Ofcom has announced it has fined adult content provider 8579 LLC a total of £1.4 million for failing to put age checks in place, as required under the Online Safety Act.
Sweden’s financial watchdog has opened a fresh investigation into Swedbank, this time zeroing in on whether the bank has complied with money laundering regulations, and, more specifically, whether it has done enough to truly know its customers.
A federal judge in Manhattan has handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a win in its case against purported investment adviser Bluesky Eagle Capital Management, entering a final judgment by default after the firm failed to defend itself against allegations that it made material misrepresentations in an SEC filing.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has reached a $1,720,000 settlement with IMG Academy, concluding a case that stretches across five academic years and nearly 90 transactions tied to individuals sanctioned under U.S. counternarcotics laws.
The European Central Bank has fined J.P. Morgan €12.18 million after concluding the bank misreported key risk figures used to calculate its capital requirements over several years.
The Italian Competition Authority has opened two fresh investigations and launched a separate moral suasion action over alleged ambush marketing linked to the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The move comes shortly after interim measure proceedings involving Harmont & Blaine, a case we previously covered concerning suspected unauthorized references to the Games in commercial advertising.
At a time when households are still feeling the strain of rising costs and businesses are navigating rapid technological change, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has set out a compliance and enforcement agenda designed to steady the ground beneath both.