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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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Oct
4
2017
OIG Report Finds CFPB Examination Workpaper Documentation Practices Can Be Improved Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
15
2020
Alexandra Associates to Appeal FCA’s Victory at Trial Over Unregulated Pensions Advice Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
24
2021
South Carolina Ruling Gives Lenders Flexibility on When to Foreclose in Face of Borrower Litigation Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov
15
2023
Back to the Future: CFTC Proposes to Amend Customer Funds Investment Rule Including to Again Permit Investments in Certain Non-US Sovereign Debt Katten
Apr
15
2014
Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Against EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) in Credit Check Suit Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
1
2015
SEC Charges Mutual Fund Board Members and Investment Adviser with Violations of Section 15(c) For Deficient Advisory Contract Approval Process Faegre Drinker
Mar
26
2019
SEC Proposes Registration, Communications and Offering Reform for Closed-End Funds and Business Development Companies Faegre Drinker
Jul
22
2022
CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion Strictly Interpreting Permissible Purpose for Consumer Reports K&L Gates
Mar
22
2024
Shining a Light on European “Security-Lite” Financings Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
16
2018
ESMA Publishes Updated Supervisory Briefing on MiFID II Suitability Rules; ESMA Publishes Standards and Guidance for Securitization Repositories Under the Securitization Regulation Katten
Jul
26
2018
Australia's First Crypto-Custody Vault is Open for Business K&L Gates
Jul
16
2019
House Financial Services Committee Passes Credit Reporting Bills Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
2
2023
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Fell for Third Straight Year as Volume of M&A Class Actions Declined Cornerstone Research
Apr
27
2023
Government Contracts Cost and Pricing – The Truth in Negotiations Act … or Whatever the Kids Are Calling It These Days (Part 1) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
11
2012
Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Update: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PACE Financing; Public Comment Sought Mintz
Sep
18
2013
Lessons Learned about Real Estate Lending in this Last Recession Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Mar
11
2015
French Reform of the Legal Interest Rate Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
30
2016
Does “Valid When Made” Apply To Evidences Of Indebtedness Qualified Under Corporate Securities Law? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
16
2018
Part 2 of Undisclosed (and Disclosed) 12b-1 Fees: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #83 Faegre Drinker
May
17
2020
SBA Releases PPP Loan Forgiveness Application: Clarification on Forgiveness Polsinelli PC
Sep
7
2023
FINRA Settles First Significant CAT Reporting Enforcement Action Katten
Mar
25
2024
Litigation Funding Series: Transactional Q&A Much Shelist, P.C.
Nov
19
2018
2018 Annual Review and 2019 Outlook Highlights Private Equity Fund Litigation Risk Areas Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
10
2020
NFA Issues Notice Regarding FinCEN COVID-19 and AML/CFT Guidance Katten
Jan
19
2024
Fintech 2023 Wrap Nishith Desai Associates
Feb
4
2014
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Show Some Savings Potential: Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives Ramping Up Mintz
Jul
27
2018
Between Bridges – July 27, 2018: National Futures Association Proposes Interpretive Notice Requiring FCM, IB, CTA and CPO Disclosures Regarding Virtual Currency Activity Katten
Jul
18
2019
DC Circuit: Willful Means Intentional Under the Advisers Act – Negligent Conduct Cannot Be Willful Conduct Carlton Fields
 

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