Hackers who targeted airport currency exchange mainstay Travelex in a ransomware attack on New Year’s Eve have alerted British media that they possess 5 GB of sensitive customer data from the company “since gaining access to...more
On 8 August 2017, the European Union Financial Sanctions (Amendment of Information Provisions) Regulations 2017 (the "Regulations") will come into force. The Regulations "expand the scope of the reporting requirements set out...more
98% of the liabilities of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) (“LBIE”) were denominated in non-sterling currencies. The fall in sterling after LBIE entered administration resulted in significant paper...more
Uber made it official today, announcing that controversial CEO Travis Kalanick will be taking an indefinite leave of absence, though even the announcement and board commentary that followed seemed to highlight the “bad-boy...more
The English High Court has recently provided guidance on a novel but practical point, allowing a party benefiting from a costs order to recover additional sums to account for expenditure incurred as a result of exchange rate...more
Novus Aviation Ltd v Alubaf Arab International Bank BSC(c) [2016] EWHC 1937 (Comm) is relevant when unforeseen fluctuations in the currency exchange rate between the time of a Part 36 offer and the time of judgment affect...more
On 10 June 2015, the Bank of England (“BoE”), HM Treasury (“HMT”) and the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the final report on the “Fair and Effective Markets Review” which had been launched one year ago with the...more
Welcome to the May 2015 edition of Red Notice, a publication of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This month on the anticorruption front, a German engineering firm tests Brazil's recently implemented anticorruption...more
On February 25, 2015, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2015 (SI 2015/369) was published with an explanatory memorandum. The Order comes into force on April 1, 2015, and...more