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View More NewsMexico City, July 4, 2026 — Mexican authorities must credibly and transparently investigate the killing of journalist Roxana Berenice Guzmán Rodríguez, determine whether her abduction and killing were related to her work as a journalist, and bring her killers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Saturday. Unidentified armed attackers abducted Guzmán, the founder and editor of news outlet Pulso Informativo del Sueste, from her residence in Nanchital, a town in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, on June 2, 2026. Human remains found in Moloacán, a town south of Nanchital in Veracruz, were identified as belonging to Guzmán,…
“The existing AML registration process with the FCA, which is much narrower, is already incredibly demanding, with the FCA rejecting or forcing the withdrawal of over 85% of applications,” he said in an emailed comment. The new framework introduces substantially broader requirements covering Consumer Duty, prudential standards, operational resilience and senior management accountability.Cattee also cautioned firms against delaying applications, pointing to MiCA’s rollout in Europe, where many firms waited until deadlines approached, creating licensing bottlenecks that left some businesses without authorization in time.For institutional investors, however, the new framework represents more significant than just another crypto rulebook.Sandy Jones, director of…
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Recorded on 30 June 2026, Claire Lehmann sat down with Derek Francis— former chief economist at the NSW Parliamentary Budget Office and a fund manager—to discuss a flaw in Treasury’s modelling of Australia’s new capital gains tax, one that could push effective tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent. TranscriptClaire Lehmann: Last month, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered one of Australia’s most ambitious and controversial budgets to date. It was framed as an attempt to restore intergenerational equity, in light of the fact that house prices have become completely unaffordable for young people across the country. To address this, negative…
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Today, Lawfare published my article “Callais Doesn’t Justify Court-Packing.” Here is an excerpt summarizing key points: The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v.…