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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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Jul
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2014
Office of Inspector General (OIG) Urges Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) To Sue Over Force-Placed Insurance Bilzin Sumberg
Oct
20
2016
New SEC Guidance on Pay Ratio Disclosure Faegre Drinker
Sep
21
2023
Code § 4980D and Violations of the NQTL Analysis Requirement Under the Proposed MHPAEA Regulations McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
4
2024
Australia: Inquiry into the Wholesale Investor and Wholesale Client Tests K&L Gates
Jun
8
2016
First Circuit Quietly Joins the “Personal Benefit” Fray Faegre Drinker
Dec
13
2017
Department of Labor Extends Transition Period for Prohibited Transaction Exemptions Related to Its ERISA Fiduciary Rule von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jul
2
2020
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Has the Supreme Court Tamed or Empowered the CFPB? Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
26
2020
FinCEN Expands View of Compliance Requirements Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
26
2024
CFPB and Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
6
2010
Bank Not Liable In Nigerian-Style Email Scam Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
19
2015
California Brokers Plead Guilty to Insider Trading of Ardea Biosciences, Inc. Stock Katten
May
7
2020
COVID-19: PPP Eligibility of Debtors in Bankruptcy K&L Gates
Jan
18
2022
Not Positive: Last Week’s Lab Fraud Schemes Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Feb
9
2016
Sivolella 36(b) Excessive Fee Case: First to Trial Since 2009 Vedder Price
Jun
6
2017
US Supreme Court: Five-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to SEC Disgorgement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
25
2018
CFPB Announces Consent Order with Small-Dollar Lender Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
21
2012
Combination of APA and Competent Authority – Part II McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
2
2018
SEC Administrative Law Judges: Key Takeaways and Lingering Questions from Lucia v. SEC Vedder Price
Oct
25
2019
FCA Publishes Market Watch Newsletter Katten
Nov
10
2021
Exchange-Traded Fund and Its CPO Settle SEC and CFTC Charges of Inadequate Disclosure Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
21
2016
SEC Approves FINRA’s Capital Acquisition Broker Rules Katten
Jun
20
2019
NFL Considering Cashless Transactions for the Super Bowl Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
15
2021
Pushing the Limits: Nielson v. Schmoke Clarifies the Outer Limits of Domesticating Foreign Judgments Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
5
2024
CFPB Announces Potential FCRA Expansion Targeting Brokers of Consumer Data Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
9
2016
SEC Announces Settlement with Adviser Found to Have Acted as an Unregistered Broker Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
14
2017
The preclusive effect of a Congressional override of the CFPB dealer pricing bulletin: we think Professor Levitin’s premise is wrong Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
6
2020
New Pressure for Pensions’ Scams Inquiry Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
16
2022
Will NFT Piracy Compel Changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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