Regulation J Explained: How the Fed's Rules Govern Money Movement Behind Everyday Payments
William Elliott · Oct 22, 2026Collection of checks and funds transfers through the Federal Reserve banks run on a rule most payment users never see.
Legaltech News
Regulatory Examination Cycles and Scheduling: What Fintech Firms Should Expect and Prepare For
Aleksandr Komarov · Oct 8, 2026Regulatory examinations follow a rhythm of routine, targeted, and follow-up …
Digital
Biometric Authentication Standards in Regulated Finance: NIST Guidelines and Exam Expectations
Aleksandr Komarov · Oct 6, 2026How biometric authentication works in regulated finance: verification modes, trait …
Compliance
Compliance Staffing Models: Sizing and Structuring a Team for Supervised-Firm Requirements
Aleksandr Komarov · Oct 4, 2026How to size and structure a compliance team for a …
Digital
Four Steps to Upgrade Digital Services Act Compliance: What the Framework Actually Asks
Naomi Bergman · Oct 2, 2026Grant Thornton's four-part model treats DSA compliance as an operating …
What Does Regulation Actually Mean? Statutes, Rules, and Guidance in Plain Language
William Elliott · Sep 29, 2026A primer on where regulatory authority comes from, how a …
Regulation MC Explained: What the Fed's Government Securities Rule Covers and Who It Reaches
William Elliott · Sep 28, 2026A plain-English look at the Federal Reserve rule that governs …
Compliance
Waiver Cessation Under Executive Order 14415: A Compliance Checklist for Defense Contractors Before January 1, 2027
Petra Vogel · Oct 1, 2026After New Year's Day, sourcing specialty metals, tungsten or rare earths from China, Russia, North Korea or Iran requires an accepted mitigation plan — and the clock is under 100 days.
Designing Audit Trails for Regulatory Inspection: What Examiners Actually Look For
Petra Vogel · Sep 18, 2026Examiners do not grade log volume. They test whether a record can answer who, what, when and why — and whether it survives retrieval under exam pressure.
Digital
Digital Cameras in the Phone Era: Why Standalones Still Sell
William Elliott · Sep 30, 2026Sensor size, real zoom, and battery discipline explain the niches where a dedicated camera still beats the phone in your pocket.
CFPB's Section 1033 Open Banking Rule: What Its 2026 Compliance Stay Means for Data Providers
Naomi Bergman · Aug 21, 2026A federal court has stayed the tiered compliance dates for the CFPB's open-banking data-access rule while the bureau reconsiders its fee, privacy, and representative-authorization provisions.
How Technology-Assisted Review Actually Works — and What Rule 26 and Rule 502 Require Before You Deploy It
Predictive coding has been accepted in federal courts for over a decade, but acceptance never meant a court can order you to use it. Here is how the workflow, the proportionality math, and the…
EU AI Act Obligations for General-Purpose Models Took Effect August 2: What Legaltech Vendors Selling Into Europe Must Track
The AI Act's transparency and copyright duties for general-purpose AI models became binding on August 2, 2025, reaching US legaltech and regtech vendors with EU customers.
Verifying Authority in the AI Research Era: The Citator Discipline That Still Decides Cases
Generative research tools answer questions; the citator answers whether the answer is still law — and the sanctions era made skipping the second step expensive.
A Year in Tech Coverage: How Newsroom Beats Actually Work
Launch calendars, earnings seasons and rulemaking clocks set the rhythm of tech reporting long before a story appears.
Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 707: How Courts Would Screen Machine-Generated Evidence Offered Without an Expert
Published for comment in August 2025 and held for further work in May 2026, the proposal would route machine output through Rule 702's reliability requirements. Here is what the text says, what the 59…
How a Federal Rule Becomes Binding: The Notice-and-Comment Timeline Compliance Teams Should Plan Around
From Unified Agenda entry to effective date, the Administrative Procedure Act sets the floor and Executive Order 12866 and the Congressional Review Act set the calendar. A practitioner's map of the…
How to Vet an App Before You Install It: Permissions, Developer History, and Privacy Labels
A practical checklist for compliance-minded readers who want to know what an app asks for, who stands behind it, and what it admits to collecting.
App Store Optimization: How Apps Climb the Charts Without Buying Their Way Up
Keywords, screenshots, ratings velocity, and featured placements decide who gets found. Here is how the mechanism actually works.
AppSheet and No-Code: Turning Spreadsheets Into Working Business Apps Without Developers
A practical explainer for compliance and legal-ops teams on how no-code platforms convert shared spreadsheets into governed mobile and web apps.