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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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Jun
14
2012
Alternatives for Financing Education Through Gifting: State Sponsored College Plans Varnum LLP
Apr
30
2018
New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
17
2023
Court Affirmed Summary Judgment For A Financial Advisor Due To The Dead Man’s Rule Arising From Claim That He Failed To Change A Beneficiary Designation Winstead
Mar
6
2024
SEC Climate Disclosure Rule “Paves Way for Greenwashing” Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Jun
10
2011
Reform Reading: Fed Wants to Expand Stress Testing to 35 Big U.S. banks Center for Public Integrity
Aug
7
2015
SEC Finalizes the CEO Pay Ratio Rule – Additional Executive Compensation Disclosure for Public Companies Beginning in 2017 Mintz
Aug
19
2016
CFTC Issues Final Response To Remand Order in SIFMA v. CFTC 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
Dec
20
2021
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: January 1, 2022, Brings Opportunities with Two Types of Tax Exempt Bonds and Program Expansion Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
8
2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Week in Review: June 17 - June 21, 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
2
2013
Lawsuit Regarding Alleged Fraudulent Life Settlement Scheme Faegre Drinker
Apr
12
2016
Community Bank Corporate Governance - Dollars and (Common) Sense Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
10
2017
DOL Issues 60-Day Delay on Fiduciary Advice Rule and Exemptions Katten
Nov
2
2017
SEC Approves New Audit Reporting Standard Requiring Auditors to Disclose More Detailed Information Learned During the Audit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
19
2019
Cryptoasset Regulation: FCA Final Guidance Published Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
18
2020
SEC Steps Up Enforcement for Unsuitable Sales of Complex ETPs Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
6
2013
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Approves Final NYSE and NASDAQ Compensation Committee Rules Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
15
2016
SEC Overturns Administrative Law Judge’s Decision and Finds Adviser Failed to Disclose Material Conflicts of Interest Relating to Revenue Sharing Arrangement Vedder Price
Jul
26
2017
FCA Payment Services Rule Making Powers Extended K&L Gates
Jan
5
2019
FCA Publishes Instruments Implementing the EU Securitization Regulation Katten
Jun
3
2020
Expanding the Safe Harbor for (Certain) Electronic Disclosures Jackson Lewis P.C.
Apr
12
2022
Ukraine Invasion Creates ESG Shifts, Refocuses Nations on Economic Sovereignty, and Reemphasizes Central Bank Digital Currencies’ Risks and Benefits Nelson Mullins
Nov
2
2023
Luxembourg Modernises its Insolvency Legislation K&L Gates
Aug
23
2018
OVDP Ending September 28: Now Is the Time to Disclose McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
20
2020
COVID-19: Tax Considerations in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic - Part 1 K&L Gates
Jan
18
2023
NFT Regulatory Issues – a 2022 Review and 2023 Preview Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
7
2024
The UK Regulator Writes to Asset Manager CEOs Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
17
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Announces Available-to-Trade Determinations Katten
 

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