The CY 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center proposed rule is not just another routine annual rate update; it reflects CMS’s continuing effort to realign Medicare outpatient reimbursement and advance broader policy objectives through payment reform.

AI Appreciation Day is looking to recognize not only technological advancements that Generative AI has made, but also to discuss its future potential and legal implications.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a syndicate of international lenders and institutional investors on the US$465 million project financing of the floating storage and offloading unit FSO Chalchi.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Naftogaz of Ukraine on the restructuring of two series of Eurobonds totalling approximately €1.2 billion.

Dentons US is pleased to announce that Ben Jarrard, former Chief of Staff to Georgia Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte, has joined the Firm's Regulatory, Public Policy and Government Affairs practice as a Senior Policy Director in Atlanta.

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Compliance and Investigations practices in Belgium with the recruitment of partner Isabelle De Smedt. She joined the Brussels office on July 13, 2026.

United Kingdom: A long-running dispute involving football referees is a useful reminder that employment status remains highly fact-specific. For employers, the decision is a useful prompt to check whether their status assessments would still stand up after extra time.

Singapore: First published on IWIRC News, this article considers Singapore’s proposed adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments (MLRIJ). It examines what this development means for Singapore’s cross-border insolvency framework, and in particular whether the proposed adoption of the MLRIJ represents a new departure or the codification and strengthening of an approach already reflected in recent Singapore decisions.

United Kingdom: The UK has opted for a deliberately split approach to stablecoin regulation. Non-systemic UK-issued qualifying stablecoins (UKQS) sit within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regime, while systemic stablecoins move into joint regulation by the FCA and the Bank of England (the Bank) once HM Treasury recognises them as systemically important.

United Kingdom: On 30 June 2026, the FCA published the core policy statements and finalised guidance completing much of the UK’s new regulatory regime for cryptoassets.

United Kingdom: In what has now become a familiar approach from the FCA for firms, the FCA has published further good and poor practice findings under the Consumer Duty (the Duty) – this time focused on the products and services outcome. 

New Zealand: On 1 July 2026, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) became the sole supervisor of New Zealand’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. At the same time, the DIA issued a comprehensive guidance suite (Guidance Suite) setting out its expectation for compliance with AML/CFT obligations. Nearly all of the documents in the Guidance Suite are updated or refreshed guidance materials from prior to 1 July, when there were three AML/CFT supervisors. 

In Reference re iGaming Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a significant ruling on Ontario’s proposed model that would allow online players in the province to participate in peer‑to‑peer games with players located outside Canada.

On 4 May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released new guidance on age assurance for websites, online services and age assurance developers.

On July 6, 2026, SB 315, Illinois’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act was signed into law, establishing what Illinois describes as the nation’s strongest framework for artificial intelligence safety, transparency and accountability.

The Office of the Foreign Influence Commissioner of Canada (the Office) will open on August 4, 2026.

Loosely echoing this famous adage from the first scene of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, on July 13, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration issued a joint statement essentially instructing institutions under their supervision to give special attention to the immigration and work authorization status of applicants when making lending decisions.

On 19 June 2026, the Federal Court sentenced David Fairfull, the former CEO of Metigy, to an aggregate term of nine years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years and four months, after he pleaded guilty to making false or misleading statements to investors and dishonestly using his position as a director for personal gain.

South Korea: On July 2, 2026, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (“MOEL”) released a revised edition of the “Manual for the Prevention of and Response to Workplace Harassment,” three years after the previous version.

On July 13, 2026, the Department of War (DOW) announced the immediate suspension of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase II implementation while it conducts a 60-day review of the program. Contractors that anticipated imminent third-party assessment requirements will understandably view the announcement as welcome relief.