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ESG in 2025: A Midyear Review

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/26/2025

In this article, we reflect on key trends in ESG over the first half of 2025 and look ahead at what to watch in the second half of 2025. We analyse developments, including the following major themes: - EU Omnibus Proposals...more

The Learned Concierge - May 2025, Vol. 19

Clark Hill PLC on 5/7/2025

Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Alcohol Law - New Colorado Law Limits Grocery Stores’ Ability to Sell Hard Alcohol - Michael...more

CS3D - Ten questions on the Omnibus

A&O Shearman on 3/31/2025

The European Commission’s Omnibus package, published on February 26, 2025 (the Omnibus Package or the Package), proposes to simplify the EU’s sustainability laws. At the same time, it has generated significant uncertainty for...more

The European Commission tackles shortages of critical medicines through the Critical Medicines Act

Hogan Lovells on 3/27/2025

On Tuesday 11 March 2025, the European Commission published a legislative proposal for a Critical Medicines Act. The objective of this Act is to ensure stable supply and continuous availability of critical medicinal products,...more

The Informed Board - Winter 2025

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/20/2025

Boards face a multitude of challenges, and opportunities, with the change in administrations. As we describe in the latest issue of The Informed Board, the new administration is forcing companies to reexamine their approaches...more

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Sustainability Investments & Headwinds

J.S. Held on 1/23/2025

Sustainability continues to be a hot issue around the world. While many jurisdictions are creating additional frameworks in support of greater consideration of sustainability, others, most notably the US, are either dragging...more

Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook 2025: Cayman Islands

Conyers on 1/22/2025

2024 was once again an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. In this edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook, our team has summarised the key changes and news during 2024 and taken a look at the...more

Privacy Law Recap 2024: State Consumer Privacy Laws

Perkins Coie on 12/18/2024

U.S. privacy law continued to expand in 2024, both geographically and substantively. We now have 19 states with comprehensive consumer privacy laws (some of which are already in effect, while others become effective in...more

A Review of the UK and EU Approaches to Third Country Branches and Subsidiarisation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/11/2024

Financial centres around the world have been hosts to branches and representative offices of international banks since as early as the 19th century. The term “branch” refers to a local establishment of a foreign financial...more

UK AI: existing regulators take the lead

A&O Shearman on 11/22/2024

As further initiatives come in to play and legislation is on the horizon, existing regulators (such as the ICO, CMA, Ofcom and FCA) continue to press on with their approach to AI regulation, including through the Digital...more

Post-Election Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Developments to Watch

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 11/11/2024

What should privacy and cybersecurity practitioners and specialists consider after the 2025 inauguration? There are a few notable issues that may shape how businesses think about their privacy and cybersecurity programs: ...more

[Webinar] AI Talks: AI + Regulatory - November 13th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

Cooley LLP on 11/5/2024

This session of Cooley’s AI Talks will cover ways to navigate the US, European Union, and UK regulatory and legislative risks of AI, including strategies for engaging with policymaking bodies and analyzing the business...more

New Pharmaceutical Industry Standards Apply to the Promotion of Medicines in the United Kingdom: ABPI Code 2024 and the PMCPA...

McDermott Will & Schulte on 10/25/2024

Pharmaceutical companies promoting prescription-only medicines to health professionals and other relevant decision makers in the UK must now adhere to revised industry standards that came into operation from 1 October 2024...more

Zooming in on AI - #7: AI under financial regulations in the U.S., EU and U.K. - a comparative assessment of the current state of...

A&O Shearman on 10/21/2024

This is the final note in a three-part series on the regulation of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Our first note, we provided a...more

Foreign Institutional Investors Await Italian Government Action on Corporate Governance Reforms

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 9/18/2024

On March 27, 2024, the Italian legislature enacted reforms to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and improve corporate governance following guidelines issued by former Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s...more

Just a few months left before DORA enforcement: Time to Take Action

A&O Shearman on 9/10/2024

The Digital Operational Resilience Act EU 2022/2554 (DORA) constitutes a groundbreaking EU regulation designed to establish a unified framework for bolstering cybersecurity and operational resilience within the financial...more

Amendments to Luxembourg laws to implement MiCAR and TFR: key takeaways and impact on VASPs

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2024

On 21 May 2024, a bill of law n° 8387 was introduced before the Luxembourg Parliament. Its objective is to amend several pieces of Luxembourg legislation to operationalise various European regulations, in particular...more

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Italy

White & Case LLP on 5/23/2024

Italy plays a prominent role in EU AI Act negotiations and engages in political discussions for future laws. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no specific laws,...more

States Begin To Regulate AI in Absence of Federal Legislation

Perkins Coie on 5/23/2024

The European Union seized the early global lead in regulating artificial intelligence (AI) by passing its AI Act on March 13, 2024, following a lengthy legislative process. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the U.S. Congress...more

EU Artificial Intelligence Act – Legislation Adopted by the European Council

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/23/2024

The long-awaited European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (the AI Act) is nearing implementation following its adoption by the European Council yesterday (21 May 2024). This signals the completion of the final major stage...more

Delaware Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/14/2024

In September 2023, Delaware became the seventh state in 2023 to enact comprehensive privacy law with the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), joining Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. The DPDPA will...more

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/10/2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

New Artificial Intelligence Laws Are Set in Motion This Year

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 1/8/2024

The past year will be regarded as a pivotal year for advances in artificial intelligence (AI). As the year comes to an end, lawmakers are hurrying to establish rules for the rapidly evolving technology, hoping to stimulate...more

Compromise reached on the Artificial Intelligence Act

A&O Shearman on 12/18/2023

The European Parliament (the Parliament) and the Council of the European Union (the Council) reached a compromise on the Artificial Intelligence Act (the AI Act) on 8 December 2023. Although the final text is not yet...more

World’s first Artificial Intelligence Regulations established – Council and Parliament reach historic accord on pioneering...

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/11/2023

The European Council and the European Parliament have achieved a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Act, establishing the world’s first set of rules for AI. The draft regulation aims to guarantee the...more

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