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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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Dec
22
2016
Has SEC Paid Millions In Whistleblower Bounties To “Friends And Family”? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
14
2019
Commentaries Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: January 7 – 11 and January 14, 2019 (Freedom of Speech; Cryptoasset Regulation Gaps; Cybersecurity) Katten
Oct
14
2021
The Department of Justice Sets Cryptocurrency Squarely in its Sights Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
14
2013
North Carolina Court of Appeals: Parties Seeking Enforcement of a Note Need to Make the Chain of Title Clear in the Pleadings, and Should Plainly Request to the Trial Court That Any Dismissal of Their Complaint be Without Prejudice Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
30
2015
Teladoc Embarks on Road to an IPO Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
18
2015
FDIC Warns Banks About Risks of Marketplace Lending Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Nov
15
2017
LIBOR: The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine?) Bracewell LLP
Sep
5
2018
Watch Out, Small Commercial Lending Might Soon Become A lot More Complicated! Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
24
2020
Treasury Department Issues Documentation for Essential Financial Services Employees Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
31
2014
Get Your Prior Art Ducks in a Row Before Filing Your Inter Partes Review Petition McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
7
2017
Bitcoin Thieves Abound, But Law Enforcement is Getting Smart and Stepping Up K&L Gates
Aug
26
2019
Seventh Circuit Holds Withdrawal Liability Cannot Be “Decelerated” Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
21
2019
FINRA’s Board of Governors Approves Two Rule Proposals Katten
Nov
20
2020
SEC Amends Exempt Offering Framework McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
16
2013
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Orders Wells Fargo and Banc of America to Reimburse Customers More Than $3 Million and Pay $2.15 Million in Fines for Unsuitable Sales of Bank Loan Mutual Funds Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
May
22
2014
Esquenazi Opinion Extends Reach of FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), Adopting Broad Definition of “Instrumentality of a Foreign Government” Faegre Drinker
Sep
1
2016
SEC Issues $22 Million Whistleblower Award Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
29
2019
Pennsylvania Bureau Notifies Filers of the Loss of Attachments Submitted with UCC Records Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
2
2020
SEC Staff to Host Roundtable on Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS on October 26 Katten
Jun
29
2022
Want to File a Mechanics’ Lien in California? Here’s What You Can (and Can’t) Include Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
22
2023
CFPB To Push Forward with Purposed Rulemaking for Data Brokers Troutman Amin, LLP
Feb
16
2013
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Comforts Appointed Board Members of Municipal Issuers on Valentine's Day Mintz
Apr
20
2017
SEC Issues Proposal Requiring Use of Inline XBRL Format for Mutual Fund Risk/Return Summaries Vedder Price
May
10
2018
DOJ settles redlining lawsuit against KleinBank Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
5
2023
The Last Remaining FX Defendant Prevails at Trial Mintz
Feb
27
2024
2024 Litigation Look Ahead Series: Challenges to Administrative Law Judges, Judicial Review Process Could Limit Executive Power Beveridge & Diamond PC
Mar
21
2014
New Jersey Court Sends Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claim To Arbitration Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
28
2016
What “Level Fee Fiduciary” Means for Rollover Advice: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #32 Faegre Drinker
 

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