Gesetz zur Durchführung der Reform und Erweiterung des Schutzes geografischer Angaben vom 11. Januar 2026

Gesetz zur Änderung des Agrarstatistikgesetzes und des Agrarorganisationen-und-Lieferketten-Gesetzes vom 11. Januar 2026

Gesetz zur Stärkung der Militärischen Sicherheit in der Bundeswehr vom 09. Januar 2026

Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Sicherheitsüberprüfungsgesetzes und zur Änderung beamtenrechtlicher Vorschriften vom 11. Januar 2026

Dentons US is pleased to announce that Ben Jarrard, former Chief of Staff to Georgia Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte, has joined the Firm's Regulatory, Public Policy and Government Affairs practice as a Senior Policy Director in Atlanta.

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Compliance and Investigations practices in Belgium with the recruitment of partner Isabelle De Smedt. She joined the Brussels office on July 13, 2026.

United Kingdom: A long-running dispute involving football referees is a useful reminder that employment status remains highly fact-specific. For employers, the decision is a useful prompt to check whether their status assessments would still stand up after extra time.

Singapore: First published on IWIRC News, this article considers Singapore’s proposed adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments (MLRIJ). It examines what this development means for Singapore’s cross-border insolvency framework, and in particular whether the proposed adoption of the MLRIJ represents a new departure or the codification and strengthening of an approach already reflected in recent Singapore decisions.

United Kingdom: The UK has opted for a deliberately split approach to stablecoin regulation. Non-systemic UK-issued qualifying stablecoins (UKQS) sit within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regime, while systemic stablecoins move into joint regulation by the FCA and the Bank of England (the Bank) once HM Treasury recognises them as systemically important.

United Kingdom: On 30 June 2026, the FCA published the core policy statements and finalised guidance completing much of the UK’s new regulatory regime for cryptoassets.

United Kingdom: In what has now become a familiar approach from the FCA for firms, the FCA has published further good and poor practice findings under the Consumer Duty (the Duty) – this time focused on the products and services outcome. 

New Zealand: On 1 July 2026, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) became the sole supervisor of New Zealand’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. At the same time, the DIA issued a comprehensive guidance suite (Guidance Suite) setting out its expectation for compliance with AML/CFT obligations. Nearly all of the documents in the Guidance Suite are updated or refreshed guidance materials from prior to 1 July, when there were three AML/CFT supervisors.