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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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May
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2021
Reform to Retail Prices Index (RPI) K&L Gates
May
20
2016
Did The SEC Staff Bypass The APA In Issuing New And Revised Non-GAAP Financial Measure C&DIs? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
7
2017
Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 27 November Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
30
2019
Hardship Distributions – The Final Regulations For 401(k)/403(b) Jackson Lewis P.C.
Mar
13
2023
Federal Reserve Launches New Bank Term Facility Program; First Republic Bank Receives Private Sector Liquidity Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
26
2014
SEC Denies Two Proposed Applications for Non-Transparent Active ETFs Katten
May
30
2015
UK Prudential Regulation Authority Consults on Application of Resolution Stays to Third-Country Agreements Katten
Sep
5
2017
Director Cordray Praises his Work at CFPB at Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic but does not Resign and Launch his Campaign for Ohio Governor Ballard Spahr LLP
May
27
2019
ECB Task Force Recommends Regulation of Crypto-Asset Gatekeepers K&L Gates
Jan
24
2020
FCA Publishes Dear CEO Letter for UK Alternative Investment Firms Katten
Dec
6
2022
UNITED STATES: SEC Throws A Flag On the Red Flags Programs K&L Gates
Oct
9
2023
Washington D.C. Attorney General Offers Guidance for Restaurant Employers Amidst Spike in Service Fees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
18
2018
President Trump’s expected nomination of Kathy Kraninger as CFPB Director extends Mick Mulvaney’s Acting Director tenure Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
28
2021
U.S. House Passes the SAFE Banking Act as Part of Defense Bill Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
25
2024
In an About-Face, Pennsylvania to Regulate Virtual Currency as Money K&L Gates
May
26
2009
Quick Action: Proposed Legislation May Adversely Affect Transfer Taxation of Closely Held Business Interests Much Shelist, P.C.
Jan
22
2016
CFTC Issues Order Delegating to the NFA Certain Functions Related to Notices of Swap Valuation Disputes Katten
Jan
27
2017
CFPB Director Says He Will Stay the Course—Will the President, Courts, and Congress Let Him? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
15
2018
SEC Amendments to Form ADV: What’s New? Faegre Drinker
Jun
24
2020
Supreme Court Recognizes, Limits SEC’s Disgorgement Power Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
6
2022
June 2022 Food and Beverage Review: Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
1
2023
SEC Adopts Final Rules Requiring Current and Annual Cybersecurity Disclosures Jones Walker LLP
Oct
7
2016
Director of SEC’s Division of Enforcement Touts Whistleblower Program Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
11
2018
GLBA and the California Privacy Act: Analyzing SB 1121's Change to the Financial Institution Carve-Out Provision Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
26
2013
Liability from Maryland’s Secondary Mortgage Loan Law Fails Its Assignment Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
23
2016
Bridging the Week: May 16 - 20 and May 23, 2016 (AML; Compliance Officers; Whistleblowers; Golfer) Katten
Oct
2
2019
OCIE Releases Risk Alert Relating to Principal Transaction and Agency Cross Trade Compliance Issues Vedder Price
Mar
15
2023
Virginia Federal Court Finds Insufficient Connection Between Alleged Misstatements and Issuer of Unsponsored ADRs Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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