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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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Feb
4
2018
Overpayments on Life-Contingent Annuities: How Bad Is This and What Can Be Done? Faegre Drinker
Sep
23
2018
The SEC Expands its Enforcement Throughout the Digital Industry K&L Gates
Jan
9
2020
Prosecutors Not Required to Prove Tipper Received “Personal Benefit” to be Convicted Under Criminal Insider Trading Statute Polsinelli PC
Oct
9
2020
SEC Proposes Allowing ‘Finders’ to Raise Capital Without Registering as Broker-Dealers Katten
May
5
2017
Sometimes the Truth is Stranger than Fiction – Update Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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
17
2016
European Supervisory Authorities Respond to European Commission Amendments to Risk Mitigation Techniques for Uncleared Derivatives Katten
Jan
17
2017
Kokesh v. SEC—US Supreme Court Set to Decide SEC Disgorgement Circuit Split Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
28
2020
Fund Adviser Receives $1 Million Penalty For Alleged Performance Misstatements in Private Fund Marketing Material Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
8
2022
Treasury Department, DOL, and HHS Provide Guidance on New Flexibility in Coverage of Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jan
20
2015
The Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC): Big Data & Surveilance Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
15
2023
Is Your AI Intelligent Enough? The CFPB Says it Will Actively Police the Use of Chatbots and Warns of Risks Katten
Feb
4
2019
FDIC and Fed issue joint advisory on FCRA provision allowing voluntary private education loan rehabilitation programs Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
27
2020
Strategies for Funds Facing Liquidity Issues as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic Vedder Price
Oct
4
2022
Blockchain Game Developers and FinCEN: When are State Money Transmission Laws Applicable? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
2
2024
SEC Adopts Securities Lending Disclosure Requirement Vedder Price
Sep
25
2018
The Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 significantly increases state regulation Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
10
2020
NFA’s Swaps Proficiency Requirements Become Effective on January 31 Katten
Oct
14
2021
The Department of Justice Sets Cryptocurrency Squarely in its Sights Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
3
2023
NFA Imposes New Compliance Obligations on Members Engaged in Digital Asset Commodity Activities K&L Gates
Dec
11
2013
Section 1110 Implications of Second Circuit AMR Make-Whole Ruling Vedder Price
May
9
2017
Jevic: Breathing New Life Into Priority Disputes Bracewell LLP
May
23
2019
Spotlight On Private Equity in the Fertility Sector McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
19
2020
Paycheck Protection Program: Treasury/SBA Conforms First Interim Final Rule to PPP Flexibility Act; Adds Form EZ for Loan Forgiveness Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
25
2021
SEC Adopts New Marketing Rule for Investment Advisers Faegre Drinker
Dec
30
2022
SECURE 2.0 Changes Rules for Retirement Plans Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
12
2016
SEC Settles Charges Against JP Morgan Chase for Failing to Disclose Conflicts of Interest Arising from Preferences for Proprietary Funds Vedder Price
Jan
19
2017
Viability of Dutch Claims Foundations In Question Mintz
 

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