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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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Feb
2
2018
CFPB’s Fair Lending Office Stripped of Supervision and Enforcement Powers Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
20
2019
CFIUS Proposes Rules to Implement FIRRMA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
29
2020
More PPP Funding Approved, Questions Remain Unanswered Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Mar
10
2013
Fourth Circuit: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Rule Is For Customers Only Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
30
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Requests Public Comment on ICE Swap Trade Packaged Transaction Rule Katten
Aug
31
2015
Sanctions Regimes and Shipping Finance Vedder Price
Aug
25
2017
The First Signs of Regulatory Capital Relief for Most Banks Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
3
2023
Pflicht zur ESG-Kundenbefragung gilt zukünftig auch für Finanzanlagenvermittler McDermott Will & Emery
May
22
2015
Mutual Funds with CFCs: Take Note of BE-10 Reporting Requirements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
27
2020
The CARES Act: An Overview of Programs Impacting Financial Businesses Katten
Oct
26
2022
401(k) Limits Reflect Inflation Mintz
Jan
18
2024
Sales Tax & Bad Debts: Win at Indiana Tax Court Follows Federal Blank Rome LLP
Jan
14
2020
SECURE Act and Guaranteed Income (Part 2) Faegre Drinker
Jul
27
2022
The "Other Shoe Drops" - SEC Investigating Coinbase Mintz
Oct
15
2014
Backlash against EEOC Enforcement Initiative on Background Checks Continues Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
4
2018
Fed Board Clears Rewrite of Volcker Rule Polsinelli PC
Jun
17
2020
Private Equity in 401(k) Plans – A Trillion Dollar Opportunity? K&L Gates
May
3
2022
ESG Enforcement Watch: SEC Files Fraud Complaint against Brazilian Miner, Vale, over False Safety Claims prior to Environmental Disaster Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
16
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The Media Is Increasingly Talking About a Recession Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
16
2014
Dutch Supreme Court: Redeemable Preference Shares Covered by the Dutch Participation Exemption Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
20
2017
New York Court of Appeals Clarifies What May Constitute a Binding Agreement in the Sale of Syndicated Loans Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
4
2017
EU Proposals for Harmonisation of Insolvency Practitioners and Judges Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
25
2018
Third Circuit Affirms Lower Court Decision in Favor of  Investment Adviser in Section 36(b) Excessive Fee Case Vedder Price
Sep
24
2019
SEC Provides Guidance For Mutual Fund Risk Disclosures Faegre Drinker
May
21
2019
What is the Process for a Whistleblower to Receive an SEC Whistleblower Award? Zuckerman Law
Feb
6
2023
Even-handed Thievery: SEC Sanctions Unregistered Investment Adviser for Fraudulent: I) Investment Advice, AND II) Filings for PPP Loans Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jul
6
2023
CFPB, FDIC, NCUA, OCC, and FRB Issue Proposed Guidance on Reconsiderations of Value of Residential Real Estate Transactions Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
26
2015
Motion to Sever Denied as Opt Out Alternative by Judge Swain of the Southern District of New York Mintz
 

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