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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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Nov
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2021
Don’t Use “Build Back Better” to Sabotage the False Claims Act Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Nov
4
2022
FCA Publishes Consultation Paper on UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May
9
2023
Australian Federal Budget 2023-2024 - Key Tax Measures and Instant Insights K&L Gates
Jan
2
2015
CFPB Observer: Recent Developments from Dec. 8-12, 2014 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
1
2016
SEC Issues $22 Million Whistleblower Award Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
21
2017
CFTC Seeks Comment on CME Petition for Order Permitting Commingling of Funds Katten
Jan
18
2019
Reasonable Investigation Under FCRA: Two Times Might Not Be a Charm Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
18
2023
SEC Narrows Exemption from FINRA Membership for Broker-Dealers Katten
Jan
3
2017
New York Mandates Economic Sanctions Compliance Program Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
10
2017
Trump Administration Proposes Delay of Fiduciary Rule to July 1, 2019 Holland & Hart LLP
Sep
12
2018
Banking Regulators Issue Joint Policy Statement Downplaying the Role of Supervisory Guidance in Enforcement Covington & Burling LLP
Mar
24
2020
Treasury Department Issues Documentation for Essential Financial Services Employees Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
16
2013
SEC Adopts JOBS Act Rules and Issues Additional Final and Proposed Rules Related to Regulation D Offerings Faegre Drinker
May
14
2018
Cryptoasset Exchanges Respond to New York Attorney General’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
4
2019
Proposed Senate Bill Would Significantly Impact Certain Private Funds and Their Affiliates Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
21
2019
FINRA’s Board of Governors Approves Two Rule Proposals Katten
Mar
8
2024
SEC Finalizes Much-Anticipated Climate Disclosure Rules Katten
Jul
15
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Lender's Benefits from Recent Interpretation of Chapter 128 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
19
2013
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims Relating to Allegedly Misleading Press Release Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
23
2018
Ninth Circuit Holds That a Prohibition on Credit Card Surcharges Abridges Merchants’ Freedom of Speech in Violation of First Amendment Foley & Lardner LLP
May
6
2019
CBOE Proposes Amendments to Rule 6.49A to Eliminate On-Floor Position Transfers Procedures Katten
May
1
2015
CFTC Proposal Eases Trade Option Obligations for Non-SD/MSP Counterparties Katten
May
11
2023
Pre-Pack Regulation: Two Years On Katten
Dec
30
2014
Too Late to Foreclose? re: Florida Mortgage Foreclosure Statute of Limitations Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Sep
2
2016
SEC Proposes Amendments Requiring Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Filings Katten
Apr
24
2017
Bridging the Week: April 17 to 21 and 24, 2017 (Direct Funding Participants; Chatting About FX Trades; You Trade, You Submit) [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
20
2017
SEC Staff Denies Request for No-Action Relief Concerning Allocation of Certain Fund of Fund Operating Expenses to Underlying Funds in the Same Fund Family Vedder Price
Apr
29
2021
Driving the Deal Podcast: Restructuring and Bankruptcy Considerations McDermott Will & Emery
 

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