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July 11, 2026 marks a significant milestone in the implementation of the EU’s Capital Requirements Directive VI (“CRD VI”). U.S. and other non-EU banks and firms offering the deposit or lending services subject to CRD VI will no longer be able to service EU customers without a local branch or subsidiary. Firms entering into contracts for these services after July 11, 2026, must, at a minimum, establish a local branch by January 11, 2027.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Morrison Foerster is advising Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNX) (“Crinetics”), a global pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics for endocrine diseases, on its $10.0 billion acquisition by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) (“Vertex”).

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Morrison Foerster (“MoFo”) has advised Altera Infrastructure (“Altera”) in relation to its strategic partnership with Eni through the execution of the principal agreements for the supply of a newbuild floating production storage and offloading vessel to the Baleine Phase 3 development offshore Côte d’Ivoire.

Auf einen Blick Das Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe hat einem führenden deutschen Telekommunikationsunternehmen im Wege der einstweiligen Verfügung untersagt, ohne Zustimmung der Gebäudeeigentümerin (hier: einer Heidelberger Wohnungsbaugesellschaft) Baumaßnahmen – insbesondere die Errichtung von Verteilerkästen und die Verlegung von Kabelkanälen – in deren Liegenschaften durchzuführen.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo The ICO has stepped up its enforcement by securing confiscation orders totalling almost £475,000 against individuals who profited from the unlawful sale of personal data, signalling a tougher approach to data misuse for financial gain. While the action was aimed at employees rather than their employers, the cases raise important questions for organizations about governance, oversight, and responding to data incidents.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Morrison Foerster advised the Mozilla Foundation on the creation of Mozilla.org, a new 501(c)(3) non-profit created to steward the long-term success of the Mozilla Project. Mozilla.org was granted 501(c)(3) status and became fully operational in June 2026, and was created to oversee strategy, allocate resources, make investments and manage the brand across the Mozilla family of organizations.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo 16 Jul 2026 Join former federal and state prosecutors Carrie H. Cohen and Leif Dautch for an in-depth discussion on navigating parallel state and federal criminal investigations. This webinar explores the complexities of dual sovereignty, multi-jurisdictional enforcement, and the strategic challenges that arise when state and federal authorities simultaneously investigate the same conduct.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo At the state and federal levels, legislative and enforcement bodies are expanding efforts to regulate data brokers. On May 27, 2026, Connecticut became the latest state to enact data broker requirements, and on June 16, 2026, Vermont amended and expanded the scope of its existing data broker law.

House Members Introduce Insider-Trading Bill Limiting Stock and Prediction Market Activity A group of House members introduced a bill that would bar federal candidates, elected officials, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, and other senior government officials from trading stocks and using prediction markets. Introduced by Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.), Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-Calif.), Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), and Rep.

In its 2026 guide, Chambers USA has identified Morrison Foerster’s Technology Group as a market leader MoFo for the fourth consecutive year was awarded Band 1 rankings in both the Nationwide: Technology and California: Technology categories. Additionally, the firm was ranked in New York. Morrison Foerster is the only firm in the nation to be ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA in these technology categories, in addition to being ranked Band 1 in Artificial Intelligence.