The Government of Canada tabled Bill C-29, the Financial Crimes Agency Act, on April 27, 2026.

On 19 May 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the Regulatory Initiatives Grid from the Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum.

In this post, we cover a new state enforcement action filed against Character Technologies, Inc. that raises a significant and novel question: whether an AI platform can be liable under a state medical licensing statute for what a user-created chatbot character says?

On 30 April 2026, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) published Consultation Paper No. 1 of 2026 (CP1/26) outlining proposed enhancements to its regulatory framework for anti-money laundering (the AML Framework).

Advancements in generative AI have simplified the process of generating new and derivative creative works by ingesting and reconstituting "personhood signals".

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) on a new £3 billion revolving credit facility financed by a syndicate of 14 leading banks.

When we last examined the Mansion House agenda in January (see here), we noted the tension between voluntary commitments to UK and alternative asset investments and the trade-offs inevitably involved when changing investment strategy.

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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Impact46, in its capacity as sole financial advisor and arranger, on the establishment of a senior unsecured Sukuk issuance programme by Intelligent Oud Company for Trading (iOud) and on the first issuance of Sukuk under the programme on a “public offer” basis to investors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the KSA).

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A decade ago, “silent cyber” forced the market to confront unintended, unpriced coverage lurking among traditional policy lines.

In the fall of 2025, we reported on a British Columbia Supreme Court decision involving a dispute over electrical work on a heritage hotel redevelopment in Victoria. Since then, the Court has released another decision involving the same project, Mazzei Electric Ltd. v. Aragon (English Inn) Development Corp., 2026 BCSC 562 (Mazzei #2), which underscores that lien claimants must support the value of their claims with solid evidence.

Global law firm Dentons has promoted 13 new partners, six new Senior Counsel, six new Managing Counsel, and 30 new Counsel in Europe and Central Asia as part of the 2026 promotion round.

United Kingdom: The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 contains provisions for introducing a ban on upwards-only rent reviews (UORRs) in certain business leases in England and Wales. Although the changes are not expected to come into force until 2027, the legislation is already attracting significant attention across the real estate sector.

United Kingdom: A recent Court of Session ruling could significantly increase employer exposure where employees on long-term sickness absence lose access to permanent health insurance benefits following dismissal.

Netherlands: A practical guide, grounded in OECD principles, for identifying the beneficiaries of ESG expenditures—assessing whether a recharge is justified—and documenting ESG-related cost allocations.

 

United Kingdom: Ofcom has recently published an update on its enforcement priorities for the year ahead. It has also updated its roadmap on what is happening over the next 12 to 18 months. There have also been some recent laws passed that include scope for potential changes in the UK online safety/content regulation space that may have gone under the radar.

United Kingdom: The final months of 2025 and first quarter of 2026 have seen an evolution in the landscape of group actions across the UK, marked by potential policy developments and creative case management of complex, large-scale claims by the courts.

Through extensive interviews with clients, litigators and dispute resolution specialists, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2026 has named a Zain & Co. Senior Partner as a ‘Litigation Star’

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, a comprehensive legal directory focusing exclusively on dispute resolution, has ranked Zain & Co’s dispute resolution teams in their 2026 edition.