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Podcasts

Podcast: Julie Stapel and Elizabeth Goldberg on 401(k) plans

May 27, 2026

While the DOL creates fiduciary “safe harbors” to protect plan sponsors from litigation while expanding investment choices, what do compliance and legal pros need to keep in mind?

Julie DiMauro43 min listen
Conferences and events

GRIP at PCC Canada 2026: Life sciences gain momentum, compliance evolves

May 27, 2026

GRIP will partner with Informa Connect’s Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress: Canada to capture how compliance leaders are helping the industry innovate responsibly amid regulatory complexity.

Kevin Kinsella1 min read
Conferences and events

AI in focus at the 2026 Employee Engage Summit

May 27, 2026

Widespread adoption of AI tools and other technologies is having a profound impact on the way we work.

Thomas Hyrkiel3 min read
Conferences and events

City Week 2026: Growth, collaboration, and competition among financial centers

May 27, 2026

Panel discussion featured senior figures from financial centers in New York, London, Shanghai, Paris, and Riyadh.

Hameed Shuja7 min read

Compliance More on Compliance

Enforcement

New UK law makes it easier to prosecute organizations for any criminal offence

May 26, 2026

What is changing, what this means, and what organizations should be doing now.

Guy Bastable | Burges Salmon, Andrew Matheson | Burges Salmon, Sam Aldous | Burges Salmon, Thomas Hubbard | Burges Salmon5 min read
Compliance

Surveillance trends, regulator supervision, and the role of AI at wholesale banks and brokers

May 26, 2026

A synopsis of views and advice on current trends, regulatory supervision, and some practical solutions to the latest challenges.

Alex Viall6 min read
Enforcement

FIN-FSA issues penalty payments over reporting and insider list failures

May 25, 2026

The Finnish authority has issued penalty payments on one bank and two companies.

Martina Lindberg1 min read
Enforcement

Global crime ring members sentenced in $2 billion telemedicine fraud case

May 21, 2026

The defendants employed scores of call center employees and remote-billers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from American businesses and launder the stolen monies overseas.

Kevin Kinsella1 min read

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Regulation More on Regulation

FCA

FCA work in review: May 12-26, 2026

May 27, 2026

Our regular roundup of the latest news and developments from the FCA.

Carmen Cracknell2 min read
Regulation

HHS removes Biden appointees from preventive health task force

May 26, 2026

In a brazen political move, Health Sec. Kennedy removes two Biden-era appointees to “ensure clarity, continuity and confidence” in the task force’s oversight.

Kevin Kinsella2 min read
ESMA

A new era for EU Merger control?

May 26, 2026

Key takeaways from the draft 2026 Merger Guidelines and practical advice.

Stéphane Dionnet | McDermott Will & Schulte, Axel Schulz | McDermott Will & Schulte, Kristina Nordlander | McDermott Will & Schulte7 min read
SEC

SEC proposes public company reforms to ease registered offerings

May 22, 2026

One of the most significant changes under the proposed rules would expand federal preemption to all registered securities offerings.

Alexander Barzacanos2 min read

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Technology More on Technology

Fintech

Unlocking collateral mobility: Tokenization, smart contracts, and digitization

May 27, 2026

The derivatives industry is poised to unlock the full potential of tokenized assets by extracting structured data from legacy documentation.

Laura García | TradeHeader3 min read
AI

BMS partners with Anthropic to accelerate life sciences operations, research

May 26, 2026

The partnership will introduce Anthropic’s Claude’s agentic AI capabilities into research, clinical development, manufacturing, commercial operations, and corporate functions.

Kevin Kinsella2 min read
Crypto

European Commission seeks feedback on MiCA amid evolving crypto-assets markets

May 25, 2026

Ahead of a 2027 report, the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regime will be assessed for its overall functioning, with specific focus on reviews related to crypto-asset service providers, stablecoins, and market abuse.

Vasilka Lalevska2 min read
AI

OPINION: The climate case for AI

May 22, 2026

Lane argues that technological innovation is our last chance to prevent irreversible climate disaster and says sustainable professionals must get more involved.

Scott Lane | Speeki3 min read

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Resources More on Resources

Conferences and events

City Week 2026: Discussion on shifting sands of geopolitical developments 

May 26, 2026

Experts touched upon a wide range of topics, from structural shifts in US politics, to capital flows, US-China competition, and the future geopolitical landscape.

Hameed Shuja8 min read
GRIP Extra

GRIP Extra: FDIC proposes stablecoin AML/CFT rules, MiCA undergoes first review

May 25, 2026

Our in-brief roundup of notable stories from the last week.

GRIP3 min read
Conferences and events

FINRA Annual 2026: Tracking the compliance and legal trends

May 22, 2026

At the FINRA Annual Conference this year, panelists highlighted trends such as those involving investor scams, Reg S-P, and e-communications.

Julie DiMauro3 min read
Conferences and events

City Week 2026: London goes on the attack over IPO valuations

May 20, 2026

London is actively removing market friction to position itself as an agile global financial hub, contrasting itself with the regulatory burdens of the US and the fragmented EU.

Jean Hurley4 min read

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