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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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Sep
7
2023
Industry Trades Really Don’t Like the Basel III Endgame Proposal Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dec
16
2014
A Primer on EMV Technology for Merchants (EuroPay, Mastercard, and Visa) Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
30
2015
New CFTC Proposed Rules on Algorithmic Trading Bracewell LLP
Mar
28
2017
Bank of England’s FinTech Accelerator Launches a New Community K&L Gates
Apr
20
2020
Secondary Loan Trading Considerations in a COVID-19 World Katten
Dec
21
2020
2021: A New Year, the Same Fear: Why Companies Should Expect a Wave of PPP Investigations K&L Gates
May
3
2022
California Reinstates Licensing Exemption for Single Commercial Loan Made During 12-month Period Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
25
2022
Internal Investigations are a MUST for Avoiding False Claims Act Liability Nelson Mullins
Mar
21
2024
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Business Plan Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
27
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Provides Clarification for Swap Dealer (SD) and Major Swap Participant (MSP) Employees Acting in Clerical or Ministerial Capacities Katten
Oct
28
2017
Treasury Recommends Changes to Post-Financial Crisis Securitization Rules Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
13
2019
ECOFIN Outlines Next Steps for Crypto and Climate Action Katten
May
19
2012
Massachusetts House of Representatives Advances Foreclosure Legislation Mintz
Aug
5
2016
EU Policy Update, August 2016: Technology and Digital Single Market Policy; Energy and Climate Change Policy; Trade Policy and Sanctions Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
21
2018
Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
20
2018
California Supreme Court Holds That High Interest Rates on Payday Loans Can be Unconscionable Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
12
2020
New SBA PPP Loan Necessity Questionnaire Is Available Prior To OMB Approval: Are Lenders Jumping the Gun? Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
28
2016
Bridging the Week: March 21 - 25, and 28, 2016 (Spoofing; Position Limits; FINRA Authority; Large Trader Reports; Algorithmic Trading) Katten
Jan
9
2018
Discretionary Management of IRAs: Prohibited Transaction Issues for RIAs- Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #76 Faegre Drinker
May
29
2020
FINRA Shares Best Practices by Firms to Supervise in a Remote Work Environment Mintz
Feb
28
2022
The US, UK, and EU Impose a Series of New Targeted and Territorial Russia-Related Sanctions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
8
2023
The Recovering Executive Compensation from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act Voted out Of Senate Banking Committee Vedder Price
Sep
10
2014
New EU Competition Commissioner--Margrethe Vestager Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
9
2021
The SEC Joins DOJ's War on Corporate Offenders Bracewell LLP
Feb
3
2023
Listen to Your Critics: SEC Commissioner Considers the Future of Crytpo Regulation at Digital Assets Conference Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
3
2023
Reminder: The FTC “Safeguards Rule” Compliance Date is Next Month Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep
8
2023
ATDS EXPRESS: Another Court Holds Debt Collectors Cannot Violate the TCPA ATDS Provisions– But Is It Really That Simple? Troutman Amin, 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
 

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