On October 5, 2026, Chairman Michael S. Selig used his remarks at the Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium to introduce an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on Regulation Crypto ...

On October 6, the European Commission proposed reforms to the EU enlargement process and the EU itself to enable four new frontrunners to join the bloc: Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, and Ukraine.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) final rule implementing the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) moved to the Office of Management ...

Washington appears to be trending back toward future economic engagement and sanctions relief for Russia despite its ongoing war with Ukraine , which could create misalignments between the US and ...

A recent dispute involving a Mickey Mantle trading card highlights the increasing legal risks surrounding the use of name, ...

On September 16, 2026, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced the release of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Supervisory Framework (Framework), which provides state examiners with ...

Markets in Brazil rallied this week after Flavio Bolsonaro’s unexpectedly strong showing in the first round of the presidential elections. The Bovespa index jumped 7.7% on Monday to a new closing ...

The FCC is providing a path for broadband providers and their suppliers to keep previously authorized routers in production despite restrictions imposed by the agency's Covered List. In a series of ...

Effective October 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of State promulgated a final rule removing Syria from the list of countries ...

The Sanctions Update, compiled by attorneys from Steptoe’s award-winning International Regulatory Compliance team and the Stepwise: Risk Outlook editorial team, publishes every Monday. Guided by the ...

On Saturday, President Trump publicly rejected Iran’s most recent peace proposal, delivered via shuttle diplomacy by Qatar during the UN General Assembly in New York. The apparent failure of th is ...

Leslie Belcher, managing director of Steptoe's Government Affairs & Public Policy group, authored an article in Washington Examiner titled "The $2 Trillion Time Bomb: Congress Can't Out-Vote the ...