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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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Sep
12
2016
Hensarling Chooses CHOICE; CFTC Moves Forward with Priorities as Nominees Pending Confirmation, Administration Outlines Approach to Correspondent Banking
Apr
13
2015
SEC Blows the Whistle on Confidentiality Agreements
Oct
5
2020
Don’t Wait to Jump Off the Bandwagon: Cutting Ties With a Bad Business Partner (Part 2)
May
31
2018
The Basel Committee and IOSCO Issue Criteria to Identify “Simple, Transparent and Comparable” Short-Term Securitisations
Oct
27
2020
Under Texas Law, You Can Have Your Cake, But Not Always Eat it Too: Choice of Forum Clauses Are Enforceable, Choice of Venue Has Limits
Nov
30
2009
Use of Independent Contractors May Create Unexpected Liability
May
15
2023
Weekly IRS Roundup May 8 – May 12, 2023
Jun
12
2023
Bad News for Bad Spaniels: SCOTUS Sides with Jack Daniel’s in Trademark Case
Jul
15
2015
Closing a Facility? Dig Deep to Avoid Contractual Issues
Mar
31
2020
Seventh Circuit Nixes Sherman Act Claims Based on the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine and Implied Antitrust Immunity
Jul
27
2015
Continued Focus on Dodd-Frank, Challenge to CFPB Moves Forward
Apr
3
2020
The SEC Opts Not to Extend Reg BI and Form CRS Compliance Deadline
Jul
9
2021
Supply Chain Security gets help from NIST!
Jul
13
2023
SBA Size Standards: Affiliation Considerations Based on Stock Ownership
Oct
5
2015
Not So Fast My Friend – UAW Membership Rejects Tentative Agreement
Aug
15
2023
Does the Supreme Court’s Analysis in Thole v U.S., Bank, N.A. Apply to Welfare Benefit Plans?
Sep
10
2021
SEC Issues an Investor Alert about Digital Asset and “Crypto” Investment Scams!
Feb
22
2016
Financial Services Lawmakers Set Agenda for 2016 and Look for Solution to Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis; CFPB, SEC, OFR All Hold Meetings
Feb
29
2016
Tax-Writers Debate International Tax Reform, Inversions; OECD Releases “Inclusive” BEPS Framework
Feb
12
2021
CDC Says Fully Vaccinated Employees No Longer Required To Quarantine
May
9
2016
Senate Banking Focuses on China, Iran; CFPB Takes on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses as Administration Focuses on Financial Transparency
Jun
18
2019
SEC Adopts New Broker-Dealer Rule, Also Affecting Investment Advisers
Aug
10
2020
The Plight of Oppressed Private Company Minority Investors: No Legal Escape Available Without a Buy-Sell Agreement in Place
Mar
24
2021
Human Rights and Forced Labor Sanctions Announced
Mar
2
2015
Federal Reserve Remains Under Scrutiny; CFTC Reopens Comment Period On Position Limits, Staff To Hold Roundtable
Sep
24
2020
Applying for DBE Certification? Technical Competence is Required.
Jan
18
2022
Blockchain for Capital Equipment in a Machine-as-a-Service Model
Feb
26
2022
Impacts of the Canadian Trucker Blockade: How Can Businesses Prepare for Disruptions?
 

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