Federal Trade Commission officials are seeking information from 20 universities as part of a new inquiry into whether sports agents working with student athletes are complying with federal requirements designed to protect those athletes.
The Malta Financial Services Authority has launched a revised regulatory regime for sponsors, marking a significant step in its broader efforts to strengthen Malta’s capital markets framework. The new regime became applicable on 1 January 2026 and delivers Pillar III of the MFSA’s Capital Markets Strategy, which is focused on reinforcing the regulatory environment governing sponsors operating on the local regulated market.
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has brought a revised Crypto Token regulatory framework into force in the Dubai International Financial Centre, marking the most significant update to its digital assets regime since it was first introduced in 2022.
The European Commission recently released its Guidelines under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, a framework that has been in force since mid-2023 but has left many companies guessing how aggressively it would be enforced in practice. The new document does not change the law. Instead, it offers a clearer picture of how the Commission intends to use it.
The White House on Thursday signaled a big shift in how the federal government plans to pursue large-scale fraud, announcing that the administration of Donald J. Trump is moving to establish a new Department of Justice division dedicated to national fraud enforcement.
The European Commission has published a detailed snapshot of how stakeholders are responding to the ongoing review of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), offering an early sense of where Europe’s landmark digital competition rule is landing and where pressure is already building for change.
The U.S. Department of Labor is giving benefit plan administrators more breathing room to fix past reporting missteps, expanding a long-running self-correction program to cover missed annual filings by Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements.