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Lloyds Fined £94 Million for “Unfair” Treatment of Mortgage Customers

11th June 2020
The FCA found that the banking group failed to take customers’ personal circumstances into account when they encountered financial difficulties.
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Huawei CFO Denied Dismissal of Extradition to US

5th June 2020
As tensions ratchet up between the West and China over the coronavirus pandemic, disagreements over Huawei’s activities in the West have become increasingly fraught.
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Dorsey & Whitney Ends Partnership with Minneapolis Prosecutors

4th June 2020
The prominent Minneapolis-based law firm will end its pro bono Minneapolis City Attorney’s programme.
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2020: The Year of EU Crypto-Asset Regulation?

2nd June 2020
The regulation of crypto-assets in the EU has, to date, consisted of a patchwork of national rules, with EU regulation only applying where crypto-assets fell within existing legislative frameworks. But pending the outcome of a European Commission consultation and the response to that feedback, it seems likely that 2020 will be an important year for the development of a more harmonised approach to the regulation of crypto-assets.
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Separated Parents and COVID-19: Child Custody in Quarantine

1st June 2020
It has now been more than two months since the UK government introduced lockdown measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. What is the current state of affairs for separated families?
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Is Coronavirus Global Governance’s Failure?

29th May 2020
Should we have expected governments across the world to be better prepared for COVID-19 or did global governance fail us?
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Coronavirus Law: How Will the Pandemic Shape English Law?

22nd May 2020
In this article, we suggest several ways in which the short and long term legal landscape of England and Wales will be impacted by the pandemic.
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Venezuela Launches Bid to Access $1 Billion in Bank of England Gold

20th May 2020
The central bank of Venezuela has launched a legal battle to force BoE to transfer the gold it is storing in order to combat COVID-19.
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Federal Circuit Indefinitely Suspends In-Person Oral Arguments

19th May 2020
Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, oral arguments will be given remotely until the Federal Circuit announces otherwise.
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Privacy and Security Provisions Must Improve If the COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Is to Succeed

15th May 2020
As the UK's lockdown measures ease, the government is looking to restart its contact tracing efforts – but the app they're built on looks far from ready for release.
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