United Kingdom: English law is widely used for cross-border loan agreements across EMEA, as well as for domestic lending in England and Wales, while Scots law predominates for domestic transactions within Scotland.

United Kingdom: UK IP law provides statutory protection for trade marks, copyright, patents and designs. Registration is administered by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) where applicable and there is automatic protection for certain rights (notably copyright and unregistered designs).

United Kingdom: The UK comprises three separate legal jurisdictions: England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This note focuses on England & Wales and Scotland.

United Kingdom: Environmental impacts, human rights and workplace safety are closely regulated under UK legislation.

United Kingdom: Under UK law, directors generally owe their duties to the company. However, when a company is insolvent or is likely to become insolvent, directors must also have regard to the interests of the company's creditors.

United Kingdom: Private acquisitions of UK businesses are similar in substance to those in many other jurisdictions. Features of UK acquisition agreements which may differ from other jurisdictions include a damages-based approach to remedies for breach of warranty (rather than indemnity-based) and EU-derived employment protections.

United Kingdom: The UK has three distinct jurisdictions: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Parliament is the supreme law-making body in the UK.

New Zealand: New Zealand faces a significant infrastructure deficit. Closing that gap today would require approximately $200 billion in investment to match the standards of comparable OECD countries. In recent years we have spent money we can ill-afford changing our minds about projects that were poorly conceived from the start.

Ukraine: On May 27, 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted Resolution No. 508 р, which amends CMU Resolution No. 298 p dated April 1, 2026 (Auction Quota Resolution).

Europe: The EU legislature is under considerable pressure to adopt before summer recess the AI Omnibus—the legislative package to simplify, streamline and delay the rollout of certain strict provisions within the EU AI Act. 

South Korea: This newsletter outlines practical implications for working-hour management, focusing on a recent Supreme Court decision concerning the deemed working hours system and the government’s guidelines on preventing the misuse of comprehensive wage schemes to eradicate unpaid labor.

United Kingdom: Welcome to Dentons' Payments and Retail Lending Insights. In these insights, we highlight key UK developments relevant to firms operating in the payments and retail lending sectors, helping you stay informed on emerging issues and ongoing workstreams.

United Kingdom: The UK's implementation of Basel 3.1 is due to come into effect from 1 January 2027. Ahead of this, in our latest episode of Regulation Rules the World, we examine what the changes will be and what this means for how banks manage their capital requirements. Listen in to hear some of what we are seeing banks already thinking about and what changes to approach may be needed.

Taking place shortly after the EU Equal Pay and Pay Transparency Directive’s implementation date of 7 June, we are pleased to invite you to the third edition of our pay transparency webinar series, hosted by our employment and labor law team of experts in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania and Slovakia.

Dentons Strengthens Information Security with CMMC‑Aligned Systems Dentons continues to invest in its information security infrastructure to support clients operating in highly regulated environments, including government contractors and organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

Since the publication of our telecommunications Regulatory Trends to Watch in February 2026, Bill C-8, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill C-8), has steadily progressed through the House of Commons and the Senate to receive Royal Assent on June 16, 2026.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, appearing alongside Canada’s Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, unveiled Canada’s long-awaited national AI strategy, dubbed “AI for All” (the Strategy) on June 4, 2026. The federal government has set out a vision that is principally focused on job creation, the acceleration of AI adoption across the economy, building sovereign domestic capacity and infrastructure, and enhancing trust.

New Zealand: Changes to New Zealand’s fair trading laws are imminent, and the public have been invited to have their say. The Fair Trading Amendment Bill, which seeks to amend the Fair Trading Act 1986 (‘FTA’), has been referred to Select Committee and is now open for public submissions.

Australia: Recent changes to embedded network disclosure in NSW mean that what was once a low-risk disclosure exercise now goes directly to contract enforceability. These changes signal a coordinated shift that fundamentally changes how embedded networks must be addressed in sale contracts for strata and community lots.

United States: Here are five reasons why adopting an employee-facing privacy notice may be a sound business and legal decision for your organization.