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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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Oct
5
2015
Supreme Court Denies Review of Second Circuit Insider-Trading Case Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
2
2016
OCIE Staff to Examine Registered Advisers' Policies and Agreements for Whistleblower Rule Compliance Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
5
2016
As Year Winds Down, Hensarling Prepares for 2017; OCC Announces Limited Purpose Banking Charters for FinTech Companies
Sep
5
2017
Issuance of Part I of CFPB Debt Collection Rule is imminent Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
15
2018
CFPB seeks comment on its supervision program Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
14
2024
FinCEN AML Alert: SEC Investment Advisers Again in Focus Katten
Dec
24
2011
IRS Extends Year-End Deadline for Pension Plan Amendments Under Code Section 436 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
20
2015
Georgia Investment Advisor Launches Article II Constitutional Challenge to the SEC’s Use of ALJs – And Seeks Discovery Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
21
2016
New European Legislation Creating Headaches (and Opportunities) for Borrowers Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
20
2019
The Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2019 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
12
2023
FDIC, FRB & OCC Issue Final Guidance on Risk Management for Third-Party Relationships Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
21
2010
The Transparency Monster Strikes Again: New Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
21
2014
Reader Responds to Recent Law Judge Blog Post on the SEC and the Increase in ALJs Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
8
2022
Katten Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take: April 2022 Katten
Jan
27
2020
U.S. Mayors Heat Up D.C. with Local Perspectives on ‘Hot’ Opportunity Zones Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
26
2020
Volcker 3.0: The Agencies Relax the Volcker Rule Requirements for Securitizations and Foreign Funds and Grant New Exemptions from the Covered Fund Restrictions Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
20
2014
Agreement Reached on Revised European Rules for Markets in Financial Instruments McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
3
2017
European Commission Launches Public Consultation on FinTech K&L Gates
Dec
7
2017
ECB Transcript Of The Public Hearing On The Addendum To The ECB Guidance On Non-Performing Loans Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
5
2020
German Federal Constitutional Court Judgment of 5 May 2020 Prohibits Bundesbank from Participating in ECB’s Public Sector Asset Purchase Programme Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
9
2023
Unfair Play: Unjust Enrichment for Copying and Using Non-Trade-Secret Spreadsheet McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
8
2015
Regulation S-P Violation: Are You Prepared For A Cyber-Security Breach? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
7
2016
Supreme Court Upholds Insider Trading Prosecutions on Mere Disclosure to Friends and Family
Feb
16
2018
SEC Announces 2018 Compliance Outreach Program Seminar for Investment Advisers and Investment Companies Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
24
2016
UK Financial Conduct Authority: Shift Towards a Payment Protection Insurance Cut Off Deadline Reported Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
22
2019
Collective Investment Scheme (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Made Katten
Mar
30
2023
Staff Provides Legend Alternative for Non-transparent ETFS Short on Ad Space K&L Gates
Sep
6
2010
Dodd-Frank: What Non-Financial Foreign Private Issuers Need to Know Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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