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The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

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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2012 Trends in Securities Class Action Filings Katten
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13
2014
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Aug
20
2018
OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution Vedder Price
Apr
8
2024
Crypto Comeuppance: A Deep Dive Into the Sentencing of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
12
2014
The Government Contracts Update - May 12, 2014 Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
19
2014
FINRA Proposes Rule Change to Codify Reporting Requirement for Accounts Acting in Concert Katten
Apr
30
2018
New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
20
2020
Despite COVID-19, SEC and FINRA Maintain Regulation BI Compliance Date Bracewell LLP
Jun
1
2020
Supreme Court Decides Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A. Faegre Drinker
Feb
17
2021
Social Bonds Are All The Rage: How to Credibly Attain The Coveted Designation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Aug
12
2016
SEC Charges Another Company for Anti-Whistleblower Provision in Severance Agreements Faegre Drinker
Mar
31
2017
FINRA Updates Web API Specifications for the TRACE Securitized Products Katten
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
15
2019
This Week’s Podcast: A Discussion Of The CFPB's Authority To Prohibit Abusive Acts Or Practices Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
17
2023
California Court Of Appeal Says Forum Selection Clause Should Not Be Enforced In Usury Case Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
6
2015
SEC Issues Interpretation of its Regulations on Definition of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dec
6
2016
FINRA Imposing Increasingly Major Fines for AML Failures K&L Gates
Nov
17
2020
Money transfer for specific purpose – High Court ruling on Quistclose Trusts Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
9
2022
Blockchain, Web3, and the Law: Is the legal profession making the most of these new opportunities? Ankura
Jun
8
2012
Internal Bilateral Transactions: Regulatory Risk & Confusion Reign Bracewell LLP
Jan
4
2019
Hack of Electrum Wallets Reaps over 200 Bitcoin (around $750,000) Robinson & Cole LLP
Nov
8
2021
SEC Proposes Expanding Electronic Filing Requirements on IARD and EDGAR Systems Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
18
2022
Not Positive: Last Week’s Lab Fraud Schemes Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Sep
15
2014
Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Underway Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
2
2017
SEC Approves New Audit Reporting Standard Requiring Auditors to Disclose More Detailed Information Learned During the Audit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
22
2018
CFPB And Trade Groups File Status Report In Industry Lawsuit Challenging Payday Loan Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
13
2021
Property Insurance Claims and Loss Drafts: Mortgage Servicer Obligations Under the GSE Security Instrument Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
11
2022
Payment Processor Agrees to Refund Customers After FTC Alleges Surprise Exit Fees and Zombie Charges On Small Businesses Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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