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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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2020
Qualified Opportunity Zones: COVID-19 Deadline Extensions Varnum LLP
Aug
12
2016
SEC Charges Another Company for Anti-Whistleblower Provision in Severance Agreements Faegre Drinker
Dec
5
2016
As Year Winds Down, Hensarling Prepares for 2017; OCC Announces Limited Purpose Banking Charters for FinTech Companies
Mar
18
2020
Arbitration? Court says not so fast. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
13
2020
Federal Trade Commission Zeros in on Problematic Non-Competes McDermott Will & Emery
May
31
2022
OCC Acting Comptroller: Recent Crypto Events Provide a “Wake-Up Call,” “Opportunity to Reset and Recalibrate” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
2
2012
Volcker Rule: Federal Reserve: Compliance with Volcker Rule Required by July 2014 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
30
2013
District Court Dismisses Class Action Suit Under Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Against Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Katten
Sep
15
2014
Banks May Be Required to Increase Reserves Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
24
2024
House Subcommittee Will Hold Hearing on FY 2025 Budget Request for EPA Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Jan
8
2019
Gateway to arbitration: Fourth Circuit compels arbitration of FCRA case Womble Bond Dickinson (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
Aug
4
2020
FDIC Loosens Requirements for Employment With Financial Institutions Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
11
2023
COP28 Update: Agreement Reached on Loss and Damage Fund Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
1
2017
CFPB October 2017 “special edition” complaint report highlights servicemember complaints Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
26
2018
Second Circuit Rejects Expansive Use of Conspiracy for FCPA Squire Patton Boggs (US) 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
May
30
2023
Mortgage Bankers Association Files Amici Brief in CFPB Constitutionality Case Katten
Oct
4
2023
Compliance Dates Are Set: A Roadmap for Private Fund Advisers to Start Preparing for the SEC’s New Rules for Private Fund Advisers Mintz
Dec
19
2014
CFTC Approves Amended Order of Registration for LCH.Clearnet Ltd. Katten
Apr
3
2017
European Commission Launches Public Consultation on FinTech K&L Gates
Jul
24
2017
Bridging the Week: July 17 to 21 and July 24, 2017 (LOPR; Transitory EFRPs; Injunction Against Cutting Off Services; Convictions for Manipulation Overturned; London Whale) [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
15
2018
ESMA Consults on Guidelines on Anti-Procyclicality Margin Measures for CCPs Katten
Apr
21
2020
COVID-19: Attention Massachusetts Mortgagees - New State Legislation Impacting Foreclosure Rights K&L Gates
Dec
7
2016
Supreme Court Upholds Insider Trading Prosecutions on Mere Disclosure to Friends and Family
Nov
16
2020
SEC Proposes to Modernize Fund Shareholder Reports and Disclosures Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jun
2
2022
SEC Commissioner Signals Need to Fulfill Mandate of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Develop “Minimum Standards” for Lawyers Practicing Before the Commission Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
12
2023
Silicon Valley Bank Fails After Run on Deposits ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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