The Federal Trade Commission moved again this week to dismantle labor practices it says quietly box workers into lower pay and fewer options, ordering Adamas Amenity Services to stop enforcing no-hire agreements that regulators say restricted job mobility across New Jersey and New York City.
During Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025, the UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group released its fourth statement, offering a clear signal that the country’s sustainable finance agenda is now moving beyond frameworks and into delivery. The update does not introduce a wholesale reset. Instead, it takes stock of what has already been built and focuses squarely on how those principles are beginning to shape real-world governance, disclosure, and financing decisions.
Poland’s competition watchdog closed out the year with a one-two punch that landed hard across two very different corners of the economy. Within 48 hours, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) announced sweeping penalties for a decade-long cartel in the agricultural machinery market and for unlawful handling of mortgage payment holidays by two major banks.
Treasury officials brought banks and law enforcement into the same room this week with a message that Chinese money laundering networks remain a persistent and deeply embedded threat to the U.S. financial system and that disrupting them depends on tighter, faster coordination between the public and private sectors.
The Italian Competition Authority has fined Apple more than €98.6 million for abusing its dominant position through the design and implementation of its App Tracking Transparency policy, marking a significant competition-law ruling at the intersection of privacy and digital advertising.
Australia’s corporate watchdog has rolled out a new round of updates aimed at simplifying how market participants and operators comply with technological and operational resilience requirements, as regulators continue to sharpen their focus on infrastructure risk across securities and futures markets.
Two whistleblowers who helped expose fraud harming investors are set to receive more than $1.8 million, after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said their information played a meaningful role in successful enforcement actions.