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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
9
2018
FDCPA Did Not Apply to Auto Repossessor's Demand for Property Retrieval Fee, Seventh Circuit Rules Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
8
2019
HMT Publishes Letter on Equivalence Katten
Oct
30
2020
ISDA Publishes IBOR Fall Back Supplement and Related Protocol Katten
Mar
3
2015
The SEC Will Be Your Employment Law Agency, Too Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
27
2016
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari Petition in Madden Case Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
29
2017
FCA Asset Management Market Study Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
23
2018
SEC Adopts Amendments Requiring Inline XBRL Reporting for Fund Risk/Return Summary Information Vedder Price
Jul
14
2019
Division of Trading and Markets and FINRA Staffs Issue Joint Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities Katten
Jul
13
2020
FINRA Releases Guidance on Retail Communications Concerning Private Placement Offerings Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
8
2020
SEC Seeks to Increase the Security of the Data on the Consolidated Audit Trail National Market System Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jan
28
2021
New York Adopts New Registration and Examination Requirements for Certain Investment Adviser Related Personnel and Solicitors Katten
Sep
29
2022
Second Circuit Rules in Favor of Citibank in Accidental $500m Transfer in Revlon Loan Transaction Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
19
2023
Need to Know: SEC’s New Private Fund Rules Goulston & Storrs
Mar
2
2017
SEC guidance on roboadvice K&L Gates
Mar
12
2018
Dismissing FDCPA Lawsuit, Sixth Circuit Calls Out Congress for Creating Statutory Remedies Where No Harm Has Occurred K&L Gates
May
14
2020
Don’t Cry (or Lie) Over Skim Milk: SEC Charges Ron Swanson with Securities Fraud Winstead
Dec
7
2020
IRS Issues New FAQs on The Interaction Between the Employee Retention Tax Credit and PPP Loans in M&A Transactions Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
11
2021
Possible Early End to Employee Retention Tax Credit Could Mean Trouble for Businesses Monetizing Credit Before End of 4th Quarter Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
27
2022
SEC Adopts Amendments To Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
4
2014
Could Bondholders Bring Claims Against Puerto Rico Bond Issuers in Courts Outside Puerto Rico? Mintz
Oct
19
2015
Bridging the Week: October 12 to 16 and 19, 2015 (Pre-Arranged Trades, Wash Sales, Spoofing, CCO Liability, Non-Disclosure, IBs) Katten
Mar
21
2019
NYDFS Files Opposition to OCC Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Fintech Charter Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
11
2022
The Second U.S. NFT Property Is Ready To be Auctioned Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
30
2014
DOJ’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Enforcement Power Gets A Big Boost Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
29
2015
Do Investment Advisers Automatically Have Fiduciary Duties to Their Clients? Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Oct
6
2017
CFPB issues final payday/auto title/high-rate installment loan rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
12
2018
Arizona AG Announces More Fintech Sandbox Participants Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
2
2020
Mitigating FCRA Risks in the COVID-19 World Hunton Andrews Kurth
 

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