourteen outstanding rule proposals issued by the prior administration. Although most observers doubted that the current Commission would adopt…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On June 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted to extend the compliance date for the most recently adopted amendments to Form PF by approximately four months, to October 1, 2025…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On 5 June 2025, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA“) has published a statement (“Statement“) setting out its current thinking on the possible implementation of a redress scheme for motor finance customers…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On 3 June 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”) published its new UK Stewardship Code 2026 (the “Code”). The voluntary Code applies to asset managers, asset owners and services providers with the aim of providing greater…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
Sustainability reporting is evolving fast. As global momentum builds around the endorsement and adoption of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards in key jurisdictions, businesses must act now to stay…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
On 15 April 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) released new simplification measures relating to the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”) with the promise of ensuring a “simple, fair and cost-efficient…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
On 2 May 2025, the European Commission launched its ‘Call for Evidence’ on the review of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
The European Commission aims to review the SFDR to simplify the framework,…
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/ Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
European regulators have taken different routes as to how they plan to enforce the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (“ESMA”) guidelines (the “Guidelines”) with respect to the use of sustainability‑related terms in…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On 25 April 2025, the sustainability reporting board (“SRB”) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”), agreed the internal timeline for delivering advice to the European Commission on the simplification of…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
On 15 April 2025, the sustainability reporting board (“SRB”) of the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”) failed to agree to an internal timeline for delivering advice to the European Commission on the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Environmental Law
Positive Development for Investors from Allied Nations -
In a further solidification of the Administration’s efforts to isolate identified adversaries and strengthen U.S. leadership key strategic technologies, the…
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