Steven Farmer

On July 23, 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia and parallel measures concerning Belarus. Across the two asset-freeze regimes, the package added 48 individuals and 170...more The European Union’s AI Act entered a new phase on August 2, 2026, marking two years since its entry into force. Most immediately, the transparency obligations in Article 50 now apply to a broad range of AI systems and their...more On June 25, 2026, the UK published a new Open General Export Licence (the “New OGEL”), permitting the export of a wide range of dual-use items to various low-risk destinations. The New OGEL consolidates existing open...more Today, Regulation (EU) 2026/1386 (“FDI Regulation”), the EU’s new regulation revising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) screening framework, was published in the Official Journal following its adoption by the Council of the...more