Lexology PRO analyses enforcement data across 10 regulatory areas over the last year to identify enforcement patterns and trends, and highlights the biggest risks facing businesses.
Authorities have issued record fines, expanded crackdowns on high-risk industries like crypto and AI, and increasingly paired penalties with mandated compliance improvements.
Data collected by Lexology PRO’s Scanner regulatory monitoring tool shows key enforcement themes included rising scrutiny of data use, worker protections, money laundering, sanctions circumvention, greenwashing, consumer abuses, and governance failures.
With geopolitical tensions, new AI and ESG rules, and major regulatory reforms on the horizon, companies are facing bigger challenges than ever before.
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- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in data protection
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in employment
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in sanctions
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in banking
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in environment
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in gambling
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in AML
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in ABC
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in telecoms
- Regulatory risk map 2025: global enforcement trends in insurance
The data in these articles is based on Lexology PRO’s Scanner, our automated regulatory monitoring tool covering 18 regulatory areas and tracking over 1500 regulatory sources. Full details on Scanner’s regulatory coverage can be found here.
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