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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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Feb
2
2021
Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds Adjust Downward for Just Second Time Ever
May
14
2015
New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules Proposed by SEC: Pay vs. Performance Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Aug
21
2015
Federal Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act Stark & Stark
Nov
21
2017
Do You Have A Weak Link In Your Supply Chain? K&L Gates
May
25
2018
EU Policy Update for Q1 2018 – Budgets and Upcoming EU Elections, Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, a “Digital Tax” proposal, and Brexit Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
12
2020
SEC Announces Stand-Alone Office Focused on Innovation and Financial Technology & Rules to Modernize Infrastructure for NMS Market Data Katten
Mar
9
2021
LIBOR Transition – Issue 8 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
30
2014
Cyber Liability Insurance: Where’s the Beef? Mintz
Jan
13
2015
SEC Extends Temporary Rule Regarding Adviser Principal Trades Vedder Price
Jan
31
2018
Hacking of digital currency exchange leaves Japanese company footing the bill K&L Gates
Nov
19
2021
SEC Reports Significant Increases In FY2021 Whistleblower Program Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
15
2022
Executive Order on Digital Assets Establishes Policy Goals for Whole-of-Government Approach to Regulation Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
6
2016
Treasury Proposes Regulations That Would Require Private Trust Companies to Establish or Enhance AML Programs and to Identify Beneficial Ownership of Legal Entities Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Jan
28
2019
CFPB Issues Annual Report on Servicemember Complaints Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
13
2019
SEC: Amendments to CAT NMS Plan & Small Entity Compliance Guide for RegBI & Form CRS Katten
Mar
26
2020
Market Integrity Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
12
2020
European Commission Publishes Consultation on Delegated Acts under EMIR Katten
Nov
8
2022
In Response to the White House’s Executive Order, FSOC Releases Digital Asset Stability Report with Legislative Recommendations Proskauer Rose LLP
May
18
2023
Pennsylvania AG Settles With Snap for $11.4 Million: The Importance of Compliance for Consumer Finance Companies Operating in the Virtual Marketplace Katten
Mar
21
2014
Trade Sanctions Imposed in Response to Events in Ukraine McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
23
2020
Take the Money and Run - Bitcoin Transfers (even within the same state) Provide Basis for Federal Jurisdiction in Money Laundering Conviction Polsinelli PC
Aug
10
2020
New Jersey’s Equine Statute: Balancing Inherent Risks and Public Safety Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
29
2024
ACCELERATING EMMA: Time and Price in Municipal Securities Transactions Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jul
25
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Exercises Disruptive Trading Authority for the First Time Bracewell LLP
May
18
2015
Shares “Of” Or “In” The Corporation? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
24
2015
Newman Cert. A Potential Tipping Point For Insider Trading Liability Holland & Hart LLP
Nov
27
2017
CFPB Urges More Consumer Control Over Payment Methods Ballard Spahr LLP
May
29
2018
Lawsuit Alleges That Self-Checkout Videos Violate the Song-Beverly Act Covington & Burling LLP
 

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