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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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Aug
14
2013
Ballot Initiative Petitions Filed Seeking Operating Margin Limits on Massachusetts Hospitals Mintz
Feb
26
2019
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Discovery Rule Applies to FDCPA Claims Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
5
2021
U.S. Set to Bar Investments in Communist Chinese Military Companies Stark & Stark
Oct
17
2018
Financial Stability Board’s View on Crypto-Assets K&L Gates
Apr
11
2013
Legislative Alert for the Week of April 8, 2013 Mintz
Feb
7
2015
Federal Reserve Board Invites Comments on Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement Katten
Oct
12
2016
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Declared CFPB’s Single-director Structure Unconstitutional Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
26
2020
COVID-19: Florida Federal Court First to Dismiss PPP Agent Fee Class Action Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
18
2022
Federal Court Suggests Title IX Applies to Private Schools Receiving PPP Loans Robinson & Cole LLP
Apr
19
2023
Diving Into SECURE 2.0: Student Loans and 401(k) Plan Matching Contributions Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
24
2012
New FCRA Background Check Forms Required January 1, 2013 Faegre Drinker
Feb
5
2016
SEC Approves FINRA’s Funding Portal Rules Katten
Jun
1
2016
IRS Issues Guidance on Money Market Fund Top-Up Contributions Faegre Drinker
Jan
31
2020
CFTC Proposes Revised Rules Establishing Position Limits on Derivatives Contracts That Provide for Physical Delivery Katten
Jun
29
2020
Commercial Court confirms Pre-Action Disclosure is not the norm Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
7
2023
CMS Releases Draft Part One Guidance on the Maximum Monthly Cap on Cost-Sharing Payments Program to Part D Plans Mintz
Sep
25
2015
New York Stock Exchange Amends Timely Alert Policy Bracewell LLP
May
6
2020
Federal Reserve Announces New Main Street Loan Terms For Small To Mid-Sized Businesses Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Oct
18
2022
Eighth Circuit Joins Growing Number of Courts Rejecting Common ERISA Fee and Investment Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
6
2021
OCC Authorizes Banks to Leverage Cryptocurrency Payment Networks Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
9
2018
Future EU Regulation proposed to address conflicts of law on the assignment of receivables Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
19
2018
Could You Spell That For Me? Court Grapples With FCRA Implications Of The Surname “E” Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
15
2013
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Grants No-Action Relief for End Users from Swap Reporting Requirements ArentFox Schiff LLP
Oct
14
2016
FCA Publishes Feedback Statement on Smarter Consumer Communications Katten
Feb
26
2018
CFPB Report Finds Removal Of Public Record Data Has Small Effect On Credit Scores Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
17
2023
CFPB Report: Credit Card Companies Charged Consumers $130B in Interest and Fees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
26
2024
White House Launches National Bioeconomy Board Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Feb
18
2022
Internal Dissension at SEC Delays Climate Change Disclosure Regulations Mintz
 

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