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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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2019
The SEC’s Reg BI Package: Time to Vote Faegre Drinker
Apr
30
2020
[FCRA] Unfair Attack?: 23 State AGs Blast CFPB’s COVID-19 FCRA Response—But is the Criticism Justified? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
21
2022
Privacy Tip #337 – FBI Issues Warning About Cryptocurrency Apps Robinson & Cole LLP
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17
2022
NFT Licensing: Three Mistakes to Avoid K&L Gates
Feb
28
2011
Will Washington Pull the Plug on the Home Affordable Modification Program "HAMP"? Center for Public Integrity
Sep
11
2015
CFTC Requires IBs, CPOs and Certain CTAs To Be NFA Members Katten
Apr
27
2022
Ubiquitous and Creative Fraud is Regular Feature of DeFi Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
9
2023
Unfair Play: Unjust Enrichment for Copying and Using Non-Trade-Secret Spreadsheet McDermott Will & Emery
May
15
2017
Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split on Scope of 546(e)’s Safe Harbor Provision Mintz
Aug
28
2017
FinCEN Issues New Geographic Targeting Order for Shell Companies Purchasing High-End Residential Real Estate Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
4
2018
Student Loan Servicers’ Obligations Under Maryland’s “Ombudsman Act” Now In Effect Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
13
2020
CFTC Record Enforcement Year and Director Departure Faegre Drinker
Mar
19
2013
Illinois Legislature Overrules Cypress Creek and Resolves Controversial Mechanics’ Lien Enhancement Issue In Favor Of Contractors Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
30
2016
SEC Adopts Rules for Enhanced Regulatory Framework for Securities Clearing Agencies Katten
Mar
31
2020
SEC Pays Whistleblower Reward to Internal Compliance Whistleblower Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Apr
25
2023
Expansive New Bank Secrecy Act, Sanctions Whistleblower Program: Department of Commerce Insights Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
3
2019
Third Circuit Holds that SLUSA Does Not Preclude Class Action Opt-Outs from Pursuing Individual Actions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
30
2023
Singapore: A Rising Tiger Economy for Startups and Venture Capital in Asia Foley & Lardner LLP
Jan
23
2015
Obama Administration Announces New Steps to Spur Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
15
2021
Preparing an Application for The SBA’s Community Navigator Program, from A Compliance Perspective Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
22
2022
Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 19 Nelson Mullins
Jul
22
2022
The Impact of Interest Rate Hikes on the Real Estate Market ArentFox Schiff LLP
Oct
19
2022
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Settles $53 Million in Fines with Treasury Department for Sanctions, Anti-Money-Laundering Violations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
10
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Time to Update SEC Disclosure Requirements, Agency Official Says in Defending Budget Center for Public Integrity
Sep
14
2015
Second Circuit Expands Scope of Dodd-Frank Anti-Retaliation Provisions, Sets up Chance for Supreme Court Review Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Feb
13
2019
Borrower Seeks To Void Notes Because Lender Was Not Licensed Under The CFL Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
28
2022
New York’s Superintendent of Financial Services Addresses BitLicense Delays Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
10
2023
The Impact of Venture Capital Funding on Entity Status Mintz
 

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