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The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

Regulatory Agencies with Financial Services

Readers can learn about new loan transactions, international trade agreements, mortgage loans and bank financing legislation, and other news as it unfolds in the US and around the world. Details that are covered by governmental and regulatory agencies including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), are routinely updated on the site. With ongoing agency news dealing with the CFPB, agency directors, and nominations to financial and banking agencies, the National Law Review constantly adds new cases and newsreaders want to remain informed about.

Global Financial Services

International banking and financial institutions news is also covered on the National Law Review. UK regulatory framework covered, including the Australian crowd-sourced funding regime, and EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), along with international insolvency, news, and legislation from around the world, which are linked to non-US foreign banks and institutions, are regularly published online.  Additionally, the legal experts at the National Law Review consistently offer updates on the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and the effects of Brexit.

Financial Services and Innovation

The National Law Review also covers hot topics such as financial services law and FinTech (financial technology). Additionally, we cover topics like bitcoin, cryptocurrency transactions, SEC regulations, blockchain technologies, and compliance under finance laws like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Additionally, cases and news which is governed under the Federal Reserve Act, the Fair Credit and Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are also analyzed in articles on the site.

Securities & the SEC

The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The National Law Review covers news and updates coming out of the SEC, including information about updates on the US SEC EDGAR system and related requirements, rules designed to limit and enforce rules against Insider Trading and Anti-Money Laundering settlements. Additionally, analysis of the SEC Division of Investment Management leadership and proposed rulemakings.

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Recent Securities, SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

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Jun
1
2013
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Approves Co-Operation Agreements With 34 non-European Economic Area (EEA) Jurisdictions Katten
Mar
11
2016
SEC Announces National Compliance Outreach Seminar for Investment Adviser, Investment Company Personnel Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
19
2017
CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Issues Sixth Annual Report Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
15
2023
Australian Privacy Regulator Sues in Data Breach Case Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
31
2012
China Encourages Private Outbound Investment Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
5
2014
Expedited Proceedings Denied iin Delaware Where Harm Is Only Speculative Katten
Jul
1
2017
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – June 30, 2017: MEPs; Ukraine Membership, Anti-money laundering Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
6
2018
FTC Files Comments with CFPB on CID Processes Covington & Burling LLP
Jul
27
2022
Brussels Regulatory Brief: July 2022 K&L Gates
Jan
19
2021
What Labor Nominee Martin Walsh Means for the Future of the Fiduciary Rule Bracewell LLP
Mar
15
2017
Conflict Minerals Rule Legal Challenge — Done and Done Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
15
2019
SEC Adopts Modernization And Simplification Of Regulation S-K McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
28
2022
Another Data Breach Lawsuit for Lakeview Loan Servicing Robinson & Cole LLP
Nov
16
2016
SEC Shake-Up: President-Elect Trump Expected to Make Key Appointments Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
21
2022
IRS Announces 2023 Increases to Health FSA and Transportation Fringe Benefit Limits Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
27
2014
Puerto Rico Senate Not in a New York State of Mind Mintz
Jul
21
2015
Opposition to the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act Holland & Hart LLP
Jul
25
2016
Municipal Advisor, School Consultant, Associated Individuals Enter Settlement Offers with SEC After First-of-its-Kind Municipal Advisor Antifraud Enforcement Action Bracewell LLP
Jul
29
2019
Complying with the SEC's New Requirements for InLine XBRL Tagging of Cover Page Information: Clarification Regarding Exhibit 104 Bracewell LLP
May
2
2023
It’s Not Just the NLRB Watching You – NLRB Adds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Its Ever Growing List of Interagency Collaborations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
17
2013
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) Calls Press Conference to Pressure for Further Restrictions on Broker Expungement Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
27
2015
In Omnicare, U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Securities Decision Faegre Drinker
Mar
14
2016
FDCPA – 11TH Circuit: Kinlock v. Wells Fargo Bank – Post-Foreclosure Offers of Financial Assistance to Defaulted Borrower Not Violative of FDCPA/Florida Consumer Collection Protection Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
20
2017
FINRA Publishes Regulatory Notice Regarding Sales Practice Obligations for Volatility-Linked Exchange-Traded Products Katten
Nov
16
2023
Part I: NFT Lending — Legal Issues Involving Secured Transactions under the UCC, Pre- and Post-Article 9 and 12 Amendments Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
22
2024
Third Circuit Ruling Gives CFPB Green Light to Enforce Against Student Loan Trusts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
27
2014
Pennsylvania Court Enforces Forum Selection Clause in Franchise Non-Compete Against Florida-Based Defendant, and His Non-Signatory Wife Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
10
2018
SEC Freezes $27 Million Related to a Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Acquisition Faegre Drinker
 

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