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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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Nov
2
2016
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Dec
15
2017
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Nov
6
2018
Rightsizing Regulation: U.S. Banking Agencies Release “Tailoring” Proposals and Regional Banks Are the Winners Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
6
2023
Department of Justice Initiatives Prioritize Economic Sanctions Enforcement Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
21
2016
New European Legislation Creating Headaches (and Opportunities) for Borrowers Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
26
2017
Staff Addresses Family Trusts With Multistate Trustees Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
9
2020
Do the New FTC/DOJ Vertical Merger Guidelines Provide Clarity? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
16
2017
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Jul
2
2019
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24
2022
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31
2022
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CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee To Meet on November 2 Katten
Sep
3
2020
SEC Adopts Final Rules to Modernize Business, Legal Proceedings, and Risk Factor Disclosure Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
27
2023
FDIC Issues Reminder to Banks on Reporting of Uninsured Deposits Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
2
2023
CFPB Proposes Changes to Fair Credit Reporting Act to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
16
2014
What Wisconsin Lenders Should Know About Construction Liens von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Nov
7
2014
CFTC Proposes to Amend Recordkeeping Requirements Katten
Jul
16
2018
CFPB to participate in new task force on market integrity and consumer fraud Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
16
2019
FINRA Files Proposed Rule Change to CAB Rules Governing Qualification, Registration and Continuing Education of Associated Persons of CABs Katten
Feb
12
2020
Newly Expanded CFIUS Jurisdiction Mintz
Dec
15
2017
CFTC Staff Issues Interpretive Guidance Clarifying Commodity Trading Advisor Registration Requirements Resulting from the European Union’s MiFID II Research Compensation Provisions for Investment Managers Katten
Mar
5
2018
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Whistleblower Protections under Dodd-Frank: Items of Note and Potential Impacts Vedder Price
Nov
8
2018
Digital Tokens: Rethinking the Term “Cryptocurrency” Mintz
Feb
25
2021
New York Attorney General Sues to Shutter Cryptocurrency Trading Firm Coinseed Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
14
2021
FCRA Claim Survives Dismissal Where Plaintiff Alleges Defendant Did Not Have a Permissible Purpose to Access Plaintiff’s Credit Report Based on Prior Discharge of Mortgage Debt in Bankruptcy Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

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