On 23 October 2026, there was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1763 of 13 July 2026 amending the regulatory technical standards (RTS) laid down in Delegated Regulations (EU) 2017/583 as regards transparency
An AI agent can write the story, but EU law asks whether a human reviewed it
Editor’s Note: Since Aug. 2, 2026, Article 50(4) of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act has required organizations that use AI to generate or manipulate text published to inform the public on matters of public interest to disclose that the
ESMA updates its Q&As by removing outdated and duplicative entries
On 22 October 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that it had updated its Questions and Answers (Q&As) on market structure under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, the Market Abuse Regulation and the Short Selling
FCA and PRA issue consultations on Phase 2 of SM&CR reforms
On 22 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) issued consultation papers setting out proposed reforms to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR). The FCA published Consultation Paper 26/37: Senior Managers and Certification Regime
EU FDI: State Of The Union (2026)
On October 14, 2026, the European Commission (Commission) published its sixth annual report on the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the Union (the Report). Notable findings:
Moonlit Launches Free, Expert-Reviewed Legal Commentary Library Built for Lawyers and AI Models
Newly launched Commentaries offers free-to-read legal commentary drafted from primary sources using Moonlit’s proprietary AI, reviewed by legal experts and linked directly to the underlying law
Moonlit, an Amsterdam-based legal publisher whose platform connects legislation and case law across
The Pool and the Pressure: Article 60(3) and the EU Migration Pact’s October Test
In May 2024, the European Union adopted the Pact on Migration and Asylum, a package of ten legislative acts reorganising arrivals, asylum applications, returns and the distribution of responsibility among Member States. Most began to apply on 12 June 2026. One…
Friday Frivolity: Frustrated Dubliner Sues Public Bus Service for €2.75
Sometimes a contracts claim is so small that it falls between the cracks of the mainstream media. But no claim is too small — or too contracts-adjacent — to escape the Friday Frivolity feature.
As Lois Kapila reports in The
Using the Public Sector Equality Duty in immigration cases
The EU Sustainable Finance Trilemma
The European Union’s Omnibus I Directive is the first stage of the European Commission’s sustainable finance simplification agenda. In a forthcoming article, I argue that it reveals a structural feature of that framework: Sustainability, simplification, and harmonization cannot be