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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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Nov
3
2021
A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Collections: How the CFPB's Final Rule is Certain to Affect Creditors and Debt Collectors Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jan
5
2022
FTC Rings in the New Year with HSR Enforcement and Penalties Front and Center for Investors Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
2
2012
IRS Issues New Regulations to Facilitate Foreign Grantmaking Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
15
2016
European Commission Proposes One-Year Extension for MiFID II Katten
Oct
25
2016
European Securities and Market Authority Guidance on Market Soundings Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
20
2017
Australian Government to End Double Taxation on Digital Currency K&L Gates
Mar
6
2019
Conover v. Patriot Land Transfer: RESPA’s Statute of Limitations and Equitable Tolling Clash Again Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
5
2020
Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #24 Faegre Drinker
May
8
2020
Form CRS Update – OCIE Risk Alert on Initial Examinations Vedder Price
Sep
29
2015
Five Advantages to Section 18 of the Securities Act – A New Weapon for Institutions Mintz
Oct
25
2018
CFIUS Pilot Program: New Mandatory Filings for Non-passive Foreign Investments Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
28
2022
Political Criticism by Congressional Republicans of SEC Proposal on Mandatory Climate Disclosures Mintz
Nov
15
2023
Back to the Future: CFTC Proposes to Amend Customer Funds Investment Rule Including to Again Permit Investments in Certain Non-US Sovereign Debt Katten
Jul
14
2014
Supreme Court Returns to ERISA Statutory Basics, Rejects Moench Presumption: Implications for ESOP Trusts Holding Non-Publicly Traded Securities Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
10
2016
EU Watchdog Advocates for New Fin Tech Regulations Polsinelli PC
Jun
18
2019
DOJ Settles Redlining Lawsuit Against First Merchants Bank Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
24
2010
Reforming Post-Crisis Risk Management Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jul
9
2018
All American Check Cashing and amici file briefs in Fifth Circuit interlocutory appeal Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
20
2024
Mega-Trends Impacting Municipal Market ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
20
2013
American Bankers Association (ABA) Endorses Bill to Mandate Examination Fairness Katten
Feb
20
2015
Indicate By Check Mark If This Instruction Makes No Sense: √ Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
10
2017
EU Policy Update, June 2017: Elections in Europe, Brexit, and a Presidential Visit; Tech and Digital Single Market Policies; Communication and Media Policies; Energy and Environment Policies Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
14
2017
Democratic state AGs threaten aggressive use of enforcement authority in letter to President Trump Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
26
2018
NY bars use of mandatory arbitration agreements by career training schools Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
3
2020
For Existing SBA Loans, the SBA Will Make Your Payments for Six Months Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jan
6
2022
Gift, Estate, and GST Tax Exclusion and Exemption Amounts: The Numbers Go Up! Pierce Atwood LLP
Feb
17
2016
FDIC Proposes Deposit Insurance Determination Rule for Large Banks Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
26
2016
Banking Industry: More Regulatory Sandboxes K&L Gates
 

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