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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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Inadvertent Errors and Tax Hedge Identification ASKramer Law
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6
2016
Treasury Rejects Central States’ Suspension Application Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
1
2017
Financial Regulatory Reform in Spotlight as Financial Regulators Fill in Trump Administration
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30
2019
Investment Services Regulatory Update: January 2019 Vedder Price
Jun
16
2020
Can’t Have it Both Ways: Court Strikes Down Defamation Claims After Plaintiff Says Furnishers Weren’t Furnishing Information (But Lets FCRA Claims Through on Permissible Purpose Grounds) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
14
2022
Telecom Alert: Annual CPNI Certifications; Rip-and-Replace Applications; EAS Pleading Cycle; Emergency Connectivity Fund [Vol. XIX, Issue 7] Keller and Heckman LLP
Jan
13
2017
EU Plans Changes in Investor Dispute Settlement Mechanism Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
20
2018
New FCRA Form for Pre-Employment Background Checks Starts Sept. 21 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
8
2016
NFA Revises SD and MSP 4s Review Process Katten
Oct
9
2020
DOJ Antitrust Division Rolls Out modernized Merger Remedies Manual Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Oct
9
2014
D.C. Bill Ostensibly Lowers Tax on Capital Gains from Qualified High Technology Company (QHTC) Investments… But How? McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
4
2018
CFPB Resumes Collection of Personally Identifiable Information for Examinations Ballard Spahr LLP
May
15
2019
Meaningful attorney involvement: the CFPB’s new proposed “safe harbor” standard Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
1
2020
After a Year of Record-Breaking Enforcement Fines, the CFTC Provides Guidance on the Recognition of Cooperation Faegre Drinker
Jan
12
2024
SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs But Gensler Still Disapproves of Crypto Mintz
Mar
10
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Higher Filing Thresholds for Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) Act Premerger Notifications Effective Became February 11, 2013 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
20
2016
Three Parts of "Best Interest Standard of Care": Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #20 Faegre Drinker
Feb
5
2018
Parent guarantees in the insolvency of a German subsidiary – claw back risks Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
17
2023
Court Affirmed Summary Judgment For A Financial Advisor Due To The Dead Man’s Rule Arising From Claim That He Failed To Change A Beneficiary Designation Winstead
Nov
2
2023
Youth Online Safety in the Crosshairs with NTIA Comment Request and Joint AG Meta Complaint Keller and Heckman LLP
Feb
1
2019
Expansion of Regulation A to Reporting Companies: Increased Alternatives Now Available to Public Companies Seeking to Raise Capital or for Mergers and Acquisitions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
8
2020
Amending the Definition of "Accredited Investor" Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Jun
17
2020
Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #29 Faegre Drinker
Mar
12
2024
Threading the Needle: The US Securities and Exchange Commission's Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules K&L Gates
Sep
24
2018
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: September 17 - 21 and September 24, 2018 (Spoofing; Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms; Post-Trade Allocations) Katten
Jun
2
2021
SEC’s Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert Cautioning Firms to Comply with Suspicious Activity Monitoring and Reporting Vedder Price
Jan
12
2016
How Has Supreme Court Decision in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer Affected Litigation Over Company Stock in Retirement Plans? The National Center for Employee Ownership
Sep
20
2019
CFTC Unanimously Approves Measures Related to Position Limits and Position Accounting for Security Futures Products and Public Rulemaking Procedures Katten
 

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