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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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Apr
22
2014
New 252 Percent Estate Tax Bracket and Other Tax Changes Affect Wealthy New Yorkers McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
19
2015
UDAAP Council Weekly UDAAP Standards Report for 3/18/2015--Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Practices
May
19
2020
COVID-19 Update: An End to Temporary Restrictions on Short Selling in the European Union Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
1
2016
OCC Issues Revised Civil Money Penalty Policies and Procedures Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
21
2019
The ‘Inside Scoop’ – ‘Tips’ from the Cybersecurity Regulators Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
24
2021
The 2019 SEC Token Framework Does Not Extend the Statute of Limitation for Token Class Action Lawsuit under Recent SDNY Ruling Polsinelli PC
Nov
6
2015
SEC Proposes Amendments to Rules 147 and 504 Katten
Nov
9
2016
UK FCA Identifies that Many Consumer Cannot Access the Financial Services They Need K&L Gates
Dec
5
2018
Watch Out for the Exclusions to Arbitration Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
31
2023
A Summary of FinCEN’s Uniform Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Rules and Related Rule Proposals Nelson Mullins
Apr
26
2023
Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — April 2023 Mintz
Jul
15
2015
UK Tribunal Rules on “Rate-Booster” Strategy McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
8
2018
New "Global Sandbox" Announced K&L Gates
Dec
8
2012
SEC to Consider Exemptive Requests for Certain Actively Managed Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
27
2018
FCA publishes approach to enforcement consultation document Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
6
2020
FCA begins contacting pensions advice firms over suitability and value concerns Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
20
2020
Regulatory investigations: High Court confirms auditors should decide whether client documents are privileged Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
14
2023
Copy and Paste: The SEC Adopts Security-Based Swap Execution Facility Rules that Closely Resemble Existing CFTC Swap Execution Facility Rules Katten
Apr
23
2014
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to Eliminate Special Accounting Rules for Development Stage Entities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
20
2015
Factors the SEC Considers When Deciding Whether to Grant a Waiver to a Statutory Disqualification Mintz
Feb
14
2011
Mexico’s Unified Secured Transactions Registry Offers New Opportunities for Secured Lending Strasburger & Price, LLP
Mar
4
2016
OCC Issues New Guidelines for Civil Money Penalty Assessments Vedder Price
Apr
11
2019
A Close Look at the CFPB’s Auto Loan Servicing Exam Findings in Winter 2019 Supervisory Highlights [PODCAST] Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
7
2018
Provisional Political Agreement Reached on CRR II Regulation and CRD V Directive Katten
Jul
27
2019
CBOE Proposes Amendments to Rule 6.49A Concerning Off-Floor Position Transfers Including RWA Transfers Katten
Nov
6
2020
SEC Disclosure Requirement Amendments to Regulation S-K: Description of Business, Legal Proceedings, and Risk Factors Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
29
2022
IRS Announces 2023 Limits for Health Savings Accounts, High-Deductible Health Plans and Excepted Benefit HRAs McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
28
2023
Compliance Update — Insights and Highlights April 2023 Jones Walker LLP
 

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