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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
20
2014
Agencies Retreat on Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS CDOs) Katten
Oct
28
2016
Blockchain’s Smart Contract Solution Wins Ernst Young Startup Challenge K&L Gates
Oct
25
2019
FCA Publishes Market Watch Newsletter Katten
Nov
9
2021
SEC Enforcement Director Rejects "Regulation by Enforcement" Criticism Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
15
2024
Increased Scrutiny into Agents & Brokers in the Medicare Advantage Space Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
30
2013
SEC Requires Admission of Wrongdoing as Part of Settlement Katten
Jul
14
2014
Fifth Circuit: False Claims Act (FCA) Inapplicable to Claims Involving Private Funds Administered by Government-Created Programs Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
16
2016
Bankers’ References – UK Court of Appeal Clarifies When Duty of Care Exists Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
15
2017
SEC Chairman Issues Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
20
2019
NFL Considering Cashless Transactions for the Super Bowl Robinson & Cole LLP
Aug
17
2022
Warning to All U.S. Taxpayers Who Use Cryptocurrency: “Crypto” Doesn’t Mean Your Currency is Secret — or Protected — from the IRS Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
1
2024
Federal Court Holds Terraform Crypto Assets are Securities Including Stablecoin in Combination with Related Yield Protocol Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
19
2016
FDIC and SEC Jointly Propose Orderly Liquidation Rules for Large Broker-Dealers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
14
2017
SEC Whistleblower Program: What are the largest SEC whistleblower awards? - Chapter 5 Zuckerman Law
Sep
26
2017
Staff Addresses Family Trusts With Multistate Trustees Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
8
2019
English Court refuses permission for collateral disclosure of evidence to the FBI Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
24
2023
EUROPE: FCA Sets Ambitious Goal to Improve Asset Management Regulation in the UK K&L Gates
Feb
17
2017
Indian Nations Law Update - February 2017: Ninth Circuit Rejects Tribal Online Lenders’ “Co-Regulator” Argument Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Oct
26
2018
FCA Updates Webpage on MiFID II Position Limits for Commodity Derivative Contracts Katten
Oct
26
2020
FinCEN Takes Action Against Bitcoin Mixer for Violating the Bank Secrecy Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
16
2022
What is Distributed Ledger Technology? Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
Dec
1
2023
Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
23
2013
Accelerating Back-End Mergers in Public Company Acquisitions McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2018
AMF Synthesis of the Contributions Received on ICO Regulations in France K&L Gates
Sep
1
2020
Five Principles For Accurate and Reliable Portfolio Company Valuations Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
25
2023
Someone's Knockin' At The Door, But It May Not Be The DFPI Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
20
2014
Agreement Reached on Revised European Rules for Markets in Financial Instruments McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
6
2014
Whose Burden Is it to Check for Mistakes in UCC Filings? Delaware Supreme Court Flips Bankruptcy Court’s Ruling in GM Bankruptcy Case Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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