The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced two significant changes to 401(k) plan investments, signaling an increase in latitude for fiduciaries who wish to make available cryptocurrency investments in their plans…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking
On May 22 2025, the cybersecurity agencies from the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on ensuring that data used to train and use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has experienced a significant increase in internet usage among children, fueled by widespread access to smartphones, affordable data plans, and digital platforms. While this digital transformation…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Politicians’ and tech giants’ embrace of nuclear energy to power AI heightens the urgency to protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its Enforcement Guide, including its revised policy on when it will announce details of enforcement investigations. Following a consultation process that was subject to…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On June 3, 2025, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published the UK Stewardship Code 2026 (the “Code”), following the conclusion of its consultation on the proposed amendments to the UK Stewardship Code 2020. The revised…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On June 2, 2025, the Civil Justice Council (“Council”)—a public body that reviews and makes recommendations to the UK Government about the English civil justice system—published its much-anticipated report on litigation funding…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Law Practice Products & Services
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced updates to the requirements, directions and limitations applied to firms. This follows a review which identified that certain data was out of date, superseded by new content…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued written letters to several major social media and platform companies—including X, Meta, TikTok, Alphabet, Telegram, Snap, Amazon, Apple, Google and Reddit—urging…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/14 (CP) on stablecoin issuance and cryptoasset custody, accompanied by an updated webpage. This follows the FCA's discussion paper published in…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP25/15 on its proposed prudential regime for cryptoasset firms, also accompanied by an updated webpage. This is intended to be read together with CP25/14…
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/ Finance & Banking, Securities Law
UPC case law on the assessment of inventive step is still evolving. Most local division (LD) decisions have indicated a slightly diverging practice from the EPO’s problem-solution approach. However, more recently, others have…
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/ Intellectual Property
On May 29, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) issued a statement concluding that certain proof-of-stake blockchain “staking” activities do not involve the offer or sale of “securities”…
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/ Administrative Law, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
On May 23, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) issued a precedential opinion reversing a final written decision from the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) finding the challenged…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
On May 22, 2025, the Hellenic Parliament passed long-expected legislation to establish Greece’s first national mechanism for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) on grounds of national security and public order…
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/ International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
