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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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Jan
25
2019
ESMA Publishes Opinion on Position Limits on ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil Futures and Options Commodity Contracts Katten
Dec
28
2021
Cadwalader Cabinet: December 28, 2021 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
26
2022
Weekly Bankruptcy Alert: April 26, 2022 (For the week ending April 24, 2022) Pierce Atwood LLP
Dec
22
2015
OFAC Actions Against Russia Increase Certainty for Compliance Programs Holland & Hart LLP
Sep
6
2016
Treasury Proposes Regulations That Would Require Private Trust Companies to Establish or Enhance AML Programs and to Identify Beneficial Ownership of Legal Entities Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Jan
29
2018
New HSR Thresholds to Take Effect Soon ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
17
2018
Third Circuit Makes Clear That Plan Releases Can Extend To Post-Confirmation Acts Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
3
2019
OCIE Issues Risk Alert Relating to Investment Adviser Oversight of Supervised Persons with Disciplinary Histories Vedder Price
Dec
30
2019
SEC Proposes to Amend “Accredited Investor” Definition, Expand Pool of Investors Eligible to Invest in Private Offerings Inbox Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Nov
8
2023
Foley Automotive Update November 8, 2023 Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
18
2013
Important Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Legislation Signed into Law in Wisconsin: Additional Tools Available for Towns to Finance Development Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
24
2017
Trump Directs Treasury to Review Dodd-Frank Orderly Liquidation Authority and FSOC Processes Covington & Burling LLP
May
3
2019
CFTC Chair Proposes Relief for Phase 5 Initial Margin Implementation Katten
Jul
30
2011
Clarification on Requirements for Dividend-Withholding Tax Reimbursements in Italy McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
30
2014
Cyber Liability Insurance: Where’s the Beef? Mintz
Jul
21
2022
DOJ Charges Six Individuals with NFT Fraud Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
20
2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: February 11-15, 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
20
2017
Division of Trading and Markets Staff Provides No-Action Assurance Concerning MiFID II-Compliant Research Payments and Section 28(e)’s Safe Harbor Vedder Price
May
25
2018
EU Policy Update for Q1 2018 – Budgets and Upcoming EU Elections, Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, a “Digital Tax” proposal, and Brexit Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
28
2019
CFPB Issues Annual Report on Servicemember Complaints Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
28
2022
Digital Asset Safeguarding Disclosure: Best Practice Becoming SEC Mandate Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Dec
29
2015
December 2015: A Compilation of Finance Enforcement and Non-Enforcement Actions
Sep
8
2016
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Lends Helping Hand to Inadvertent Lender Omissions in Execution of Mortgage Acknowledgements Murtha Cullina
Jan
31
2018
Hacking of digital currency exchange leaves Japanese company footing the bill K&L Gates
Nov
9
2023
California Enacts Landmark ESG Legislation K&L Gates
Mar
19
2024
What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Red Flags (Anti-corruption Series Part II) Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
24
2015
SEC Comments on Whistleblower Anti-Retaliation Provisions/Internal Reporting Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
May
1
2016
UK Financial Conduct Authority Trade Association Roundtable on MiFID II Implementation Katten
 

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