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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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Mar
18
2014
Mortgagees Beware! – The Massachusetts Obsolete Mortgages Statute Revisited Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Aug
13
2015
FINRA Sanctions Wells Fargo, Raymond James and LPL Financial for Failing to Identify and Apply Mutual Fund Sales Charge Waivers Available for Certain Retirement Accounts and Charitable Organizations Vedder Price
Aug
31
2016
Treasury Department Releases 2016-17 Priority Guidance Plan for Tax-Exempt Bonds – And It’s Already About One-Third Complete! Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
2
2020
Third Circuit Deals Blow to FTC Disgorgement Authority Hinch Newman LLP
Nov
7
2013
Hedge Funds Plead Guilty to Insider Trading with Historic Penalty and Five-Year Probation McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
21
2016
New Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Rules on Equity Compensation Withholding: Summary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
16
2018
FinCEN Provides Exceptive Relief from New Beneficial Ownership Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
28
2019
Ninth Circuit Answers Some Questions About Arbitration of ERISA Claims McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
4
2020
IMS Insights Podcast: Episode 13 - Marti Murray Expert Perspective on COVID-19 Threats for Private Equity IMS Legal Strategies
Nov
8
2023
Foley Automotive Update November 8, 2023 Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar
15
2024
Part 8: The One Business Day Margin Call Requirement under CFTC Regulation §1.44 Blank Rome LLP
Jul
8
2012
Sixth Circuit Issues “Final Chapter” on Electronic Registration System’s Role as Foreclosing Mortgagee in Michigan Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Feb
17
2013
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Issues Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) Remuneration Guidelines Katten
Sep
23
2014
SEC Announces Record Whistleblower Award Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
28
2015
Self-Reporting: A Wise Strategy or Chasing Unicorns? Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
19
2016
Highlights of SEC’s 2016 Annual Whistleblower Report Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
24
2018
SEC Releases Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs Frequently Asked Questions Faegre Drinker
Sep
10
2018
SEC Issues More than $54 Million to Two Whistleblowers Proskauer Rose LLP
May
1
2019
Should Your Portfolio Companies Implement Blockchain? [VIDEO] Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
23
2020
Mortgage Servicing in the Time of COVID-19 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
17
2023
U.S. Executive Branch Update – April 17, 2023 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
12
2011
New York High Court Applies the "Single-Entity Exemption" in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
13
2017
Seventh Circuit Reevaluates and Adopts More Stringent FCA Causation Standard McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
3
2017
SEC Warns That Digital Tokens May Be Securities Katten
Sep
2
2016
CFPB Prevails On Summary Judgment Against CashCall, Inc. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
2
2020
OFAC Issues Advisory on Sanctions for Facilitating Ransomware Payments Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
23
2021
Biden Administration Anti-Corruption Initiative – Three Former U.S. Attorneys Weigh-In [PODCAST] Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
26
2023
CFPB: Negative Option Marketing Practices May Violate CFPA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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