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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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Sep
18
2014
Who’s a “Foreign Official”? Supreme Court Could Clarify Key FCPA Term Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
11
2015
Here We Go Again — New Proposed Resource Extraction Payment Rules Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
4
2018
SDNY Confirms Contractual Limits of Trustee's Duties Katten
Jan
15
2019
Revamped Relief: The CFPB's Proposed Rule to Improve its No-Action Letter Program and to Establish a Regulatory Sandbox K&L Gates
Oct
26
2022
Dutch Trust UBO Register Operational Starting 1 November 2022 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
19
2014
SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) Director Reports Violations Regarding Fees Common at Private Equity (PE) Firms Faegre Drinker
Sep
6
2018
CFPB Files Proposed Rule 54(b) Judgment in RD Legal Case Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
10
2013
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Proposes Amendments To The Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules Regarding Withdrawal Of A Premerger Notification Filing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
28
2017
ISDA To Publish T+2 Protocol Katten
Aug
21
2019
Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #10 Faegre Drinker
May
5
2021
Securities Class Actions Against Crypto Industry Stymied By Statute of Limitations Nelson Mullins
Mar
2
2022
US Sanctions Tighten on Russia’s Financial Sector and Technology Imports Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
16
2023
China Released Draft Rules Regulating and Promoting Cross-Border Data Transfer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
18
2024
Sales Tax & Bad Debts: Win at Indiana Tax Court Follows Federal Blank Rome LLP
Feb
17
2021
Portfolio Company Insolvency: Risk Mitigation Strategies for Fund Sponsors and Board Designees Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
26
2016
CFTC Grants SEF Registration Status to Seed SEF LLC Katten
Jan
10
2022
Who Would Have Predicted It? Polymarket Settles for Operating Unregistered Swap Execution Facility Polsinelli PC
Sep
7
2023
IRS Provides 2-Year Grace Period for Roth Catch-Up Contribution Requirement Under Secure 2.0 Hill Ward Henderson
May
1
2015
SEC Proposes New Pay versus Performance Disclosure Rules McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
18
2016
Bank’s Public Disclosure of Customer Data Didn’t Violate Right to Financial Privacy Act Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
13
2017
SEC’s Flawed Changes To Exchange Act Forms Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
23
2020
COVID-19 Update: SEC Guidance on Shareholder Meetings and Filing Deadline Extensions in Light of COVID-19 Concerns Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May
2
2023
FRB, FDIC Deliver Reports and Take Some Blame on Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Failures; More Regulation Ahead K&L Gates
Sep
22
2014
Top 10 Tips For Qui Tam Whistleblowers Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Dec
15
2015
FAST Act Amends JOBS Act and Creates New Private Resale Exemption Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
19
2016
CFTC Re-Proposes Capital Rules for Swap Dealers Katten
May
8
2018
Involvement in “Hallmark” Debt Collection Activities Not Required for “Meaningful Participation” under FDCPA, Ninth Circuit Rules Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
17
2019
Expectations for Colorado’s new Democratic Attorney General, Phil Weiser [Podcast] Ballard Spahr LLP
 

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