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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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Apr
27
2015
Lawmakers To Focus On Oversight Of And Regulatory Burdens On The Financial Services Industry
Aug
31
2018
CFTC Releases No-Action Position on PCAOB Requirement to Communicate Critical Audit Matters Katten
Dec
11
2015
FINRA Issues Notice on Providing Stock Quotations to Customers Katten
Nov
8
2017
FinCEN Fines Texas Bank $2M for Alleged Failure to Vet and Monitor Mexican Correspondent Banking Relationship – But Touts Bank’s Cooperation Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
29
2019
Italy's Legal Recognition of Blockchain - Based Timestamping K&L Gates
Mar
20
2020
COVID-19: Tax Considerations in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic - Part 1 K&L Gates
Nov
18
2020
IRS Answers Questions on the SECURE Act’s Birth and Adoption Distributions for Retirement Plans Foley & Lardner LLP
May
11
2021
Third Time is the Charm? In FCRA Litigation, Court Says Not So Fast Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
24
2024
Goodbye “Five-Part Test”—DOL Finalizes New Investment Advice Fiduciary Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
11
2015
Why SEC’s Pre-Existing Relationship Test Is The Mirror Image of California’s Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
28
2017
NFA Adopts Interpretive Notice on Swap Valuation Disputes Katten
Jun
5
2020
FINRA Shares Practices to Transition to a Remote Work Environment during COVID-19 Katten
Feb
16
2022
Employers Take Heed: Follow Illinois Biometric Privacy Rules or Risk a Losing Battle Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Feb
9
2024
Sri Lanka’s Restructuring Plan Is Here to Stay (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
19
2016
CFTC Issues Final Response To Remand Order in SIFMA v. CFTC Katten
May
8
2018
New DOL FAB Further Delays Enforcement of Fiduciary Rule, But Does Not Undo The Rule In Its Entirety Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
23
2021
Michigan Tops the Growing List of States with a SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Varnum LLP
Jun
2
2022
SEC Commissioner Signals Need to Fulfill Mandate of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Develop “Minimum Standards” for Lawyers Practicing Before the Commission Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
13
2023
Federal Reserve Invokes Systemic Risk Exception to Make SVB Depositors Whole Mintz
Dec
11
2023
FINRA Arbitration Defense Strategies Oberheiden P.C.
Jul
4
2012
FTC Announces Revised Monetary Exemptions Under The Franchise Rule Armstrong Teasdale
Apr
12
2016
Community Bank Corporate Governance - Dollars and (Common) Sense Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Dec
19
2016
Broken Order Router; Trading Illicitly for Mom; Manipulation: Reg SHO; Reg MAR - Bridging the Week: December 12 to 16 and December 19, 2016 [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
19
2018
Washington Legislature Introduces Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
14
2019
Commentaries Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: January 7 – 11 and January 14, 2019 (Freedom of Speech; Cryptoasset Regulation Gaps; Cybersecurity) Katten
Dec
2
2022
Treasury Report Sets Guidelines For Oversight on FinTech Participation in Core Finance Markets Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
4
2023
To Trust, or Not to Trust: That Is the Question Blank Rome LLP
Jul
13
2011
Trade Associations Express Concern over Risks of Diverging EU and US Derivatives Regulation McDermott Will & Emery
 

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