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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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Oct
16
2015
FINRA Requests Comment on Revised Price Disclosure Information Standards for Corporate and Agency Debt Securities Katten
Feb
15
2020
ESMA Proposes MiFIR Amendments Following EMIR Refit Katten
Sep
3
2020
Second Circuit’s Lehman Flip Clause Decision Continues the Expansion of the Bankruptcy Code Safe Harbors Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
6
2021
Infrastructure Bill Provision Expands Cryptocurrency Reporting Requirements McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
13
2022
A Fool in Idaho; SEC Sues Idahoans for Insider Trading Scheme Norris McLaughlin P.A.
May
6
2024
Hedge Start: When Is CFTC Registration Necessary? Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
29
2014
Beware of the Dragnet Re: Security Instruments Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
27
2015
Top 5 Takeaways for Trademark Owners from the Supreme Court's Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank Tacking Decision Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Jun
26
2015
CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Issues Updated Guidebook for Part 20 Reports Katten
May
12
2020
Massachusetts AG Issues Emergency Regulation to Protect Consumers from Unfair Debt Collection Practices During COVID-19 State of Emergency—UPDATE Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
15
2024
Managing and Reporting Third-Party Cybersecurity Incidents Under the New SEC Cyber Risk Regulations Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
14
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Grants Relief to CPOs Trading Through Subsidiaries Katten
Jul
24
2014
Watchdogs Petition SEC to Strengthen Prohibitions Against Impeding Complaints to SEC Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
7
2018
WSJ Article on Geolocation Data Highlights Risks for Fund Managers Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
9
2023
Judge Rakoff Puts the Ripple Party on Ice as the Crypto Community Ana SEC Ponder Their Next Moves Mintz
Oct
12
2023
CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion on ‘Illegal Junk Fees’ By Large Financial Firms Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
15
2012
Third IRS Offshore Initiative Offers Taxpayers Another Chance to Come Clean as IRS Increases its International Tax Enforcement Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
23
2017
CFTC Revisions to Freedom of Information Act Regulations Katten
Jul
25
2018
NYS DFS Guidance to Financial Institutions Servicing the Medical Marijuana Industry Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jul
9
2019
Dubai Makes Moves Toward International Best Practices with New Insolvency Law Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
21
2023
President Biden Issues First Veto to Protect ESG Investing Mintz
Jun
10
2023
Risks Associated with Clearing Digital Assets Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
8
2010
North Carolina Legislative Update: Session Law 2010-190 - A Supplement to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Poyner Spruill LLP
Nov
5
2016
HM Treasury Responds to Consultation on Implementation of UCITS V in UK Katten
Apr
8
2020
Investment Management Legal and Regulatory Update - April 2020 Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Apr
6
2022
Massachusetts Securities Division Lawsuit a Bullseye for Robinhood Mintz
Sep
20
2022
DOJ, CFPB Warn Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections Nelson Mullins
Dec
14
2022
Speak Out Act Takes Effect, Enhanced Data Privacy Obligations for California Employers, and SEC Releases Whistleblower Annual Report – Employment Law This Week [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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