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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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2023
New York State Department of Labor Issues Proposed Regulations on Salary Transparency Law Proskauer Rose LLP
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17
2024
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5
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: April 2015 Bracewell LLP
Sep
2
2016
CFTC Extends Comment Period For Proposed Amendments to CPO Annual Report Regulation Katten
Aug
8
2017
UK Pensions Regulator Goes “Back to the Future” Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
22
2018
Patent Related Changes To Bayh-Dole Act Regulations Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
10
2020
Can a Virtual Currency Position Be Treated as a Commodity for Tax Purposes? McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
18
2013
Important Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) Legislation Signed into Law in Wisconsin: Additional Tools Available for Towns to Finance Development Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Sep
30
2014
Cyber Liability Insurance: Where’s the Beef? Mintz
Apr
22
2016
Financial Regulatory Agencies to Issue New Proposed Compensation Rules Katten
Jan
26
2018
BaFin Publishes Additional Indicative MiFID II Position Limits Katten
Feb
16
2022
The French Competition Authority Self-Referral for An Opinion on The Cloud-Computing Sector K&L Gates
Jul
25
2023
Science-Based Targets Initiative Releases Consultation Papers for Financial Institutions, Highlights Need for Renewable Power Financing Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
2
2016
Update on the EU’s Proposed Regulation on Securitisation and its Potential Impact on US Market Participants Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
20
2017
SEC Staff Issues Guidance on “Inadvertent Custody” of Client Assets Vedder Price
Nov
19
2017
Finance Comes To the World of Litigation Fairfield University Dolan School of Business
May
9
2019
ASX Takes First Steps in Introducing Its Blockchain-Based Replacement to Chess K&L Gates
Jul
13
2022
Recent Data Reveals How Much It Might Cost to Enter a Moratorium Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
23
2023
NYAG Proposition of Digital Assets Legislation ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
18
2024
FCA Proposes ‘New’ Option for Investment Research Payments – Back to Bundled Payments? Katten
Jul
24
2012
PJM Internal Bilateral Transactions – What Is Going On? Bracewell LLP
Feb
25
2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Issues Guidance for Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) Plans to Engage in Cleared Swaps Katten
May
7
2015
CFTC Proposes to Reduce Reporting and Recordkeeping Obligations for Commercial End Users of Trade Options ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
25
2015
SEC Brings First Major Cyber Insider Trading Case Against International Hacking Ring Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
5
2016
International Organization of Securities Commissions Publishes Good Practice Guidelines on Fees and Expenses of Collective Investment Schemes Katten
Dec
28
2016
CFTC Proposes Capital Rules for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Covington & Burling LLP
May
23
2018
SEC Issues Interpretive Guidance Regarding the Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers Vedder Price
Dec
31
2019
QOZ Final Rules Part 1: More Flexibility to Invest Capital Gains Varnum LLP
 

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