Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to send the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair (REPAIR) Act to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. This legislation, if enacted, would give car owners access
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Geopolitics and Cybersecurity: Japan and the UK Announce Strategic Cyber Partnership Among Growing Global Focus on Privacy and Cyber Risks Posed by Foreign Actors
By John Woods & Cole R. Rianda
On January 31, 2026, the governments of Japan and the United Kingdom announced they were strengthening their cybersecurity collaboration through a bilateral Strategic Cyber Partnership (Partnership).
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UK Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Outlook for 2026: What Financial Services Firms Need To Know
Last year saw many developments across the international data privacy and cybersecurity landscape, and this momentum shows no sign of slowing.
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Children’s Privacy in 2026: From Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban to a Shift Beyond Notice-and-Consent in the United States
Recent developments in children’s privacy and online safety regulation reflect a global shift away from notice-and-consent frameworks toward access restrictions, design mandates, categorical advertising prohibitions, and ecosystem-level age-assurance mechanisms. Using Australia’s under-16 social media ban as a case study, this…
Reviewing The Legal Landscape Of Social Media For Minors
Concerns about the impact of social media on children and adolescents have grown among U.S. lawmakers, parents, and public health officials. While federal oversight remains largely limited to narrow data privacy protections for minors, states have moved to fill the
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Sidley Blockchain Bulletin – 2026 Business, Legal and Regulatory Outlook
Blockchain technology and asset tokenization are moving beyond proof-of-concept use cases to production-scale systems, requiring businesses and regulators to confront questions that are no longer theoretical. As institutional adoption expands and rulemaking, enforcement, and litigation accelerate across jurisdictions, the legal…
The State of Play in Banking and Digital Assets: Welcome Developments from the Banking Agencies
The environment has never been more favorable for existing banking organizations launching a digital asset business and those Fintech and other nonbank companies considering acquiring or chartering a full-service or limited-purpose bank in order to operate a digital asset business.…
Regulatory Update: National Association of Insurance Commissioners Fall 2025 National Meeting
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Fall 2025 National Meeting (Fall Meeting) December 8–11, 2025. This blog summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Fall
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Unpacking the December 11, 2025 Executive Order: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
On December 11, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) to protect American Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation from “the most onerous and excessive laws emerging from the States that threaten to stymie innovation.” Consistent with the President’s July…
The 12th Edition of Lexology In-Depth: Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity is now available
The 12th edition of Lexology In-Depth: Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity (formerly The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review) provides an incisive global overview of the legal and regulatory regimes governing data privacy and security. With a focus on recent developments, it…