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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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Aug
28
2018
CFPB’s Student Loan Ombudsman Tenders Resignation Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
20
2019
The Tax Man Cometh: IRS Issues Sends Letters to Over 10,000 Taxpayers with Cryptocurrency Transactions Without Providing Anticipated Guidance Polsinelli PC
Feb
2
2023
Fed Board Denies Crypto Firm’s Bid to Join Federal Reserve System Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
1
2023
Launch of European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) Delayed Again Jackson Lewis P.C.
Aug
16
2016
What Community Bank Board Members Need to Know About Directors and Officers Murtha Cullina
Dec
14
2016
Supreme Court Finds Bank Fraud Need Not Target Banks; Resolves Circuit Split in Prosecutors’ Favor K&L Gates
Apr
30
2018
New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
23
2019
UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Laws May Extend to Private Landlords Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
7
2020
COVID-19: US State Policy Report – August 6, 2020 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
25
2022
Internal Investigations are a MUST for Avoiding False Claims Act Liability Nelson Mullins
Apr
25
2023
Expansive New Bank Secrecy Act, Sanctions Whistleblower Program: Department of Commerce Insights Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
15
2011
CFTC Delays Derivatives Rules Until End of Year Center for Public Integrity
Apr
8
2016
Court Holds That Exempt Lender May Violate California Usury Statute Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
3
2017
Reminder: EU Variation Margin Rules Apply to Physically Settled FX Forwards Beginning January 3, 2018 Katten
Jan
12
2018
CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief to Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers Regarding Capital Treatment of Deferred Tax Liabilities From Changes in Accounting Principles Katten
Jul
25
2022
Weekly IRS Roundup July 18 – July 22, 2022 McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
20
2024
Part 11: Information and Disclosure Requirements in the Separate Account Context Blank Rome LLP
Feb
10
2013
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former Bank Executive's Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and FInancial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) Claims Katten
Dec
11
2015
CFTC Extends Continued No-Action Relief From Certain Recordkeeping Requirements Katten
Apr
29
2022
Court Finds California Labor Statute To Be No Bar To Charter Forum Selection Clause Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
27
2015
Lawmakers To Focus On Oversight Of And Regulatory Burdens On The Financial Services Industry
Aug
11
2015
Merlin Partners v. AutoInfo: Merger Price and Process Key in Determining Appraisal Value Vedder Price
Mar
22
2020
Renewable Project Finance Market Alert - COVID-19 McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
18
2020
IRS Answers Questions on the SECURE Act’s Birth and Adoption Distributions for Retirement Plans Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
15
2023
ESG Labelling on The Cards for Global Regulation K&L Gates
Apr
11
2017
Cross Border Master-Feeder Arrangements: SEC Staff Slightly Expands Utility of Offshore Feeders for Global Investment Management Firms, but Tax and Other Challenges Remain K&L Gates
Aug
30
2018
Industry Trade Groups Urge HUD to Make Significant Changes to its Disparate Impact Rule; State Attorneys General Oppose Changes Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
22
2019
The End of LIBOR: The Search for a New Benchmark Interest Rate for Project Agreements Bracewell LLP
 

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