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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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Jan
22
2018
OCC Report: Cybersecurity and Money Laundering Threats are the Key Risks Facing Banks Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
20
2019
SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer” Katten
Nov
18
2022
CFTC Ooki DAO Enforcement Action Update: The Commission Responds Proskauer Rose LLP
May
7
2015
Further Amendments to Bank of Russia’s Basel III Requirements Published Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
8
2021
SEC Issues Five Whistleblower Awards Totaling Over $1.1 Million Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Mar
22
2022
EU Actions to Date on Russia and Russia-related Sanctions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
18
2019
Maryland Commission should reject adoption of NCLC’s Model Arbitration Act Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
25
2023
Key Principles and Considerations for Participation in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Katten
Jul
19
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Orders $435 Million Civil Penalty to Barclays Bank and $1-15 Million to Four Traders ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
11
2018
Past is Prologue: A New Approach to Cross-Border Application of Dodd-Frank Swaps Provisions Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
6
2020
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
21
2021
NFT License Breakdown: Exploring Different Marketplaces and Associated License Issues Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
21
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Recommends Changes to EMIR Katten
Dec
21
2016
Trump Administration: Potential Levers of Regulatory Change Affecting Commodities Markets Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
20
2017
Bridging the Week: November 13 – 17 and November 20, 2017 (EFRPs; Attempted Manipulation; Enforcement Priorities; Cryptocurrencies) Katten
May
1
2019
CFPB Issues Guidance on Applicability of TRID Rule to Assumptions Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
24
2020
Federally Covered Advisers – State Notice Filings and Investment Adviser Representative Registration Concerns under COVID-19 Vedder Price
Mar
2
2023
BACKSLIDING: Latest BAD TCPA ATDS Case Allows Debt Collection Text Case Past the Pleadings Stage Troutman Amin, LLP
Sep
1
2016
SEC Issues $22 Million Whistleblower Award Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
11
2017
All in this together: New FinTech Partnership in Abu Dhabi K&L Gates
Dec
23
2019
Reflections on 2019 in Technology Law, and a Peek into 2020 Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
21
2022
Fantasy Sports Operators Subject to New Massachusetts Tax Nelson Mullins
May
8
2015
SEC Proposes Rules for Security-based Swap Activity of Non-US Persons in the United States Katten
Jan
8
2021
Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Securities Investment that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
23
2022
Ready or Not: Your Trademark Portfolio in the Metaverse Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
26
2022
Court Orders Injunctive Relief Against Tech Company for Deceptive Advertising, Unfair Fee Practices Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
8
2023
Court Rules That Debate And Litigation Do Not Necessarily A Controversy Make Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
9
2015
FINRA Rings in 2015 with its Annual Priorities Letter for Broker-Dealers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
 

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