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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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Aug
17
2023
SBA Size Standards: Affiliation Based on Joint Ventures
Aug
28
2023
Streamlining M&A Transactions: New Broker-Dealer Exemption Empowers Intermediaries
Jan
21
2021
Electrical Contractor to Pay $3.2 Million for DBE Fraud
Feb
8
2016
Fiduciary Rule Still in Focus, As Financial Services Lawmakers Consider Importance of Short-Term Credit Availability
Feb
1
2021
Why Bylaws and Operating Agreements Matter in Your Application for Disadvantaged Enterprise (DBE) Certification
Oct
23
2017
Straight Talk About Incentive Compensation
Sep
21
2023
USDOT Issues a Welcome Update to Its DBE Database – But Errors Abound
Aug
1
2022
What Should Employers Consider If Conducting Layoffs?
Oct
11
2021
Protections for Whistleblowers Who Share Company Documents
Aug
3
2020
FDA Issues Long-Awaited Draft Guidance on Cannabis Research
Oct
30
2019
Uniform Commercial Code Protections Affecting Vendor Claims: Purchase Money Security Interests and Reclamation
Oct
1
2020
COVID-19 May Have Delayed Autonomous Technologies, but the Future Still Looks Bright
Nov
13
2020
When Your Disadvantaged Business Enterprise is No Longer Considered Economically Disadvantaged
Nov
19
2020
IRS Announcement Regarding Effect of Entity Payment of Tax on SALT Deduction Limitation
Mar
20
2017
Financial Services Nominees in Spotlight as Agencies Under Scrutiny
May
26
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Corporate Bylaws: Use Them or Lose Them
Oct
5
2015
Not So Fast My Friend – UAW Membership Rejects Tentative Agreement
Jul
13
2023
SBA Size Standards: Affiliation Considerations Based on Stock Ownership
Feb
22
2016
Financial Services Lawmakers Set Agenda for 2016 and Look for Solution to Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis; CFPB, SEC, OFR All Hold Meetings
Feb
29
2016
Tax-Writers Debate International Tax Reform, Inversions; OECD Releases “Inclusive” BEPS Framework
May
9
2016
Senate Banking Focuses on China, Iran; CFPB Takes on Mandatory Arbitration Clauses as Administration Focuses on Financial Transparency
Jun
18
2019
SEC Adopts New Broker-Dealer Rule, Also Affecting Investment Advisers
Aug
10
2020
The Plight of Oppressed Private Company Minority Investors: No Legal Escape Available Without a Buy-Sell Agreement in Place
Sep
12
2016
Hensarling Chooses CHOICE; CFTC Moves Forward with Priorities as Nominees Pending Confirmation, Administration Outlines Approach to Correspondent Banking
Oct
5
2020
Don’t Wait to Jump Off the Bandwagon: Cutting Ties With a Bad Business Partner (Part 2)
May
31
2018
The Basel Committee and IOSCO Issue Criteria to Identify “Simple, Transparent and Comparable” Short-Term Securitisations
Apr
20
2015
Senate Banking Committee Schedules Markup; Department Of Labor Releases Fiduciary Rule
Oct
27
2020
Under Texas Law, You Can Have Your Cake, But Not Always Eat it Too: Choice of Forum Clauses Are Enforceable, Choice of Venue Has Limits
 

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