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FCA publishes Wider Implications Framework Annual Report 2025/26
On 21 July 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Wider Implications Framework (WIF) Annual Report 2025/26.BackgroundThis is the FCA’s fourth WIF Annual Report, covering the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. It sets out the past...
'I will do it': Man killed mother of his child with gunshot 'right at her face,' then looked at his boy and debated pulling trigger, police say
Inset, left to right: Kiana M. Pliska (GoFundMe) and Randall Alexander Lenyard Sr. (Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office). Background: The area in Milwaukee where Lenyard allegedly killed Pliska (Google Maps). A 33-year-old man in Wisconsin is accused of chasing down and...
'Going to be a dead baby': Dad who suffocated 'particularly fussy' infant after death threat is sentenced
Inset: Marcellaus N. Malone (Clermont County Sheriff's Office). Background: The Clermont County Jail (Google Maps). A 30-year-old father in Ohio will spend at least a decade in prison for abusing and ultimately killing his 4-month-old daughter, admitting to...
'Vital' discovery showing 'extent' of Trump's 'privilege' loss to Jack Smith could determine outcome of whole lawsuit, court filing says
President Donald Trump attends a joint news conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). As the president's lawyers try to limit the damage...
AMLA publishes its final report on draft ITS on cooperation within the AML/CFT supervisory system for the purposes of direct supervision
On 21 July 2026, the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) published its final report on draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on cooperation within the anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting the financing of terrorism (CTF) supervisory system for the...
Cops accompanying man found 'face down' near 3 dead bodies called back to scene where they learned he killed them: Deputies
Background: A section of the 200 block of Hickory Grove Road in Lesage, West Virginia (Google Maps). Inset: Joshua Deel (West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation). A man in West Virginia killed his ex-wife and her two children after an argument and...
Judge had 'everything' he needed to refer Kristi Noem for prosecution but went 'off the rails' with 'pointless' probe of her state of mind: DOJ
Left: Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas Kristi Noem attends the Organization of American States where visiting Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa is to speak, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Washington (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Right: Chief U.S. District Judge...
Guest Post: Calumet and VC Board Designee Risk
Ben DubinIn the following guest post, Ben Dubin, Managing Member of VC Expert Services LLC, discusses Delaware Vice Chancellor Laster’s January 29, 2026 opinion in the Calumet Capital Partners case. This article, which is the first of two discussing recent...
MVLs (again) – HMRC issues new Novalpina Guidance (UK)
With the anticipated appeal in Novalpina having been heard at the end of last month, practitioners will be watching closely to see what the courts have in store for solvent liquidations. In particular, there remains considerable interest in whether the first instance...