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Data

Dog bites gorilla: Telehealth company admits to patient data scheme

March 20, 2026

The lawsuit alleges that nearly 300,000 patient records were accessed.

Kevin Kinsella2 min read
Conferences and events

Data Insights Shoosmiths 2026: Security in the age of AI abuse

March 20, 2026

The practical reality of AI-augmented threats, who should be responsible for governance, and how to deal with the pitfalls of vendor management.

Jean Hurley2 min read
Crypto

SEC and CFTC act ahead of Congress with joint crypto guidance

March 20, 2026

The guidance says most digital assets are not securities but stops short of creating a full market framework.

Alexander Barzacanos3 min read
Regulation

Prediction markets: The emerging regulatory headache

March 20, 2026

To what extent do the business activities of prediction market platforms fall within the scope of financial services regulation in European jurisdictions?

Miroslav Đurić | Taylor Wessing6 min read

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Enforcement

TradeStation Securities to pay OFAC $1.1m for apparent sanctions breaches

March 19, 2026

The settlement amount took into account the significant remedial measures TradeStation implemented after discovering the apparent violations, OFAC said.

Julie DiMauro3 min read
ESG

What’s in a name? Part 3: Future outlook

March 19, 2026

Three-part series exploring the regulation, practice, and future of ESG/sustainability-related fund names.

Vasilka Lalevska, Vlada Gurvich8 min read
Compliance

Backed into a corner: Why pressure on Iran is expanding its options

March 19, 2026

The conflict in the Gulf is more than a security event; it is a live stress test of risk management. Ben Todd offers six steps for organizations operating in the region.

Ben Todd | Dispatch Risk Advisory5 min read
Reporting

ASIC launches financial complaints data dashboard to boost transparency

March 19, 2026

The aim is to enable users to compare the complaints reported by individual financial firms for the first time, including their handling of complaints associated with specific products.

Hameed Shuja1 min read

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FCA

FCA confirms new incident and third-party rules after cyberattacks

March 20, 2026

Regulator says new rules will make existing incident and third-party reporting clearer, more consistent, and easier for firms to follow.

Hameed Shuja2 min read
Regulation

Introducing ‘EU Inc’

March 20, 2026

The European Commission proposes a single digital European company framework – one set of rules to access the whole EU market.

Vasilka Lalevska2 min read
SEC

SEC proposal offers clarity regarding Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11

March 19, 2026

The amendment would swap out the term “security” currently included in the rule and replace it with “equity security.”

Catherine Ollinger1 min read
FCA

UK government unveils consultation on FOS overhaul, ending era of ‘quasi-regulation’

March 19, 2026

The reforms are set to return the FOS to its original role as an impartial dispute resolution service; we look at stakeholder reaction.

Jean Hurley3 min read

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Technology

Medical device maker Stryker hit by Iranian-based cyberattack

March 17, 2026

Incident expected to continue causing disruptions and “limitations of access” to company information systems and business applications.

Kevin Kinsella2 min read
Data

Epic Systems receives class-action lawsuit over EHR access

March 13, 2026

According to the plaintiffs, the largest health record vendor creates barriers that prevent patients and authorized platforms from aggregating complete medical histories across healthcare providers.

Kevin Kinsella3 min read
Security

UK forms new fraud unit after billions drained from economy

March 12, 2026

Fraud has become a major economic challenge, accounting for 45% of all crime.

Carmen Cracknell1 min read
Cloud

Cloud providers call for swift and strong sector regulation

March 12, 2026

The UK’s competition authority is debating restrictions on Microsoft and AWS that would attempt to address their market dominance.

Carmen Cracknell2 min read

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Conferences and events

Humans in the lead: Unpacking the ‘pact’ in AI and ADM

March 19, 2026

Panel at Shoosmiths data event discussed legal and ethical tightrope of automated decision-making (ADM), and the evolving role of human intervention under the UK’s post-Brexit data regime.

Jean Hurley2 min read
Conferences and events

Data Insights Shoosmiths 2026: Data after death, AI supremacy, Privacy people

March 18, 2026

Highlights from the three keynotes, with Carl Öhman, Parmy Olson, and Stephen Bolinger.

Martina Lindberg, Jean Hurley5 min read
Conferences and events

Data Insights Shoosmiths 2026: Current privacy compliance pain points identified

March 17, 2026

Governance, structure, data breaches, and complaints were some of the pain points the panelists highlighted.

Martina Lindberg1 min read
Podcasts

Podcast: Debra Brookes tells us about the first state-backed stablecoin in the US

March 16, 2026

Brookes spoke about why Wyoming is so gung-ho about crypto, and her career journey from NYDFS to the Frontier State.

Julie DiMauro31 min listen

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