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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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Aug
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2022
California Holds Stolen Cryptocurrency Does Not Qualify as “Physical” Loss Under Homeowners’ Policy Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
27
2016
LIBOR Smacks Down: Res Judicata Means Big Win for Banks IMS Legal Strategies
Nov
17
2017
FINRA Releases New Targeted Exam Letter Regarding Order Routing Conflicts Katten
Jan
22
2019
Does Voluntary Disclosure Reduce Or Increase Litigation Risk? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
2
2019
Treasury Provides Additional Guidance On Opportunity Zone Provisions McDermott Will & Emery
May
26
2022
Managing the LIBOR Transition in GCC Islamic Financings [VIDEO] Bracewell LLP
Mar
21
2014
Trade Sanctions Imposed in Response to Events in Ukraine McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
9
2017
Relief from 408(b)(2) Requirement on Change Notice: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #57 Faegre Drinker
Sep
13
2018
Buying a Pig in a Poke: Financial Investor Antitrust Liability on the Rise Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
23
2022
CFPB Issues Circular to Address Consumer Reporting Dispute Investigation Questions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
21
2015
Bridging the Week: December 14 - 18 and 21, 2015 - EFRPs; Wash Sales; Manipulation; Margin; Conflicts of Interest; Fingerprinting; Audit Trail [VIDEO] Katten
Apr
20
2017
Dodd-Frank Act Claims, Non-SEC Whistleblowers, False Claims Act Appeal: Review of Recent Whistleblower Developments April 2017 Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
30
2019
SEC Proposes to Amend “Accredited Investor” Definition, Expand Pool of Investors Eligible to Invest in Private Offerings Inbox Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
10
2020
Can a Virtual Currency Position Be Treated as a Commodity for Tax Purposes? McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
25
2021
Investment Arbitration and India: 2020 Year in Review Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
24
2024
Treasury Department Proposes to Sharpen the Teeth of CFIUS Enforcement Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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19
2013
Center of Main Interests (COMI) Maybe Re: Bankruptcy Code Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
19
2015
SEC Staff Issues New CDIs on General Solicitation Prohibition under Regulation D Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Oct
6
2020
ILPA Releases Deal-By-Deal Model LPA Katten
Feb
8
2024
The UK Markets Regulator Warns About ‘Flying’ and ‘Printing’ Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May
8
2015
District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Securities Class Action Against Urban Outfitters Katten
Sep
7
2016
Best Interest Contract Exemption and IRA Advisor Compensation: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #18 Faegre Drinker
Jan
26
2018
CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee Releases Agenda for Upcoming Public Meeting Katten
Sep
3
2019
OCIE Issues Risk Alert Relating to Investment Adviser Oversight of Supervised Persons with Disciplinary Histories Vedder Price
Mar
27
2022
Federal Court Denies Defendant Banks’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Plaintiffs’ Knowing Participation in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim in Stanford Ponzi Scheme Case Winstead
Jan
9
2015
FDIC Highlights Brokered Deposits -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Dickinson Wright PLLC
May
2
2016
European Commission Adopts Second MiFID II Delegated Act Katten
Nov
20
2017
CFPB to seek OMB approval for testing of overdraft disclosures Ballard Spahr LLP
 

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