A significant Ontario Court of Appeal decision has reshaped the legal landscape for employee equity compensation.

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) came into force in February 2025 and applies from 12 August 2026. Under the previous directive-based framework governed by the EU Packaging Directive 94/62/EC, many businesses experienced packaging compliance primarily through national extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements, registrations, recycling and reporting obligations, as well as selected national labelling requirements.

The EU Commission has published its much anticipated plans for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) proposing a targeted revision of the EU ETS in its entirely, including aviation.

In this article the authors consider the impact of jet fuel volatility (both price increases and supply shortages) on airline profitability and the consequent impact on aviation finance.

Court approves pension age equalisation compromise with an intermediate normal retirement age of 61.7 years.

TPR used anti-avoidance powers where dividends reduced funds available to meet a section 75 debt.

TPR updates its DB superfund guidance to include amended definitions and updated mortality improvements wording.

SPP guide sets out practical steps for trustees on AI governance.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advised Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Field Services on the legal due diligence and acquisition of EthosEnergy, a Polish limited liability company operating in the steam turbine services sector

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising Barclays Bank plc (Barclays) as financial adviser to Eagle Bidco Ltd, a company indirectly owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (together with Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Apollo), on its £5.7 billion recommended cash offer for easyJet plc (easyJet).

How do you get major energy users, such as data centres, to contribute appropriately to the energy system of the future?

The Protect College Sports Act cleared a key hurdle in late July when two of the largest collegiate athletic conferences endorsed a revised version of the bill.

Norton Rose Fulbright partner Debra Gatison Hatter has been selected as a 2026 Women Who Mean Business honoree by the Houston Business Journal.

Norton Rose Fulbright Los Angeles Head of Litigation and Disputes Christopher Pelham has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2026 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys list.

On August 5, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the establishment of the Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit, a specialized unit within the Division of Enforcement designed to provide dedicated expertise, focus and capacity to “pursue accounting and financial reporting fraud cases as well as general misconduct in the accounting and auditing areas.”

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright advised The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Singapore Branch (HSBC) and Clifford Capital, as mandated lead arrangers, on a €60 million unsecured green loan facility (with an optional €120 million accordion) to Cadeler A/S (Cadeler). 

The Eleventh Circuit joined other courts in holding than an expert using the weight-of-the-evidence methodology must explain how epidemiological studies are selected, evaluated and weighed for their opinion to be reliable.

In Oceanus Capital SARL v Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A. (M/V “Vyssos”) [2026] EWCA Civ 863, the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed Lloyd’s Insurance Company S.A.’s (“Lloyd’s”) appeal, upholding the first instance decision in favour of Oceanus Capital SARL (“Oceanus”) and confirming its entitlement to recover US$3.6 million under its Mortgagees’ Interest Insurance (“MII”) policy.

11 Norton Rose Fulbright partners have been named to the 2026 Lawdragon Leading Real Estate Lawyers guide for their significant contributions across the real estate sector.