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The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

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
31
2018
CFTC Releases No-Action Position on PCAOB Requirement to Communicate Critical Audit Matters Katten
Dec
17
2019
Cannabis and Bankruptcy: 2019 in Review Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
7
2022
Federal Court Rules LBRY Offered Security and Rejects Arguments SEC Did Not Provide Fair Notice Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
16
2015
EMIR Mandatory Clearing Will Start On 21 June 2016 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
18
2016
Business Conduct; CCOs; HFTs; Suspense Accounts; Customer Reserve Accounts; More Money: Bridging the Week: April 11 - 18 [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
16
2018
SEC’s Appointments Clause Dilemma Gets Worse Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
26
2019
FINRA Forms Office of Financial Innovation Katten
May
15
2023
New York Attorney General Proposes Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight (CRPTO) Act Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
3
2012
Solving a Circuit Splitter: Amgen in the High Court Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
10
2013
The Politics Of Securities Enforcement Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
14
2015
Federal Reserve Issues Clarification of Debit Card Interchange Rule in Response to Court Action Katten
May
13
2022
United States Restricts Accounting, Corporate Formation, And Management Consulting Services To Russia K&L Gates
Nov
9
2017
Kenneth Blanco Named FinCEN Director Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
5
2020
FINRA Shares Practices to Transition to a Remote Work Environment during COVID-19 Katten
Jul
31
2017
Bridging the Week: July 24 to 28 and July 31, 2017 (Bitcoin Derivatives Clearinghouse; Digital Tokens for Fund-Raising; Bitcoin Alleged Criminal Activity; Spoofing; Reg MAR) [VIDEO] Katten
Jan
14
2019
Commentaries Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: January 7 – 11 and January 14, 2019 (Freedom of Speech; Cryptoasset Regulation Gaps; Cybersecurity) Katten
Mar
10
2022
SEC Proposes New Short Position Reporting Rules For Investment Managers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
17
2023
California Court Of Appeal Says Forum Selection Clause Should Not Be Enforced In Usury Case Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
27
2024
SEC Takes on Nondisclosure Agreements to Protect Whistleblower Program; Fines Firm $10 Million Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2016
Financial Industry Groups Criticize New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Proposal Proskauer Rose LLP
May
7
2018
ASIC Updates Its Guidance on Treatment of ICO's K&L Gates
Sep
5
2018
Watch Out, Small Commercial Lending Might Soon Become A lot More Complicated! Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
9
2022
Blockchain, Web3, and the Law: Is the legal profession making the most of these new opportunities? Ankura
Nov
28
2023
The Limits of Deference to Agency Interpretations Under Maine Law Pierce Atwood LLP
Dec
18
2015
FDIC Warns Banks About Risks of Marketplace Lending Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
18
2018
MoneyGram-Ant Financial Transaction the Latest Casualty of CFIUS’s Increased Scrutiny of Chinese Deals; CFIUS Interprets “National Security” to Include Data-Security, Fails to Approve Deal Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
29
2019
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Customer Privacy Safeguards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
11
2022
Crypto Assets in the Voyager Bankruptcy: Can Customers Recover? Bracewell LLP
 

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