10/6/2026 1:21:37 PM AI and International Arbitration – Watching Brief: AI in legal research and arbitrator selection By Joshua Kelly April Carmela Lacson This is the next instalment in our series of Watching Briefs examining the intersection of artificial intelligence and international...
10/5/2026 1:54:08 PM AI in arbitration: Germany's missing rulebook is nothing to worry about By Barbara Richter Patrick Schroeder If you are looking for specific legislation or institutional guidance to tell you whether artificial intelligence (AI) belongs in your...
9/25/2026 6:33:07 AM How the new Belgian Criminal Code changes penalties for legal entities By Nathalie Colin Silvia Van Dyck Clémence Dalcq The new Belgian Criminal Code (NBCC) reorganises sentencing through a tiered framework with eight penalty levels, which gives courts more...
9/24/2026 3:01:08 PM From Outsourcing to Third-Party Risk: The EBA’s New Guidelines and What They Mean in Practice By Janina Heinz Daniel Klingenbrunn What the EBA Guidelines Are About On 18 September 2026, the EBA published its Final Report on the Guidelines on Third-Party Risk...
9/23/2026 12:27:08 PM The FCA’s pure protection market study: closing the protection gap By Priti Lancaster George Swan Lauren Honeyben Following a market study launched in March 2025, the FCA has concluded that competition in the distribution of pure protection products...
9/17/2026 9:48:08 AM The new Belgian Criminal Code reshapes attempt and participation, expanding exposure for economic and corporate offences By Nathalie Colin Silvia Van Dyck Clémence Dalcq The new Belgian Criminal Code (NBCC) simplifies the legal regime applicable to criminal attempt and participation, but it also punishes...
9/17/2026 7:54:37 AM Hawala: How it impacts the financial services sector and what it means under the AMLR By Jan Struckmann Alicia Hildner Alexander Glos In September 2026, the FATF published Investigating Professional Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and the Use of Hawala and Other...
9/15/2026 5:01:07 PM Prediction markets and event contracts in Germany: At the crossroads between gambling law and financial regulation By Jan Struckmann Daniel Klingenbrunn Tobias Klatt Philip Kroner Juliane Hilf Alexander Glos +3 more... Show less Prediction markets are the talk of the town. They have moved from a niche curiosity to making daily headlines across the globe. While the...
9/15/2026 10:27:39 AM Reshaping DIFC Arbitration: A Guide to the Key Amendments – Part 1 By Kim Rosenberg The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has long positioned itself as the region’s leading seat for international arbitration,...
9/15/2026 10:27:37 AM Reshaping DIFC Arbitration: A Guide to the Key Amendments – Part 2 By Kim Rosenberg In Part 1 of this series, we examined the DIFC Authority's Consultation Paper No. 2 of 2026, which proposes wide-ranging amendments to...
9/10/2026 10:18:07 AM Modernising corporate reporting – proposed changes to remuneration reporting requirements By Alice Greenwell David Mendel On 7 September 2026, the government announced a consultation on reforms to the UK’s corporate reporting framework. The government’s...
9/8/2026 11:57:37 AM Above the thresholds, below the bar: takeaways from the EU’s General Court on rebutting a DMA gatekeeper presumption By Elena Brandt Dominic Divivier Janet Lang Kristian Kues +1 more... Show less General Court (Eighth Chamber, sitting with five Judges), judgment of 2 September 2026, Case T-357/24 – Opera Norway AS v European...
9/7/2026 9:03:08 AM European Commission’s new Guidelines for assessing exclusionary abuses of dominance: softening its more aggressive approach (only) around the edges By Dominic Divivier Rikki Haria Vanessa van Weelden Lucas Vanassche +1 more... Show less The European Commission has adopted its final Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance, two years after publishing its initial...
9/1/2026 7:36:07 AM In force today: The new Belgian Criminal Code recalibrates the moral element: what it means for liability risks By Nathalie Colin Silvia Van Dyck Clémence Dalcq Wrongful conduct, whether by a person or a company, only triggers criminal liability if it is committed with a particular state of mind....
8/24/2026 11:27:07 AM Data on demand: Germany's Intelligence Services Reform Act and the new obligations for carmakers, platforms and banks By Alex Schmidtke Christoph Werkmeister Christian Sosna Against a backdrop of intensifying hybrid threats – cyber-attacks, sabotage, disinformation and other covert pressure short of armed...
8/21/2026 10:12:10 AM Same discount, faster process: The German FCO’s updated rules for cartel settlements By Dominic Divivier Uta Itzen Tobias Klose Ilka Oberländer Uwe Salaschek +2 more... Show less On 19 August 2026, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) replaced its ten-year-old guidance on settling cartel fine proceedings with new...