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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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2017
Federal Circuit Rules that Starr International Lacks Standing to Pursue Class Claims Stemming from the U.S. Government’s Acquisition of AIG Equity Mintz
Feb
21
2019
SCOTUS Ruling That Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Prohibition Applies To States Could Provide New Weapon To Consumer Financial Services Providers Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
24
2020
European Financing Dynamics In The Second Half Of 2020 McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
6
2023
Honchariw: The Enforceability of Late Fees in California Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Nov
20
2023
White House Seeks to Unlock Cost Savings Through the Better Contracting Initiative Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
17
2015
Asset-Level Data for Legacy Deals, and Risk Retention for Resecuritizations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
30
2017
Crowdfunding Report—FINRA’s First Enforcement Action and Updated Data Analysis Faegre Drinker
Oct
14
2018
2018 Basel AML Index Measures Risk and Cites Lack of Effective Enforcement and Declining Global Press Freedom Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
4
2019
ESMA Consults on Technical Advice on FRANDT Terms for Providing Clearing Services Katten
May
4
2020
Between Bridges Gary DeWaal: May 4, 2020 (Block Trades; EFRPs, Wash Trades; GSCs; CBDCs; Privacy Violations; Misrepresentations by IAs) Katten
May
4
2023
APAC: Managed Accounts and Conflicts—Part 4: Separate Managed Accounts vs Funds-Of-One K&L Gates
Jun
3
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: May 2015 - Market Regulation Advisory Notices Bracewell LLP
May
31
2019
Sustainable Investing Will Change the World Mintz
May
5
2022
Over My Dead Body: Defendant Can’t “Wait Until He Dies” to Pay Arbitration Award McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
1
2013
New International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Protocol for Swap Documentation Katten
Dec
6
2017
Income, from Whatever Exchange, Mine, or Fork Derived: The Basics of U.S. Cryptocurrency Taxation Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
24
2018
Supreme Court Update: Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Rosales-Mireles v. United States, Chavez-Meza v. United States Wiggin and Dana LLP
Sep
3
2017
A crisis of confidence or a question of short memories? Jackson Hole Summit Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
20
2018
FinCEN Imposes Section 311 Fifth Special Measure on Latvian Bank ABLV Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
7
2022
FTC Bans Operators of Alleged Debt Relief Scam, $5.3M penalty Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
29
2016
CFTC and German Regulators Sign Memorandum of Understanding Katten
May
24
2017
No More Delays for the DOL's Fiduciary Rule Holland & Hart LLP
Feb
25
2019
Changes to Judgment Enforcement in Florida [PODCAST] K&L Gates
Jun
25
2020
SBA Issues Additional Interim Final Rule for PPP Loan Forgiveness and Loan Review Procedures Varnum LLP
Feb
7
2023
SEC Issues New C&DIs Regarding Form 10-K “Clawback” Checkboxes Nelson Mullins
Sep
21
2015
SEC Files a Complaint and TRO against Seattle Developer Alleging Misuse of EB-5 Funds Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
23
2016
Surprise! No More Retail Forex for Broker-Dealers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
2
2017
UK Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority Announce Changes to Enforcement and Disciplinary Process Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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