In May 2025, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ministry) announced Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025, with a view to standardizing municipal development processes, reducing red tape and removing barriers to building and construction.

Dentons has advised Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Plc, on the acquisition of Relobus Transport Polska (“Relobus”), one of the largest private providers of public bus transport services in Poland, from Mutares. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in Q2 2026.

The Texas Supreme Court’s overhaul of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166a–the rule governing summary judgment practice in Texas–went into effect.

The latest conflict in the Middle East raises a number of potential legal issues for the shipping community.

In parallel with shifting foreign policy objectives and geopolitical change, we are seeing a wave of regulatory action concerning sanctions across the United States, Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that Fredrik Lindblom has joined as a projects partner in its London office.

Fredrik joins from DLA Piper where he was Co-Head of Infrastructure, Construction & Transport Sector, Europe.

Fredrik has overseen complex, multi-jurisdictional and high value energy and infrastructure projects. He primarily focuses on private equity transactions, portfolio company investments, acquisitions, project finance and divestitures of energy assets and joint ventures.

Eight of Dentons Rodyk’s partners are featured in the Asia Business Law Journal A-List 2026 among Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers.

In a chapter for Lexology’s Panoramic Next: ESG Engagement & Litigation, Dina Awad and Kelly Osaka examine the rapidly evolving landscape of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) obligations in Canada.

In a recent decision captioned Tranter v. Z&D Tour, Inc., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has overturned the significant burdens imposed by the Pennsylvania lower courts on parties seeking to change venue of a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania.

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) have granted regulatory approval for Project Samara, an experimental research project evaluating the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the Canadian bond market.

Dentons announces today that Linda Warnke has joined the Indianapolis office as Of Counsel in the Real Estate practice. Linda draws on more than 20 years of private practice and in-house experience to provide strategic advice on commercial real estate transactions and projects.

Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan’s new Banking Law, which enters into force on 19 March 2026, significantly expands the opportunities for international banks seeking to establish a presence in the country.

United Kingdom: From October 2027, most cryptoasset firms wanting to carry out activity in the UK or connected to UK consumers will need to be authorised by the FCA. Our previous articles in this series covered the new regulated activities and the authorisation process. In this article, we examine the FCA's consultations on the conduct regime and what regulation by the FCA really means for cryptoasset firms.

Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, announces that Partner and previous Global Chairman, Joe Andrew, will retire at the end of the month.

United Kingdom: In November 2025, the claimants offered to provide further information on quantum in an “ADR pack” on a without prejudice, confidential basis to facilitate a summer 2026 mediation before disclosure on liability and quantum by the end of October 2026. Some defendants agreed but others were concerned that the offer was too little, too late and that mediation could not be effective until after disclosure.

Benchmark Litigation honored Norton Rose Fulbright as its Minnesota Firm of the Year for the second consecutive year at its 2026 United States awards ceremony on March 11, 2026 in New York City.

Fifteen Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers in the United States have been selected to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring guide.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advised a group of international lenders on a US$1.175 billion financing package for the development of Río Tinto’s Rincón lithium brine project.

Norton Rose Fulbright has been recognized as a top-performing law firm in the 2026 Chambers Associate Satisfaction Survey, earning multiple distinctions across categories that reflect the firm’s continued commitment to associate experience, professional development and workplace culture.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (the Ministry) recently launched the Occupational Exposure Registry (OER).