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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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May
9
2023
DFPI Issues Self-Assessment Of Its Oversight And Regulation of Silicon Valley Bank Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
7
2022
City of Milwaukee Property Tax Notice of Assessment Objection/Appeal Deadline – May 16, 2022 Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Jul
19
2016
Will Madden v Midland Disrupt Loan Sales and Platform Lending? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
7
2016
SEC Adopts Changes to Regulation D and Intrastate Offerings and Proposes Use of “Universal Proxy Cards” in Contested Director Elections Polsinelli PC
Apr
4
2019
A Positive Step Forward or Much Ado About Nothing Yet Again? SEC FinHub Releases a “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of Digital Assets” and Historic No-Action Letter on Digital Assets for TurnKey Jet K&L Gates
Mar
8
2022
SEC Awards Two Whistleblowers for Same Enforcement Action Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Nov
21
2023
Proxy Advisory Firm Issues Guidance on Cyber Oversight and Disclosure Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
25
2024
Europe: Progress Update on Irish Funds Sector Review K&L Gates
Feb
14
2014
Hedge Fund Adviser and Holding Company Agree to Pay Nearly $9 Million in SEC Settlement for Overvaluing Fund Assets Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Mar
8
2016
AXA 36(b) Excessive Fee Cases: First to Trial Since 2009 Vedder Price
Aug
15
2018
Court Of Appeal Shows No Deference To The DBO Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
30
2018
SEC Issues New Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018–2022 Vedder Price
Jul
25
2019
Possible Delay of CECL for Certain Small Banks and Nonpublic Entities Jones Walker LLP
Sep
13
2023
SECURE 2.0: New Distribution Options Varnum LLP
Oct
18
2017
SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Talks DLT, Blockchain K&L Gates
Feb
13
2023
DID THE CFPB JUST KILL PING POST TRANSACTIONS?: Regulator Finds Sell of Transfer Leads to Highest Bidder May Violate RESPA Troutman Amin, LLP
Jul
13
2023
Washington Targets Loopholes for Sanctions Evasion: How to Mitigate Risks Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Sep
7
2021
July 2021 Update of the SEC’s Covered Actions for Potential Whistleblower Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
4
2022
SEC Proposes New Oversight Requirements for Certain Services Outsourced by Investment Advisors ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
6
2015
Far From the Maddening Crowdfunding: Look at SEC’s Proposed Changes to Rule 147 and Rule 504 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
10
2017
FINRA Proposes Rule to Revise Qualification and Registration Requirements Katten
Sep
16
2020
FinCEN’s New Rule Impacts Banks Lacking a Federal Functional Regulator Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
9
2022
FERC Updates Voluntary Gas Price Reporting Policy Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jul
15
2015
SEC Proposed Rules: Pay Versus Performance Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
10
2016
A New Regulatory Paradigm For The SEC Following the Election? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
5
2019
California Publishes Final Student Loan Servicer Regulations; California Bill Introduced to Require Additional Information in Annual Borrower Benefits Notices Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
22
2019
Court Dismisses Plaintiffs’ Excessive Fee Claim against Mutual Fund Adviser Following Trial Vedder Price
May
20
2020
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Exclusive Federal Forum Provisions Faegre Drinker
 

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