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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
28
2016
What “Level Fee Fiduciary” Means for Rollover Advice: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #32 Faegre Drinker
Dec
23
2019
FCA Updates SM&CR Webpage Katten
Apr
22
2020
IRS Flexes Its Administrative Summons Power in Recent Tax Case McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
30
2023
FDIC Issues Q3 Quarterly Banking Profile Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
10
2016
Financial Conduct Authority Launches New Website on MiFID II Market Data Processing Katten
Sep
11
2019
Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #11 Faegre Drinker
Sep
22
2023
CFPB Issues Guidance on Credit Denials by Lenders Using Artificial Intelligence Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
15
2024
Fair Representation: SEC Approves Revised FINRA Dispute Resolution Rules Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jul
25
2013
D.C. District Court Upholds SEC's Conflict Minerals Rules, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report Questions Effectiveness on Humanitarian Efforts Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
26
2015
DC Circuit Court Rejects Challenge to SEC Pay-to-Play Rule Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
1
2016
Brexit: An Overview of the General Legal and Policy Principles Which Would Apply Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
17
2017
The OCC Now Has a Permanent Comptroller Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
25
2019
Nevada Secretary Of State Unveils Proposed Broker-Dealer Fiduciary Rules Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
3
2013
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Technical Standards Published in the Official Journal of the European Union Katten
Oct
2
2014
Re-Proposal of DOL Fiduciary Advice Regulation Faegre Drinker
May
9
2015
CFTC Determines That Wholly Owned Securitization SPVs of Captive Finance Companies May Elect End-User Exception Katten
Aug
9
2017
Clicking Into Compliance: September 1, 2017 Effective Date for SEC Exhibit Hyperlink Requirement Faegre Drinker
Sep
14
2018
CFPB Files First Lawsuit Under Acting Director Mulvaney Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
18
2022
Regulation by Definition: CFPB Broadens Definition of “Unfairness” to Rein in Discrimination Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
15
2022
Impaired Brilliance: SEC and US Attorney Sue Veteran Investor for Insider Trading Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Feb
27
2023
The Long and Short of Short Selling Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
21
2017
CHOICE Act 2.0: House GOP Leadership Reboots Its Dodd-Frank Act Reform Legislation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
25
2020
West Virginia’s Governor Ensures Financial and Insurance Services are Essential Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
11
2020
COVID-19 Pandemic: Banking & Finance ‘Phase 2’ Measures in Italy Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
7
2021
A NEW YEAR’S TALE OF CAUTION – OFAC Settlement Highlights Risks for Those Dealing in Digital Currencies Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
20
2022
California District Court Upholds SEC’s Novel “Shadow Trading” Theory Proskauer Rose LLP
May
18
2022
Judge Rules in Criminal Sanctions Case Involving Cryptocurrency Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
17
2022
It's Ultra-Complicated: Fifth Circuit and Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decisions Widen Rifts on Make-Whole Premiums and Postpetition Interest ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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