Recent developments in the Middle East have introduced a degree of operational and commercial uncertainty across the region.

Spain’s data protection agency, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), fined Amadeus IT Group, S.A. (Amadeus) €18 million in relation to a traveller profiling pilot project. The enforcement decision, published on May 26, 2026, has found breaches of Article 14 and Article 6 REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a syndicate of 16 Polish and international financial institutions from Spain, Germany, Italy, Ireland, France, the UK, and the US on the €2.385 billion multicurrency revolving facility made available to ORLEN S.A. (ORLEN), one of the largest multi-utility companies in Central and Eastern Europe.

Generative artificial intelligence tools have become commonplace in legal practice, offering attorneys a means to research, draft and refine legal documents at unprecedented speed, but this promise comes with a well-documented hazard: “hallucinations.”

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Greek Transmission System Operator IPTO S.A. (IPTO) on the legal and regulatory aspects of a landmark equity capital markets transaction supporting the operator’s €1 billion share capital increase and broader strategic investment programme.

Call for evidence on alternative auto-enrolment quality tests for DB, hybrid and CDC schemes.

Consultation planned on strengthening flexible apportionment rules.

HMRC clarifies when employers can recover VAT on pension scheme investment and administration costs.

Consultation proposes easing some transfer conditions but adds a new red flag requiring proof of an employment link.

HMRC consults on changes to ensure GMP conversion does not cause members to lose their annual allowance protections.

Updated TPR guidance is not substantively different from the version published in March.

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench recently denied a company’s application to enjoin alleged breaches of a non-solicitation provision on the basis that the provision was ambiguous and overbroad.

Syria’s power sector sits at the core of the country’s economic stabilisation and reconstruction agenda.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the HRKL Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Eyb & Wallwitz Vermögensmanagement GmbH.

Norton Rose Fulbright announced that Christian Schultz, who previously served as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for a decade, has joined the firm in Washington, DC as a partner.

On June 15, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation introduced Bill C-36, which proposes a significant overhaul of Canada’s existing federal private-sector privacy law regime, aiming to modernize the current framework for the digital age.

In June 2026, the Protect College Sports Act of 2026, S. 4668, 119th Cong., was introduced in Congress, which is an effort to establish a federal framework governing intercollegiate athletics after prior congressional efforts, including the SCORE Act and SAFE ACT, have stalled and faced political uncertainty.

On July 7, 2026, OFAC revoked “General License X” of June 21, 2026, authorizing the production, delivery and sale of Iranian crude oil, petrochemicals and petroleum products. Under the new General License X1, no new transactions are permitted from July 7, and all current transactions under the license must be fully wound down by July 17, 2026.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been named on the 2026 Top Workplaces in Washington, DC list published by WTOP News.

In Nielsen Consumer LLC v. Toronto-Dominion Bank, the Federal Court considered whether a trademark owner's inadvertent failure to respond to a section 45 notice (Notice) under the Trademarks Act (the Act) was fatal to its prospects on appeal.