From the Archive

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission have released an official interpretation of how federal laws will apply to cryptocurrencies and their transactions.

The U.K.’s financial regulator has set up a live-testing environment so that firms can road-test their Artificial Intelligence (AI) services safely before launching them to the public.

’Tis the season of giving. For multinationals, compliance in gifts and entertainment policies in Asia is not about exporting Western rules, but embedding global standards in a language and culture local teams trust.

Wide-ranging and overlapping regulations across multiple jurisdictions present potentially massive compliance headaches for companies working in the chemicals industry, especially as regulators increasingly focus on environmental reporting linked to the lifecycle of some products.

Extra-territorial rules are an increasing risk for global organizations as governments add regulations governing AI, fraud, tariffs, and sanctions to existing laws on bribery and corruption. Complex supply chains and requirements for global due diligence extend the strong arm of the law ever further.

President Trump has threatened to sanction EU leaders and impose further tariffs in retaliation for the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Will he carry this out? Nobody knows, but if he presses ahead with either sanctions or increased tariffs, it will escalate his radical use of U.S. economic and political might to influence the policies of allied countries and trading partners, rather than political enemies.

Nearly 100 attendees gathered at the Hotel Zaza in Austin, Texas for Compliance Week’s 2025 June 5-6. This year’s conference brought together women and allies from compliance teams across the globe to discuss corporate culture best practices, career progression and how diversity efforts are changing at their companies.