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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
13
2018
Court stays lawsuit challenging CFPB payday loan rule but not compliance date Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
5
2018
FEC Issues New Guidance On Donor Disclosure for Entities Making Independent Expenditures Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
17
2020
FCA Releases Asset Management Portfolio Tools Feedback Katten
Feb
4
2021
FTC Announces 2021 Thresholds for Merger Control Filings under HSR Act and Interlocking Directorates under the Clayton Act Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
7
2023
Chief Information Security Officers in SEC Crosshairs: The SolarWinds Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
18
2016
Balance of Power Check for Role of UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Executive Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
12
2018
House Committee Passes Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act, Which Would Heighten Standards for Litigation Under Section 36(b) Vedder Price
Oct
1
2019
United Arab Emirates Issues New AML Law in Context of FATF Evaluation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
18
2022
CFPB Sends Signal to Student Loan Servicers Through UDAAP Consent Order Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
20
2014
IBM and Metropolitan Health Announce Africa’s First Commercial Application of Watson Engagement Advisor Covington & Burling LLP
May
16
2017
A “Pro-Creditor” Supreme Court Decision That Does No Favor for Banks Murtha Cullina
Dec
7
2017
Regulation Of Crypto-Currencies Under Negotiation Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
28
2019
Mortgage-specific provisions in the CFPB’s proposed debt collection rules Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
18
2023
Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
28
2016
Look Before You Leap – Pitfalls and Tripwires Inherent in Government Contracting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
25
2017
SEC Continues To Pay Out Millions In Secrecy Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
5
2017
Issuance of Part I of CFPB Debt Collection Rule is imminent Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
16
2022
Employers Take Heed: Follow Illinois Biometric Privacy Rules or Risk a Losing Battle Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
7
2022
Brussels Regulatory Brief: September 2022 K&L Gates
Sep
17
2015
Asset-Level Data for Legacy Deals, and Risk Retention for Resecuritizations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
23
2021
Michigan Tops the Growing List of States with a SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Varnum LLP
Apr
17
2023
SEC Reopens Comment Period for Investment Adviser and Investment Company Cybersecurity Proposals in Connection with Other Cyber and Data Privacy Related Proposals Vedder Price
Mar
14
2024
Ensuring Everything Is Above Board: CFTC Proposes Simplified Rules for SEF and DCM Governance, Independence and Mitigating Conflicts of Interest Katten
Oct
4
2016
Banks and Prohibited Transactions: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #22 Faegre Drinker
Oct
8
2018
ASIC Enters into Bilateral Cross-Border Cooperation Agreement with US Regulator K&L Gates
Jan
21
2020
Let Slip the Dogs of War…the SEC vs. Telegram Polsinelli PC
Nov
1
2021
Expanding FSIA to Criminal Cases Would Not Save a Turkish Bank from U.S. Prosecution, Holds the Second Circuit Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
8
2023
SEC Issues $400,000 Whistleblower Award, Considers Significance of Information and Whistleblower’s Culpability Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
 

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