United Kingdom: The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) is consulting on establishing a mandatory community benefits scheme across all large-scale low‑carbon energy infrastructure in Great Britain

On June 13, 2025, amendments (the Amendments) to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations (the Procurement Inquiry Regulations) came into force.

In this episode, Jason Saltzman, Partner and National Lead of Dentons’ M&A group, is joined by his colleagues, Alex Farcas, M&A Partner and member of the Dentons’ Canada Region Board, and Matthew Fleming, Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution group and Co-Lead of the Securities Litigation group.

United States: Following the 2025 Supreme Court decision in McLaughlin Chiro. Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., et al., the Hobbs Act cannot act as a barrier to independent judicial review.

Welcome to Special Edition of the AI & GDPR Monthly update, bringing you the latest insights into artificial intelligence and data protection. We’ll cover new AI regulations, opinions, court and authority decisions across the EU, and the latest use cases in AI implementation.

United Kingdom: In Scotland, Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are based on the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (the 2008 Regulations), as amended.

Every artificial intelligence (AI) system has legal implications—if it processes personal data, as it so often does, it engages privacy laws; if it involves using copyright-protected works, it may infringe intellectual property rights; if it materially displaces or replaces staff functions, employment law may come into play; and if it makes decisions autonomously, it may raise liability issues.

The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has permanently increased the federal estate tax exemption to $15 million per individual, indexed for inflation, effective January 1, 2026. We previously discussed an overview of the OBBBA Dentons - Estate & Business Planning Implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act .

India: Explore key data privacy, AI, telecom, and fintech updates in India from July 2025, including NITI Aayog’s data quality framework, RBI’s ETP and KYC directions, Bharat Gen AI launch, and landmark High Court privacy rulings.

Ukraine: Dentons partners Oleg Batyuk, David Syed and Maksym Sysoiev participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 (URC 2025), held in Rome on 10–11July. The high-level event marked the latest milestone in the international community’s collective effort to support Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction and modernization, following earlier conferences in Lugano, London, and Berlin.

In Ursic v. Country Lumber Ltd., the Supreme Court of British Columbia affirmed that employment relationships exist on a continuum between pure employee and pure independent contractor.

United Kingdom: With the peak summer holiday travel season about to get underway in the Northern Hemisphere, the preceding spring and early summer have been equally busy on the regulatory front for aviation. The trend of consolidation and collaboration across the aviation sector has continued. The lengthy timelines frequently being seen for regulatory clearances have presented issues for parties' transaction timetables.

New Zealand: New Zealand continues to increase the size of its renewable energy footprint and transition away from fossil-fuelled generation. The inherent variability of renewables (the sun does not always shine, and the wind does not always blow) creates a well-recognised energy intermittence issue. The Electricity Authority (EA) has released its regulatory roadmap for battery energy storage systems. This article comments on some of the highlights and where we see clear signals that New Zealand is “open for business” for further BESS development at scale. 

Poland: In our series of articles, we will explore the legal and regulatory landscape shaping investments in gas-fired units in Poland. We will present and discuss key aspects of gas project development and review the investment process for high-efficiency cogeneration units of both smaller and larger capacity.

House v. NCAA (filed 2020 in the Northern District of California) consolidated three antitrust class actions—House, Hubbard, and Carter. The plaintiffs (current and former Division I athletes) alleged that the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act by: 1) capping athlete compensation and educational benefits; and 2) agreeing to bar athletes from monetizing their name, image, and likeness (NIL).

Australia: On 25 June 2025, the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) was found to have unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing Israel's conduct in its ongoing conflict with Palestine. The landmark ruling indicates employers face higher hurdles than ever when dismissing employees for their out-of-hours conduct for the purpose of reputation management alone.

New Zealand: Dentons helps clients from around the world navigate the complexities of their data centre projects in New Zealand and globally. The Dentons team in New Zealand is perfectly placed to assist you with your data centre projects thanks to its combination of specialist legal expertise, industry knowledge, and its understanding of New Zealand’s legal, economic and political environment.

South Korea is preparing to make significant changes to its digital asset regulatory framework including virtual assets under the new leadership of President Lee Jae-Myung.

United Kingdom: The FCA has published its final Prospectus Rules sourcebook, setting out the rules which will implement the new Public Offers and Admission to Trading Regulations (POATR). The new rules, set out in the FCA's policy statement PS25/9, aim to facilitate capital raising by giving investors the information they need, but requiring a prospectus only where there is a clear information gap between companies and investors.

Global: The second alert in the Dentons Merger Control Summer Series takes a deep dive into recent jurisdictional issues in merger control across Europe. We explore how regulators are tackling "killer acquisitions" (and "serial acquisitions") and what this means for legal certainty in dealmaking, with a spotlight on recent developments in the EU, Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK.