GRC Report Staff

Supreme Court Hands Presidents Sweeping New Authority Over Independent Federal Agencies

In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that President Donald Trump lawfully removed Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in March 2025 without citing any statutory cause, overturning the core holding of Humphrey's Executor v. United States, the 1935 decision that had long shielded members of independent commissions from at-will dismissal. The ruling dramatically expands presidential authority over agencies that Congress intentionally designed to operate with a degree of independence from the White House.

FTC Alleges Hims & Hers Shared Patients' Health Data While Quietly Enrolling Them in Paid Subscriptions

Someone looking for treatment through Hims & Hers could reasonably believe they were beginning a conversation with a medical provider. The company's advertising invited them to connect with a clinician, discuss their symptoms, and determine whether a prescription made sense. According to the Federal Trade Commission, many consumers were doing something else entirely. They were setting a recurring subscription in motion before that conversation ever happened.

Singapore Bets on Climate First as It Opens Consultation on New Disclosure Rules

The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has opened a public consultation on draft Singapore Sustainability Disclosure Standards that would require companies to explain how they identify, assess, and manage climate-related risks and opportunities. The consultation runs from July 27 through Oct. 25, giving businesses, investors, assurance providers, and professional bodies a chance to shape the rules before they are finalized.

Cyber Risk Emerges as Outlier in EIOPA's Latest Risk Assessment

The European insurance sector remains on stable footing despite growing geopolitical uncertainty and an increasingly challenging cyber threat landscape, according to the latest risk assessment from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

Japan's Financial Watchdog Says Technology Failures Have Become a Management Problem

A banking outage used to be the sort of event that invited an engineering postmortem. Something broke, someone fixed it, and a report followed. Japan's Financial Services Agency no longer believes that sequence tells the whole story.

Australia's Energy Regulator Tightens Pressure on Retailers as Consumer Protection Drives Enforcement

The Australian Energy Regulator spent much of the past year following the money. It traced overcharges to Centrepay customers, questioned whether vulnerable households had been properly protected, examined how retailers treated customers struggling to pay their bills, and looked closely at what happened when obligations designed to shield people from harm became little more than words on paper.

CISA Updates Software Bill of Materials Guidance to Expand Supply Chain Transparency

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an updated framework for Software Bills of Materials, broadening the minimum information organizations should include when documenting software components as governments and businesses place growing emphasis on software supply chain security.