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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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Jan
28
2016
Look Before You Leap – Pitfalls and Tripwires Inherent in Government Contracting Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
30
2017
Crowdfunding Report—FINRA’s First Enforcement Action and Updated Data Analysis Faegre Drinker
Sep
17
2021
SEC: Investment Adviser May Not Say That It May Do What It Already Did Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
21
2022
In the Wake of the Surfside Tragedy Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Issue “Temporary” Requirements for Condominiums and Cooperatives Stark & Stark
Jul
20
2023
A Closer Look at the UK Chancellor’s ‘Collection of Announcements’ Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
22
2023
District Court Breaks Trend and Allows Claims Challenging Prudence of BlackRock LifePath Index Target Date Funds to Proceed Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
17
2015
Asset-Level Data for Legacy Deals, and Risk Retention for Resecuritizations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
11
2017
Upcoming/New CFIUS Filing (Updated): Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
21
2019
SCOTUS Ruling That Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Prohibition Applies To States Could Provide New Weapon To Consumer Financial Services Providers Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
10
2019
The BUILD Act Greenlights Equity Investments, Increasing Need for Legal Involvement McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
24
2020
Calendar Fiscal Year Companies, It Is Time To Calculate Public Float — Remember Recent SEC Amendments to Definitions of Accelerated Filer and Large Accelerated Filer Jones Walker LLP
May
23
2022
Banks Set to Abandon SPAC Market as SEC Proposes New Rules Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
May
19
2023
Alleged Market Manipulation and the Pre-hedging of Large Trades Cornerstone Research
Feb
2
2024
More States on the Cusp of Enacting “True Lender” Laws Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
4
2016
Banks and Prohibited Transactions: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #22 Faegre Drinker
Feb
16
2018
CFTC Issues Order of Registration to ICE Futures Singapore Katten
Oct
14
2018
2018 Basel AML Index Measures Risk and Cites Lack of Effective Enforcement and Declining Global Press Freedom Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
7
2021
A NEW YEAR’S TALE OF CAUTION – OFAC Settlement Highlights Risks for Those Dealing in Digital Currencies Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
28
2023
Supreme Court to Decide CFPB’s Validity Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
23
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Grants Relief from Required Clearing for Swaps Resulting from Multilateral Portfolio Compression Katten
Jun
5
2015
SEC Staff Releases Analysis Related to Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules Katten
Nov
18
2022
CFTC Ooki DAO Enforcement Action Update: The Commission Responds Proskauer Rose LLP
May
24
2017
No More Delays for the DOL's Fiduciary Rule Holland & Hart LLP
Mar
31
2020
Why Retirement Plan Sponsors Should Care About The CARES Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
1
2023
Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
29
2016
CFTC and German Regulators Sign Memorandum of Understanding Katten
Feb
2
2017
UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority Announce Changes to Enforcement and Disciplinary Process Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
10
2017
HM Treasury Publishes Renewed Investment Management Strategy Katten
 

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