Whistleblowing in 2026: From Internal Concern to Public Reckoning
From Hotline to Headline Today, what began as a whisper in a compliance inbox can erupt into a public...
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New Developments for AI in UK Financial Services
Hogan Lovells | Dominic Hill and Virginia Montgomery United Kingdom At the start of 2026, there have been a number of...
Authorisation of Cryptoassets
Dentons | Katharine Harle, Andrew Barber , Venetia Jackson, Ann Zheng, Jane Bassett and Sophia Rahman United Kingdom This is the second of our articles examining...
Time is of the Essence for Firms Seeking FCA Crypto Authorisation
Reed Smith LLP | Romin Dabir, Damian Carolan and Gabrielle Butler United Kingdom Key takeaways The UK’s much-anticipated regulatory regime for firms...
ESG Enforcement: Ready for the Next Wave?
From Voluntary to Verifiable Only a few years ago, environmental, social and governance (ESG) was dominated by pledges, glossy...
Why “Explainable AI” Matters More Than Ever
The End of “Trust Us, It Works” A risk committee chair looks up from a credit scoring report and...
Evolving ESG-Related Enforcement Risk in 2026
A&O Shearman | Dan Benguigui, Mark Lanpher, Patrick Ploeger, Francesca Petronio, Eve Giles, Thomas Declerck and Amy Edwards European Union | USA ESG-driven enforcement is continuing...
Custody Under MiCA: Who’s Really in Control?
Ganado Advocates | Mark Caruana Scicluna European Union Custody has long been seen as a technical issue centred on...
Navigating the UK’s 2026 Tax Landscape
Shoosmiths LLP | Thomas Wilkinson and Kate Garcia United Kindom As 2026 gets well underway, it seems that GCs and finance...
Corporate Data Theft (Part 1) – Leadership, Culture and Governance
The comfortable myth of “the hack” When that memo lands announcing an “unauthorised access incident”, most of us imagine...