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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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Sep
2
2015
CFTC Approves NFA Rules Affecting Forex Dealers ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
17
2017
SEC Issues Interpretive Letter Permitting “Externalization” of Mutual Fund Sales Charges ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
23
2017
Maximizing Opportunities During Employer Stock Trading Blackouts: 10b5-1 Trading Plan Best Practices Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
14
2019
Washington, D.C. Publishes Bulletin Reminding Student Loan Servicers of Annual Report Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
8
2022
Utah Enacts Commercial Financing Disclosure Requirement Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
8
2013
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Class Action Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Need Not Prove the Materiality of the Alleged False Statements or Omissions to Support Certification of a Class, Resolving Circuit Split Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2016
Securities Fraud and Violations: Was This “Whiz Kid” An Investment Adviser? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
2
2018
Mulvaney reorganizes CFPB Office of Fair Lending Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
4
2019
CFPB Releases Mortgage Complaint Overview Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
27
2020
FCA Updates Webpage on SFTR Approach to Reporting Requirements Katten
Mar
23
2023
Private Market Talks Episode 1: Navigating Headwinds in Private Credit with KKR’s Dan Pietrzak Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
10
2023
(UK) Litigation Funding in Insolvency – Where Does PACAAR leave us? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
21
2023
HHS-OIG Declines Sanctions On Medicare Supplemental Insurance Incentives For Use Of Network Hospitals Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
10
2020
European Commission Grants Temporary Equivalence to UK CCPs Katten
Dec
15
2022
Treasury Announces a Second Application Round for ECIP Investments Nelson Mullins
May
13
2024
CEQ Finalizes "Phase 2" Revisions to NEPA Implementing Regulations Van Ness Feldman LLP
May
22
2015
The SEC Explains It's Rationale in Forum Selection In Contested Cases Part 1: Complaints About SEC's Forum Selection Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Mar
28
2014
Proposed Changes to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Classification of Hybrid Securities for Trade Reporting Purposes Katten
Jan
13
2016
SEC Launches Sweep of High-Yield Bond Funds Vedder Price
May
9
2017
More On Real Estate Funds And The Investment Advisers Act Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
1
2017
Here Comes the Winter Season... and PSD2 Polsinelli PC
Sep
19
2019
SEC Proposes to Make Significant Revisions to Disclosure Requirements for Bank and Savings and Loan Holding Companies Jones Walker LLP
Dec
7
2013
National Futures Association (NFA) Issues Guidance on Affirmation Process for Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) or Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) Exemptions and Exclusions Katten
Jun
10
2014
G7 Leaders Tackle Growth, Stability and Tax Bases; Warn Absent Russia Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
4
2015
NFA Announces Effective Date of Enhanced Retail Forex Requirements Katten
Jan
18
2017
Marblegate’s Lost Marbles and Why Bondholders and Indenture Trustees Should Care Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
2
2018
ECON Publishes Report on EMIR 2.2 Katten
Oct
13
2020
SEC Issues Statement in Response to the Report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets Vedder Price
 

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