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Cybersecurity Resources for Boards in the U.S., UK, and EU
Boards in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union face increasing pressure to oversee cybersecurity risks amid evolving r...
UK FCA Announces Partnership to Accelerate Delivery of Open Finance in UK
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced a major new partnership and the launch of two TechSprints aimed at accelerating ...
California Continues to Expand Data Broker Requirements
Companies are become increasingly concerned about being viewed as “selling” personal data. In the midst of these worries, California’s ...
NFA Streamlines Process for Virtual Currency Activities by CFTC Registrants
On October 17, 2025, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) announced a proposal to repeal requirements that firms that are registere...
SEC Division of Corporation Finance Staff Issues Guidance on Disclosure Requirements for Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products
On July 1, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement providing the staff’s views on the applicati...
BIOSECURE Act Included In The National Defense Authorization Act Of 2026
A revised version of the BIOSECURE Act is included in the Senate-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 (NDAA...
New Ruling on Social Media Tracking Reveals New Privacy Risks: What Your School Should Know About the Data It Collects
A recent privacy rights development could have major implications for any school or non-profit that has a website, as a Michigan federa...
USPTO Proposes PTAB Rule Revisions to Curb Serial and Parallel Challenges, Bolster Patent Reliability
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a significant overhaul of its rules for instituting inter partes reviews (IP...
UK Pensions: What’s New This Week? October 2025 # 3
Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the...
NFA Repeals NFA Interpretive Notice 9073 and Amends NFA Compliance Rule 2-51
The NFA adopted Interpretive Notice 9073 in 2018 when the virtual currency market was far smaller and outside of the mainstream markets...