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On 10 July 2026, HM Treasury designated the first Critical Third Parties (CTPs) under the UK's operational resilience regime for financial services. While the CTP rules took effect on 1 January 2025, they only apply once an entity is formally designated. These initial designations (effective 13 July 2026) therefore mark the point at which the regime becomes operational for the designated providers.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Brian Sylvester spoke with Food Navigator about the FDA and USDA’s effort to establish a federal definition for ultra-processed foods (UPFs), explaining that the debate centers on competing frameworks based on processing, ingredients, nutrition, or a combination of the three.

Employers, employees and employment lawyers alike will be watching closely over the next 12 months as the overhaul of UK employment laws under the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) takes effect. We have set out the key dates for your calendar as the new regime is implemented, and noted actions employers should take now, whilst in some areas we await secondary legislation for more details. Sign up to receive legal insights and industry updates from our London Employment team.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Please see below for this week’s Financial Markets & Innovation Weekly Update from Morrison Foerster, tracking how emerging technologies are reshaping financial markets and how U.S. and global regulators are responding.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving significant investment in data centers across Asia. As developers, investors and operators respond to growing demand, sustainability is a key consideration in how AI infrastructure is planned, developed and operated.

Background Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals.

Voluntary safety standards for micromobility batteries may soon carry the force of federal law. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has proposed a mandatory safety standard for lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility products, including electric bicycles (“e-bikes”), electric scooters, and other light electric vehicles.

Keep up with the latest legal and industry insights, news, and events from MoFo 近几个月来，中国[1]主管机构相继出台新规并推进执法行动，持续扩充中国反制裁法律工具体系。2026年4月，国务院发布两项新规：其一是“《中华人民共和国反外国不当域外管辖条例》”，扩大对外国域外管辖措施的限制范围；其二是“《国务院关于产业链供应链安全的规定》”，对境外主体围绕中国产业链、供应链开展的信息收集和调查活动加强监管。2026年5月，商务部依据2021年《阻断外国法律与措施不当域外适用办法》发布首份阻断令，禁止中国境内任何主体执行美国对五家中国“茶壶炼油厂”实施的特别指定国民制裁措施。同月，司法部等有关部门认定欧盟在《外国补贴条例》调查中要求提供“广泛、非必要”的中国境内信息这一做法构成不当域外管辖措施。与此同时，今年已有多家中国法院受理了中国企业依据《反外国制裁法》向外国相对方提起的损害赔偿诉讼。跨国企业在应对外国制裁合规要求与中国反制裁法律风险时，可参考下文所述的风险管控策略。 一、中国反制裁工具的最新进展...

In this Roundup, the MoFo Food & Ag team aims to help our clients proactively track plant gene-editing regulation to inform business strategy. This edition provides updates on the continued streamlining of approval for modern gene-edited crops. Argentina, one of the world’s leaders in growing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited crops, is streamlining its approval process.

In data-driven workplace environments, employees are keen to understand how employers use their personal data. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) has introduced a statutory requirement for data controllers, including employers, to operate a data protection complaints process. Individuals now have a corresponding new right to complain directly to a controller when they believe the controller has infringed its obligations under the UK GDPR in respect of their personal data.