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The recent judgment in Standard Bank of South Africa v South African Reserve Bank and Others (047643/2023) [2025] ZAGPPHC 481 (15 May 2025) highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to address the treatment of cryptocurrencies within South Africa’s exchange control framework.

In the latest episode of our EMEA insights series, Maria Beatrice Gilesi of our Milan office discusses recent communications from the Italian regulators regarding MiCA, DORA, CRD 6 and AI.

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) just issued its second enforcement action under the CCPA and the message is clear: the CPPA is looking at your digital properties and tallying up the violations. Your website is more than a marketing tool; it is a compliance obligation.

The Fifth Annual Report issued May 19, 2015, by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), established under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to oversee risks to the U.S. financial system. Themes discussed in the report included cybersecurity, market structure, reference rates and data collection.

When a virtual asset transaction is claimed to cause injuries to a plaintiff, what kind of causation must be shown between the injury and persons having some relationship to the transaction in order for the plaintiff to get relief from them?

As the world of cryptocurrency continues to evolve, understanding the legal landscape is more crucial than ever. Gain a deeper understanding of how different jurisdictions are addressing the complexities of crypto disputes.

In the latest edition of our podcast series, Split the Difference, Jonathan Herbst, Hannah Meakin, Anna Carrier and Simon Lovegrove cover the draft UK legislation for regulating cryptoassets and recent FCA discussion paper and compare it with the EU Regulation on markets in cryptoassets regulation.

On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury (HMT) published a consultation paper (CP) on Phase 1 of its proposals to reform the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA).

On 20 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) updated its webpage on consumer credit reporting to include information on, and links to, the CCR009 return and related data flow diagrams.

On April 28, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made it clear that any claims about the ability of a tool to detect whether artificial intelligence (AI) generated content need to be substantiated, just like other advertising claims.