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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
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2014
Does Your Outside Counsel Firm Understand the Bank Examination Privilege? It Should. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
24
2015
Do I Need to Register? And Other Tips for Newly Registered Investment Advisers [VIDEO] Foley & Lardner LLP
Dec
20
2018
NY DFS Superintendent Vullo Announces Departure Plans Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
3
2023
The Government of Canada Releases its 2023-2024 Federal Budget ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
2
2024
SEC Adopts Securities Lending Disclosure Requirement Vedder Price
Oct
26
2017
SEC Approves New PCAOB Standard on Enhanced Audit Reports Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
16
2018
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: April 9 to 13 and April 16, 2018 (Disruptive Trading; Spoofing; Supreme Court Appeal) [VIDEO] Katten
Aug
7
2019
New Jersey Enacts Licensing and Other Requirements for Student Loan Servicers Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
28
2020
DOL Issues Proposed Rule on ESG Investing for ERISA Plans Part 2: Implications for Plan Sponsors and Investment Managers K&L Gates
Dec
29
2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Imposes Record Fine for Consumer Banking Violations; Civil Suits May Follow Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Aug
17
2023
DTCC Announces Wind Down of Global Markets Entity Identifier Business Katten
Feb
27
2024
2024 Litigation Look Ahead Series: Challenges to Administrative Law Judges, Judicial Review Process Could Limit Executive Power Beveridge & Diamond PC
Apr
9
2015
Could The SEC Ask Airlines To Produce Data On Delayed And Canceled Flights? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
30
2016
SEC Issues Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation on Proxy Card Descriptions Faegre Drinker
Mar
22
2017
While We Wait: The Current Fiduciary Rule and Annuities: Interesting Angles on DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #41 Faegre Drinker
Jul
17
2017
ESMA Updates AIFMD and UCITS Q&As Katten
Jan
5
2018
FINRA Proposes To Extend the Expiration Date of FINRA Rule 0180 Katten
May
28
2020
Department Of Labor Simplifies Electronic Disclosure Requirements For Retirement Plans Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2011
In Re TOUSA: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court's Order Requiring Lenders To Disgorge $480 Million As Fraudulent Transfer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
15
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - January 14, 2013 Mintz
Nov
28
2016
Post-Election Outlook for Financial Regulatory Agencies: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
17
2020
SEC Signals Increased Investigation Activities in Light of COVID-19 Polsinelli PC
Nov
24
2015
Forward to The Past: NYSE Returns to Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
16
2020
SEC Issues New Exemptive Order in Response to COVID-19 Vedder Price
Mar
6
2014
Inside the New York Budget Bill Part Three: Apportionment McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
27
2015
SEC Considering Possible Revisions to Audit Committee Disclosure Requirements Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
21
2018
Reflections on the TechLaw Issues of 2018…and a Look Forward. Will 2019 Be a Year on the Edge, in the Fog, or Maybe Just in the Cloud? Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
13
2019
PayPal Sues the CFPB Over the Prepaid Account Rule Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
 

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