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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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2022
Will NFT Piracy Compel Changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Proskauer Rose LLP
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11
2014
Tenth Circuit Looks Past “General Partnership” Labels in Agreements to Determine Whether Certain Investments Constitute “Securities” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2014
Banks May Be Required to Increase Reserves Bilzin Sumberg
Dec
18
2014
President Obama Signs the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
16
2016
SEC Fines Company $265,000 for Severance Agreements that Potentially Chilled Whistleblowers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
27
2017
SEC Report of Investigation Concludes that DAO Tokens Were Securities Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
5
2015
Nigeria (Again) Contemplates Mandatory Stock Exchange Listing Legislation Covington & Burling LLP
Aug
16
2019
House Financial Services Committee finds megabanks need to improve their diversity Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
19
2020
The New York Department of Financial Services Requests Assurance From Regulated Financial Institutions and Insurance Carriers Regarding Their Preparedness to Respond to COVID-19 Crisis Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Aug
18
2022
Foley Manufacturing Update Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
9
2023
Fraud Claims Against Token Issuer Dismissed Based on Disclosures to Accredited Investor Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
17
2023
CFPB Files Action Against Fintech for Allegedly Violating Previous Order, Deceiving Customers, Withdrawing Funds Without Consent Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
1
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - Week of July 1, 2013 Mintz
Apr
7
2017
DOL Delays Fiduciary Rule by 60 Days Holland & Hart LLP
Apr
30
2018
New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
2
2022
CFTC Whistleblower Report Reveals Tremendous Success for Taxpayers Zuckerman Law
Sep
8
2023
The SEC’s Sudden Impact on NFTs! Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
1
2012
The Final 408(b)(2) Regulation: Impact on Broker-Dealers Faegre Drinker
Jan
29
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - January 28, 2013 Mintz
Apr
17
2015
This Year’s Innovation Prize for Africa Award Showcases Capital Innovations Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
13
2016
CFIUS Clearance: Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology Co. and Integrated Memory Logic Limited Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
12
2018
CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief to Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers Regarding Capital Treatment of Deferred Tax Liabilities From Changes in Accounting Principles Katten
Aug
24
2018
SEC Disapproves Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products Katten
Jun
1
2020
Responding to Financial Crime Risks During COVID-19 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
17
2022
Rising Trend in NFT Litigation Over Popular Brands Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
4
2023
APAC: Managed Accounts and Conflicts—Part 4: Separate Managed Accounts vs Funds-Of-One K&L Gates
Dec
19
2014
9 Health Care Legal Issues to Follow in 2015 Faegre Drinker
Nov
7
2017
Second Circuit Explains Alleging a Domestic Injury in RICO Complaint for Extraterritorial Actions Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
 

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