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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
FTC’s 2020 Adjustments to HSR Filing Thresholds Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
16
2020
Can’t Have it Both Ways: Court Strikes Down Defamation Claims After Plaintiff Says Furnishers Weren’t Furnishing Information (But Lets FCRA Claims Through on Permissible Purpose Grounds) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
15
2021
Agencies’ Joint Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Forecasts Increased Scrutiny and Regulatory Activity Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
8
2022
Department Of Financial Protection & Innovation Issues Guidance Regarding "Situation in Ukraine and Russia" Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
5
2017
Sometimes the Truth is Stranger than Fiction – Update Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
7
2018
Plastic - That is so Yesterday K&L Gates
May
17
2019
CFTC Proposed Amendments To Swap Data Reporting Requirements K&L Gates
Jan
11
2020
Challenges and Opportunities in MedTech, Innovation and Digital Health McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
12
2022
Taxation of The Purchase and Sale Of NFTs McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
28
2022
US Executive Branch Update – October 28, 2022 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
20
2015
The Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC): Big Data & Surveilance Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
17
2017
Kokesh v. SEC—US Supreme Court Set to Decide SEC Disgorgement Circuit Split Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jul
2
2021
FHFA Issues Policy Statement on Fair Lending Requirements under the ECOA, Fair Housing Act, and Safety and Soundness Act Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
8
2013
Huge Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Verdict Against Equifax Shows Potential Costs of Failing to Protect and Correct Consumer’s Credit History Mintz
Oct
10
2014
SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DI Related to Rule 147 and Website/Social Media Use Katten
Sep
19
2016
New York Proposes Required Cybersecurity Programs for Financial Institutions Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Mar
15
2013
UK Financial Services Authority Releases Draft Handbooks for New Regulators Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
6
2022
SEC Investigations Relating to Record Preservation Practices Likely to Continue Vedder Price
Nov
20
2023
2024 Estate Planning Outlook: Transfer Tax Changes are on the Horizon ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
10
2015
Banks Get Big Win in Challenge to New York Ordinance Bilzin Sumberg
Jun
8
2018
New Guidance Note Anticipated on Collective Redundancies in Insolvency Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
17
2020
Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #29 Faegre Drinker
Oct
9
2020
SEC Proposes Allowing ‘Finders’ to Raise Capital Without Registering as Broker-Dealers Katten
Nov
12
2021
Banking Agencies: Mortgage Servicers Should Prepare For Increased Scrutiny Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
9
2022
NYDFS Issues Cybersecurity Guidance in Response to Events in Ukraine Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
8
2023
Black History Month and Venture Capital [VIDEO] Foley & Lardner LLP
May
9
2023
Australian Federal Budget 2023-2024 - Key Tax Measures and Instant Insights K&L Gates
Sep
12
2023
BTR Series Part 8: BTR And Sustainability—An Opportunity to Drive Decarbonisation in the Built Environment K&L Gates
 

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