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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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2019
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Court Affirmed Summary Judgment For A Financial Advisor Due To The Dead Man’s Rule Arising From Claim That He Failed To Change A Beneficiary Designation Winstead
May
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Department of Labor Proposes Additional Disclosure Rules for QDIAs and TDFs McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
27
2013
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12
2014
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Aug
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2016
A Timely FDIC Reminder on Examination Findings Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
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2019
Final Private Activity Bond Public Approval Regulations Streamline Notice Requirements Mintz
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Saddling Up With Dual Agents Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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2017
Treasury Recommends Changes to Post-Financial Crisis Securitization Rules Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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Are You Ready for the Next Downturn? Ninth Circuit “Cramdown” Cases Affecting Real Estate Lenders Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
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CFPB Discusses Consumer Finance Data, Sets Priorities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
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2018
FTC Freezes Assets and Operations of Four Promoters of Cryptocurrency Investment Schemes Proskauer Rose LLP
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2023
NTIA Adopts Programmatic Waiver of Letter of Credit Requirement for BEAD Funding Keller and Heckman LLP
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Proposed Restrictions on Fund Offers to Swiss Residents Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
11
2014
Tenth Circuit Looks Past “General Partnership” Labels in Agreements to Determine Whether Certain Investments Constitute “Securities” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
7
2015
Second Circuit Court Upholds SEC’s Insider-Trading Complaint and Questions Second Circuit’s Newman Decision Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
30
2015
November 2015 Compilation of SEC Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
5
2017
UK Supreme Court Confirms London Whale Notices Did Not Identify Achilles Macris Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
18
2023
NFT Regulatory Issues – a 2022 Review and 2023 Preview Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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Bankers, Consumer Groups Clash Over IRS Plan to Crack Down on Foreign Tax Cheats Center for Public Integrity
Dec
8
2016
Supreme Court Confirms Rule on Insider Trading Involving Tips of Confidential Information to Friends and Relatives Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
 

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