On 24 July 2025, the Luxembourg Government submitted draft law No. 8590 (the Draft Law) to the Luxembourg Parliament, providing for a new tax regime applicable to carried interest granted to managers of alternative investment funds (AIFs).

The financial services sector is becoming increasingly reliant on cloud service providers (CSPs) to fulfil its growing data processing and storage needs.

Earlier this year, following a UK House of Lords Select Committee report which found that the UK has “fallen behind” on international legislative developments in this area, the UK government committed in its 2025 Trade Strategy to reviewing its approach to Responsible Business Conduct (RBC).

We will look at the growth of the non-bank lending sector and the role it is playing in financing transactions.

Recently, Commissioner Targett of the Land and Environment Court of NSW (Court) handed down a Class 1 merits review decision that helpfully steps through the decision making process for deciding a development application in respect of the remediation of contaminated land.

In the summer of 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released three judgments that should interest industry, public institutions, and their legal counsel.

On Friday, 5 September 2025, the Federal Court of Australia (Court) issued an important decision in Fair Work Ombudsman v Woolworths Group Limited & Ors [2025] FCA 1092 (FWO v Woolworths).

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has released written reasons following its order last November to cease trade a shareholder rights plan of Greenfire Resources Ltd. (the Rights Plan).

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising Rothschild & Co as financial adviser to Natara Global Limited, a company controlled by funds managed by Exponent Private Equity (Natara) on its £156 million recommended cash offer for Treatt PLC (Treatt).

The European Banking Authority (EBA) is currently consulting on its draft guidelines on the sound management of third party risk (Draft Guidelines), which are intended to replace the 2019 guidelines on outsourcing arrangements (2019 Guidelines).

The new UK failure to prevent fraud offence came into force on September 1, 2025.

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority (consisting of the UK Government and relevant devolved administrations) (the Authority) has released an interim response (the Response) following its November 2024 consultation which considered implementing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (the UK ETS) for the maritime sector and the potential further expansion of the UK ETS to additional maritime emissions.

As part of a joint venture transaction, personal data may be shared between the parties, including as part of the due diligence process.

The Commissioner of Patents has once again determined that two patent applications for computer-implemented inventions filed by Benjamin Moore & Co. are invalid for seeking to claim unpatentable subject matter.

A new Quebec regulation aimed at achieving prompt payments and dispute settlements during the execution of work will came into effect on September 8, 2025 (the ‘’Regulation’’), marking a major turning point for stakeholders in the construction industry.

In 2025 CACP 7 / Commissioner’s Decision 1688, the Patent Appeal Board refused Edward Jones & Co.’s patent application because the claims in the application were not patentable subject matter, as they were directed to subject matter prohibited under subsection 27(8) (mere scientific principle or abstract theorem) of the Patent Act.

On 26 June 2025, in Ocean Clap Shipping Ltd v Global Offshore Services Bv and another company [2025] EWHC 1591 (Comm), the UK Commercial Court (the Court) provided guidance on the principles that apply when assessing whether a contract has been formed by conduct and illustrated the practical implications of the distinction between “see to it” and “on demand” guarantee obligations.

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé recently announced the pre-publication of a draft regulation respecting access to surgical services (in French only) aimed at improving access to surgical services for Quebec users.

A new Quebec regulation aimed at achieving prompt payments and dispute settlements during the execution of work came into effect on September 8, 2025 (the ‘’Regulation’’)

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