Norton Rose Fulbright partner Purvi Badiani Maniar has been honored with the South Asian Bar Association North America’s Cornerstone Award, which recognizes individuals who exemplify the organization’s mission through outstanding legal work and impactful leadership with SABA North America, SABA Foundation or local SABA chapters.

Luke McFarland and Dietrich Marquardt discusses merger control trends and developments, focusing on the US and Australia.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on two transactions recognised at the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Saudi Arabia Awards 2026, highlighting the firm's continued involvement in landmark financing and capital markets transactions in the Kingdom.

On 14 July 2026, the Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) published its implementation plan for the withdrawal of paper share certificates and the move to a digital share register model for shares held outside CREST. The government has indicated it will legislate to implement these “step one” measures before the end of 2027.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LATAM) on a US$200 million pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing supporting the acquisition of 23 Airbus A320neo family aircraft scheduled for delivery in the coming years.

Australian AI policy is moving upstream towards infrastructure and training inputs. Until now, private-sector AI in Australia has been regulated principally through existing technology-neutral and sectoral laws, including privacy, consumer, competition, and employment laws.

On July 9, 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission stayed an attempt to initiate 24/7 trading on crude oil futures.

The CY 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center proposed rule is not just another routine annual rate update; it reflects CMS’s continuing effort to realign Medicare outpatient reimbursement and advance broader policy objectives through payment reform.

AI Appreciation Day is looking to recognize not only technological advancements that Generative AI has made, but also to discuss its future potential and legal implications.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a syndicate of international lenders and institutional investors on the US$465 million project financing of the floating storage and offloading unit FSO Chalchi.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Naftogaz of Ukraine on the restructuring of two series of Eurobonds totalling approximately €1.2 billion.

In Reference re iGaming Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a significant ruling on Ontario’s proposed model that would allow online players in the province to participate in peer‑to‑peer games with players located outside Canada.

On 4 May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released new guidance on age assurance for websites, online services and age assurance developers.

On July 6, 2026, SB 315, Illinois’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act was signed into law, establishing what Illinois describes as the nation’s strongest framework for artificial intelligence safety, transparency and accountability.

The Office of the Foreign Influence Commissioner of Canada (the Office) will open on August 4, 2026.

Loosely echoing this famous adage from the first scene of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, on July 13, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration issued a joint statement essentially instructing institutions under their supervision to give special attention to the immigration and work authorization status of applicants when making lending decisions.

On 19 June 2026, the Federal Court sentenced David Fairfull, the former CEO of Metigy, to an aggregate term of nine years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years and four months, after he pleaded guilty to making false or misleading statements to investors and dishonestly using his position as a director for personal gain.

Yesterday, a coalition of 12 state attorney generals filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California challenging Paramount Skydance’s US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bro’s. Discovery.

In June 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission rescinded its long-standing policy, commonly referred to as the "gag rule", prohibiting settling defendants from denying allegations in connection with CFTC enforcement actions.

Partners Mark Maurice and Oliver Stacey, together with Associate Sarah Esprit, have authored an article analysing Ofcom's Telecoms Access Review 2026-31 and its implications for the UK telecommunications sector.