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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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Jun
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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
28
2020
SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rule Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Nov
23
2020
Escheatment: The States’ Anticipated Cash Cow Polsinelli PC
Dec
12
2022
TradeTalk China: December 2 – December 9, 2022 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
1
2012
The Final 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Broker-Dealers Faegre Drinker
Mar
11
2014
Tenth Circuit Looks Past “General Partnership” Labels in Agreements to Determine Whether Certain Investments Constitute “Securities” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
4
2015
Petrobras Shareholders’ Brazilian-Law Claims Are Subject to Mandatory Arbitration Provision Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
10
2016
Capturing Rollovers: What Information is Needed?: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #29 Faegre Drinker
Mar
19
2020
The New York Department of Financial Services Requests Assurance From Regulated Financial Institutions and Insurance Carriers Regarding Their Preparedness to Respond to COVID-19 Crisis Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
16
2023
Australia: Licensing Comes to the Crypto Industry K&L Gates
May
7
2024
Oklahoma Treasurer Bans Additional Bank from State Business Due to ESG Policy Mintz
Dec
19
2014
FINRA Proposes Rule Change to Codify Reporting Requirement for Accounts Acting in Concert Katten
Jan
13
2018
UK Government Publishes Response to Feedback on Trade White Paper Katten
Jul
1
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - Week of July 1, 2013 Mintz
Jan
8
2019
Gateway to arbitration: Fourth Circuit compels arbitration of FCRA case Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
18
2020
SEC Steps Up Enforcement for Unsuitable Sales of Complex ETPs Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
1
2021
A Flurry of CFTC Actions Shock the Cryptocurrency Industry McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
25
2022
New Form 8-K C&DIs – File Your Material Agreements Nelson Mullins
Jun
10
2022
Where is Technology Taking Us? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
29
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - January 28, 2013 Mintz
Apr
7
2017
DOL Delays Fiduciary Rule by 60 Days Holland & Hart LLP
Aug
26
2018
Second Circuit Rejects Expansive Use of Conspiracy for FCPA Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
15
2019
This Week’s Podcast: A Discussion Of The CFPB's Authority To Prohibit Abusive Acts Or Practices Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
13
2022
FRB Proposes Climate-Related Financial Risk Management Principles Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun
8
2012
Internal Bilateral Transactions: Regulatory Risk & Confusion Reign Bracewell LLP
May
11
2014
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Member Agencies and State of New York to Focus Attention on Cybersecurity Katten
Aug
6
2015
SEC Issues Interpretation of its Regulations on Definition of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
11
2016
Washington Hosts Annual World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting, While Obama Administration Examines Global Steel Crisis Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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