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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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Feb
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2019
SCOTUS Ruling That Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Prohibition Applies To States Could Provide New Weapon To Consumer Financial Services Providers Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
8
2023
Black History Month and Venture Capital [VIDEO] Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
26
2024
Examining the SEC’s Slew of Recent Rules and Amendments Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
5
2013
Deadline for Filing FICA Tax Refunds is April 15 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
27
2014
Risk Management Expert Dr. Yuval Bar-Or Explains the Pillars of Wealth [AUDIO] Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, P.C.
Sep
26
2015
CFTC Issues Guidance on “Firm or Forced Trades” Process Katten
Dec
11
2017
Partial success for High Court claim regarding suitability of structured product sales Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
14
2018
2018 Basel AML Index Measures Risk and Cites Lack of Effective Enforcement and Declining Global Press Freedom Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
26
2020
CFTC Approves Two Final Rules and Two Proposed Rules at June 25 Open Meeting Katten
Oct
5
2022
Cost of Living Crisis: The Implications for Financial Crime Ankura
Oct
31
2022
PLAINTIFF FAILED TO ALLEGE TCPA CLAIM: Small Victory For Capital Link Management Troutman Amin, LLP
Nov
16
2023
The UK’s FCA Shares Observations on ‘Market Soundings’ Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
17
2016
Making Sense of Auditor Independence Issues K&L Gates
Sep
13
2017
Update: CAT declines the grant of a collective proceedings order in Walter High Merricks CBE v MasterCard Incorporated and others [2017] CAT 16 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
7
2023
Tax Report – Proposed Regulations on Information Reporting for Digital Asset Sales and Exchanges Nelson Mullins
Jun
5
2016
United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Occasional Paper on “Market-Based Finance” (a.k.a., Shadow Banking) Katten
Feb
8
2017
Pennsylvania Treasurer Prohibition on Third Party Placement Agents K&L Gates
Apr
1
2020
SEC, OCIE and Enforcement Are Still Watching Faegre Drinker
Nov
4
2011
FINRA Clarifies its Social Media Guidelines Vedder Price
Jun
15
2015
Business Court: High To Low Posting of ATM Debit Card Transactions Properly Disclosed By Bank Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jul
2
2018
SEC Administrative Law Judges: Key Takeaways and Lingering Questions from Lucia v. SEC Vedder Price
Jun
10
2019
HMDA Proposed Rule Comment Period Ballard Spahr LLP
May
4
2023
Dismissal Streak Continues in BlackRock Target Date Fund Litigation Proskauer Rose LLP
May
4
2010
Must Investors Rush in Where Cops Fear to Tread? Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
1
2014
Updated: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Extends Relief to Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) from Certain Commingling Requirements Katten
Feb
6
2015
SEC and FINRA Issue Cybersecurity Publications Katten
Feb
9
2016
Sivolella 36(b) Excessive Fee Case: First to Trial Since 2009 Vedder Price
Feb
25
2019
Changes to Judgment Enforcement in Florida [PODCAST] K&L Gates
 

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