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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
8
2021
Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Securities Investment that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
30
2022
SEC Proposes to Amend Regulations S-K and S-X to Require Extensive Climate-Related Disclosures Jones Walker LLP
May
19
2022
Preventing Lender Liability: A Cautionary Case Study Varnum LLP
May
23
2023
New Conference, More Rulemaking? K&L Gates
Sep
26
2023
What Does New NY Department of Financial Services Greenlisted Coins Draft Guidance Mean for Market? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
16
2024
Five Investment Advisers Charged by SEC for Marketing Rule Violations Stark & Stark
Mar
2
2018
CFTC Extends No Action Relief for Shanghai Clearing House Katten
Feb
10
2020
Massachusetts Securities Division Expands Jurisdiction to Non-Securities Mintz
Nov
5
2021
OFAC Reaffirms Focus on Virtual Currency With Updated Sanctions Law Guidance McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
2
2024
NO PERSONAL TCPA LIABILITY!: Court Throws out Claims Against a TCPA Defendant’s Owner And It Is Really Good News Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
14
2014
The SEC Provides Guidance on Custody Rule Compliance for Private Fund Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and Escrow Accounts Faegre Drinker
Nov
1
2018
U.S. Treasury Report: IRS BSA Program “Has Minimal Impact on Compliance” Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
29
2019
Surf’s Up: New Wave of Novel Accessibility Litigation Hits Retailers Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
19
2014
Federal Reserve Revisits Financial Holding Companies (FHC) Commodities and Merchant Banking Activities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
27
2019
Briefing: QOZ Update: IRS Provides Relief for Early Investments of Net Section 1231 Gain Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
27
2023
The Long and Short of Short Selling Nishith Desai Associates
Dec
24
2011
IRS Extends Year-End Deadline for Pension Plan Amendments Under Code Section 436 McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
27
2016
Financial Services Innovation Bill Introduced Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
14
2017
SEC Whistleblower Program: What are the largest SEC whistleblower awards? - Chapter 5 Zuckerman Law
May
12
2021
Anonymous SEC Whistleblower Receives $3.6 Million Award Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Aug
18
2022
General Overview of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Bracewell LLP
Nov
17
2022
It's Ultra-Complicated: Fifth Circuit and Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decisions Widen Rifts on Make-Whole Premiums and Postpetition Interest ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec
4
2023
EU Council Adopts New European Green Bond Standard Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
21
2010
The Transparency Monster Strikes Again: New Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
20
2013
Investment Regulation Update - April 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
15
2016
Left Swinging: Why Mickelson Went Uncharged For Insider Trading McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
17
2017
Indian Nations Law Update - February 2017: Ninth Circuit Rejects Tribal Online Lenders’ “Co-Regulator” Argument Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Dec
17
2017
ESMA Provides Update on MiFID II Registers Katten
 

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