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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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Oct
23
2020
CFTC Issues Staff Advisory on Virtual Currency & Approves Final Rule on Security Futures Margin Katten
May
24
2021
Whistleblower Awards from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
13
2022
SEC Proposes Extensive New Rules Applicable to SPACs and de-SPAC Transactions Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
2
2023
Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — November 2023 Mintz
Jan
22
2021
Investment Management Legal and Regulatory Update - January 2021 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Jul
14
2014
The CFPB Adds Mobile Financial Services to its Contact List; Providers of Such Services Should Be Prepared to Answer the Call Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
20
2015
Georgia Investment Advisor Launches Article II Constitutional Challenge to the SEC’s Use of ALJs – And Seeks Discovery Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
25
2019
FCA Publishes Market Watch Newsletter Katten
Apr
6
2020
Sixth Circuit Adopts “Inaccurate or Misleading” Standard in Case Regarding Fired Uber Driver Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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
11
2022
DOJ Signals Concerted Effort to Prosecute Alleged Cryptocurrency Fraud Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
29
2023
BTR Series Part 6: Residential Tenancy Benefits - What Are the Benefits to Occupants? K&L Gates
Jan
15
2024
Lenders: Be Aware of Early Publication of Winding Up Petitions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
3
2011
Using the Internet to Your Company's Advantage in Defending Against A Whistleblower Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
30
2013
Commodities And The Corporate Securities Law of 1968 (CSL) Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
17
2016
NY High Court Rejects Expansion of Common-Interest Doctrine Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
13
2017
Financial CHOICE Act Would Complicate the Choices in Bringing and Defending Against SEC Cases Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun
20
2019
NFL Considering Cashless Transactions for the Super Bowl Robinson & Cole LLP
Jul
7
2020
Mixed Message: Supreme Court Holds Government-Backed Debt Exemption Invalid But Also Finds TCPA Doesn’t Apply to Government at All Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
25
2021
2021 Q1 Amendments to Alternative Investment Funds Framework Nishith Desai Associates
Apr
14
2022
Federal Law to the Rescue? (The Senate Version) ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
2
2023
The UK’s PRA Discusses Securitisation Capital Requirements and Basel 3.1 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
16
2017
Structuring Private Equity Deals in 2017: Considerations for Buyers While They Wait for the Sun Capital Appeals to Play Out McDermott Will & Emery
May
11
2020
No Coverage for Breach of Contract Claim Under Commercial General Liability Insurance Policy Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
16
2018
Regulation Best Interest: Consideration of Cost and Compensation- Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #98 Faegre Drinker
Jan
13
2023
Jan. 13, 2023 Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 4 Nelson Mullins
Oct
9
2015
CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee To Meet on November 2 Katten
Mar
7
2018
If There Are No Minds, Can There Be A "Meeting Of The Minds"? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 

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