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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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Sep
26
2014
CFTC Provides Time-Limited Relief to SEFs for Block Trades Katten
Jan
5
2015
Privacy Monday – January 5, 2015 Mintz
Dec
22
2016
Has SEC Paid Millions In Whistleblower Bounties To “Friends And Family”? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
12
2019
New York Approves Nationwide Licensing Tool for Virtual Currency Business Activity Companies Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
26
2019
FINRA Forms Office of Financial Innovation Katten
Apr
12
2024
Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I McDermott Will & Emery
May
23
2014
Tunisia’s Path to Post-Revolution Elections Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
4
2018
Britain Lifts Veil of Financial Secrecy for Overseas Territories Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
2
2020
CFTC Extends No-Action Relief for Certain Reporting Obligations under the OCR Final Rule & Holding Open Commission Meeting on October 6 Katten
Jan
31
2024
Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 13 (2024) Nelson Mullins
Feb
17
2022
Senate Banking Committee Considers the Nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin for Vice Chair of Supervision at the Federal Reserve: How Her Confirmation May Affect Climate-Related Banking Regulations Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
7
2022
Episode 22: CalAIM: Addressing Whole Person Care in California [PODCAST] Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
8
2020
Show Me the Money … all the Money - ICO Issuer Required to Return $25 Million to Investors Polsinelli PC
Feb
2
2021
Hart-Scott-Rodino Notification Thresholds to Increase K&L Gates
May
18
2018
Has The DBO Misstated This Statute? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
11
2020
Don’t Lend No Hand to Raise No Flag Atop No Ship of Fools: Breach of SPE Provisions by Non-Borrower Exposes Non-Borrower to Potential Tort Liability Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul
16
2013
Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Propose Higher Capital Requirements for Largest Banks Katten
Nov
12
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Proposes Revised Position Limit Rules Katten
May
8
2015
Fitbit Files for IPO: Cybersecurity Risk Disclosure Mintz
Apr
20
2017
SEC Issues Proposal Requiring Use of Inline XBRL Format for Mutual Fund Risk/Return Summaries Vedder Price
Jan
25
2018
Analysis of the SEC’s MiFID II No-Action Relief Proskauer Rose LLP
May
22
2023
Regulator’s Review of Pension Scheme Climate Reports Finds Room for Improvement Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul
15
2022
Cryptocurrency Market Downturn And Australian Regulation Update K&L Gates
Jan
8
2015
OFAC Takes Further Action Related to Crimea - Office of Foreign Assets Control Faegre Drinker
Aug
21
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Recommends Changes to EMIR Katten
Dec
28
2016
What “Level Fee Fiduciary” Means for Rollover Advice: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #32 Faegre Drinker
Apr
29
2019
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Customer Privacy Safeguards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
20
2019
Opportunity Zone Final Regulations: First Impressions K&L Gates
 

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