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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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Dec
12
2017
Home Secretary Announces New National Economic Crime Centre to Tackle High Level Fraud and Money Laundering Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
14
2019
ESMA Updates Statement on the Impact of Brexit on the MiFIR Trading Obligation for Shares Katten
Aug
19
2021
The ABC to AFIC and Balthazar: Overview of Aircraft Non-Payment Insurance Products Vedder Price
Sep
18
2017
600,000 Reasons to Comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act Ward and Smith, P.A.
Nov
24
2020
SEC Adopts Final Rules to Modernize Financial Disclosure Requirements Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
15
2022
Whistleblower Newsletter Q2 2022 Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
15
2013
On CISPA (a Cybersecurity Bill), Privacy Advocates Fight While Tech Companies Stay Silent MapLight
Jul
9
2014
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Standard-Setting Agenda Offers Insight into Rulemaking Activities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
3
2018
SEC Director Makes Groundbreaking Speech about Blockchain Token Sales McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
20
2023
SEC Proposes to Establish a New Best Execution Standard Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
25
2012
Massachusetts DPH Proposes Amendments to Regulations to Implement Gift Ban Law Changes Mintz
Oct
14
2016
CFTC Further Extends Time-Limited Relief to SEFs for Block Trades Katten
Jun
5
2017
FinTech: Australia's ASIC Proposes Next Steps on RegTech K&L Gates
Feb
23
2018
Supreme Court Limits Scope of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections Katten
Mar
11
2024
The Lesson of Prometheus – A Special Purpose Broker Dealer May Cause Havoc in TradFi by Unilaterally Declaring ETH To Be A Security Katten
Jun
19
2015
The MCDC Orders: Everything is Material re: Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
5
2016
Sixth Circuit Court Rules that Certain Foreign Currency Options Are Subject to the Section 1256 Mark-to-Market Regime Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
3
2016
Update: Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims for Declaratory Relief and Disgorgement in SEC v. Graham Faegre Drinker
Jul
1
2020
The Mark Hotel Borrower Granted Injunction Delaying Mezzanine Lender’s Foreclosure Sale Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun
2
2021
SEC Files Suit Against Five Alleged Promoters of Crypto Lending Program Nelson Mullins
Feb
17
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet | What's in Your Wallet? Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
14
2013
Ballot Initiative Petitions Filed Seeking Operating Margin Limits on Massachusetts Hospitals Mintz
Sep
25
2015
CFTC Issues Guidance on CFTC Requirements for DCOs and the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures Katten
Dec
13
2017
CUNA Supports Mulvaney as Acting CFPB Director Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
18
2019
DOJ Settles Redlining Lawsuit Against First Merchants Bank Ballard Spahr LLP
May
7
2020
You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too—IRS Clarifies Loan Terms for PPP Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Mar
11
2021
American Rescue Plan Brings $86 Billion in Relief to Failing Multiemployer Pension Plans Polsinelli PC
Nov
25
2020
COVID-19: US State Policy Report – November 24, 2020 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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