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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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Jun
6
2014
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gives Speech on Equity Market Structure Katten
Jun
6
2014
U.S. and EU Initiatives Discussed at 7th Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2014
An Ounce of Prevention: Avoiding Liabilities in Asset Purchase Transactions von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
6
2014
First SEC Whistleblower Bounty Award of 2014 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
5
2014
(Don’t) Go West, Young Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
5
2014
Statutory Exemption from U.S. Withholding Tax on Dividends Remains Bilzin Sumberg
Jun
5
2014
Shareholder Voting: What Good Can Come From Letting The Indifferent and Undecided Hold Sway? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
4
2014
D.C. Circuit Court Approves Hart-Scott-Rodino Regulation Applicable to Only One Industry: Pharmaceuticals ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
4
2014
Apple Employees Survive Summary Judgment In FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) Bag Check Class Action Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
4
2014
“Gatekeepers" Beware: A New Tool of the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
4
2014
Oracular Utterances From California’s Civil Code Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
3
2014
Delaware Legislature Asked To Address Corporate Fee-Shifting Bylaws After ATP Tour Decision Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
3
2014
Small Businesses in Kentucky Require Additional Guidance McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
3
2014
Federal Court Applies California Privilege Law To Delaware Corporation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
2
2014
Before Taking The Wheel, Take A Hard Look McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun
2
2014
Proposed Legislation Would Prohibit Fee-Shifting Bylaws for Delaware Stock Corporations Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
2
2014
Recent Decision Demonstrates Reach of Lawson; Extends SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Whistleblower Protections to Employee of a Nonpublic Subsidiary of a Public Issuer Faegre Drinker
Jun
2
2014
Privacy Monday – June 2, 2014 Mintz
Jun
2
2014
Ringing Regulatory Rumors: Deutsche Telekom Purportedly Agrees to Sell T-Mobile US McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
2
2014
Fee Shifting Bylaw Provisions May Face Constitutional Limitation Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
30
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Grants Recordkeeping Relief for Certain Swap Execution Facility (SEF) and Designated Contract Market (DCM) Members Katten
May
30
2014
Proposed Ban on Non-Competes in Massachusetts McDermott Will & Emery
May
30
2014
Eleventh Circuit Defines “Instrumentality” Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Katten
May
30
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Proposes to Amend De Minimis Threshold for Swaps with Utility Providers Katten
May
30
2014
Delaware Legislation Banning Fee-Shifting in Bylaws and Charters Katten
May
30
2014
Eleventh Circuit Court Adopts Broad Definition of "Instrumentality" as Used in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
30
2014
Changes Coming for North Carolina's Business Court Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
30
2014
Using Delaware Corporate Bylaws and Charters to Set the Rules for Shareholder Litigation Mintz
 

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