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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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Jan
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2019
The Proposed IRS Reissuance Regulations: The Thirty Years’ War Continues Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
16
2019
House Financial Services Committee finds megabanks need to improve their diversity Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
14
2021
Firms Settle FINRA Charges for Supervisory Violations on UIT Rollovers Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
16
2023
Australia: Licensing Comes to the Crypto Industry K&L Gates
May
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Second Circuit Interprets Morrison: Domestic Transactions in Securities on a Foreign Exchange Vedder Price
Jan
10
2018
Top 5 Regulatory Changes To Watch For In 2018 K&L Gates
Aug
20
2018
OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution Vedder Price
Oct
7
2021
FinCEN Identifies First National AML/CFT Policy Priorities Mintz
Mar
28
2023
Effects of High Inflation and Interest Rates on Real Estate Developments and Leasing Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
May
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2011
Unique Retail Considerations of Branch Bank Leasing Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Apr
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2017
OSHA Orders Wells Fargo to Pay $5.4M to Whistleblower Zuckerman Law
Nov
2
2017
Recommendations of Distributions - Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #68 Faegre Drinker
Apr
20
2020
Secondary Loan Trading Considerations in a COVID-19 World Katten
Nov
16
2020
SEC Proposes to Modernize Fund Shareholder Reports and Disclosures Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Dec
19
2022
Why Venture Capital Investors Are Betting on Generative AI Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
16
2016
What Community Bank Board Members Need to Know About Directors and Officers Murtha Cullina
Aug
4
2020
FDIC Loosens Requirements for Employment With Financial Institutions Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
8
2016
Court Holds That Exempt Lender May Violate California Usury Statute Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
1
2020
U.S. Supreme Court Holds ERISA Defined Benefit Plan Participants Without Monetary Losses Lack Article III Standing to Assert Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
22
2022
US Executive Branch Update – September 21, 2022 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
28
2013
Defense of Marriage Act Ruling Has Multiple Effects on Benefit Plans Katten
Sep
13
2014
First Bitcoin Swap Proposed Katten
Jan
4
2019
Hack of Electrum Wallets Reaps over 200 Bitcoin (around $750,000) Robinson & Cole LLP
Aug
19
2019
Second Circuit Finds McDonnell ‘Official Acts’ Standard Inapplicable to FCPA Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
15
2021
Biggest Stories of 2021 Bracewell LLP
Apr
7
2022
Finding the Silver-Lining—Leveraging Government Investigations and Restitution Orders for Long-Term Tax Benefits Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
15
2022
Rising Interest Rates Could Mean Even More M&A Deals Structured with Cash and Equity Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
17
2023
Washington Employers Beware—Barrage of Suits Filed Over Pay Range Disclosure Law Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
 

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