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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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Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q3 2023 McDermott Will & Emery
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CFTC Sanctions Registered CTA for Operating Unregistered SEF Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets Discusses Issues with Exchange-Traded Products Katten
Apr
21
2022
SEC Proposes New Rules To Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
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2016
Glass Lewis Opens Registration for Issuer Data Report Requests, Including Expanding Access to Certain Companies in Canada and Europe Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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Investment Services Regulatory Update: January 2019 Vedder Price
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Don’t Set It & Forget It: Keeping up Your Fiduciary Committee Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
28
2015
CPMI and IOSCO Publish Joint Consultative Report on the Global Harmonization of OTC UTI Katten
Sep
15
2016
New York Department of Financial Services Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies Faegre Drinker
May
24
2018
Did The Last Viking Sell Securities? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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20
2018
New FCRA Form for Pre-Employment Background Checks Starts Sept. 21 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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15
2020
IRS Provides New Markets Tax Credit and Opportunity Zone Relief Jones Walker LLP
Oct
7
2020
SEC Continues to Prioritize COVID Fraud Cases Faegre Drinker
Apr
19
2023
New Form 5500 Rules Permit More Plans to Qualify for Audit Exemption Polsinelli PC
May
5
2016
Second Circuit: Intent to Harm Is Not Required for Criminal Conviction Under Investment Advisers Act Proskauer Rose LLP
May
14
2019
To Call or Not to Call: the NPRM’s Proposed Call Frequency and Time/Placement Limitations Ballard Spahr LLP
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24
2020
Coronavirus Relief Fund: Treasury Issues Guidance for Tribal Governments Van Ness Feldman LLP
Aug
10
2020
A Liu Look at Disgorgement: Ninth Circuit Vacates SEC Disgorgement Award Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
26
2023
SECURE 2.0 Act — A Bigger and (in Some Ways) Better Version of the SECURE Act Part I — What to Do Now (or Soon) Jones Walker LLP
Nov
9
2023
Unfair Play: Unjust Enrichment for Copying and Using Non-Trade-Secret Spreadsheet McDermott Will & Emery
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What’s in a Name? In the Secured Lending World, Just About Everything McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
14
2022
SEC Waives TCR Requirement, Awards Over $1 Million to Whistleblowers Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Aug
6
2012
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May
18
2015
Banking Committee Set to Mark-Up Legislative Package of Financial Regulatory Reform
 

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