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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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24
2016
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23
2020
Bring Back Tax-Exempt Advance Refundings Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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20
2017
Bridging the Week: November 13 – 17 and November 20, 2017 (EFRPs; Attempted Manipulation; Enforcement Priorities; Cryptocurrencies) Katten
Nov
7
2023
SEC Modernizes the “Names Rule” for Funds Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
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13
2024
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Aug
2
2012
Implementation Guidance Issued for Municipal Bond Underwriters on Extensive New Written Disclosures Required for State and Local Governments Bracewell LLP
May
8
2015
SEC Proposes Rules for Security-based Swap Activity of Non-US Persons in the United States Katten
Aug
11
2017
All in this together: New FinTech Partnership in Abu Dhabi K&L Gates
May
24
2018
SEC Staff Issues Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative FAQs Vedder Price
Jan
20
2023
Recent First Circuit Opinion in SEC v. Lemelson Provides a Roadmap for Section 10(b) Cases Involving an Opinion Defense Mintz
Aug
11
2011
New Connecticut Law Limits Employer Access to Employee Credit Data McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
3
2014
Africa Legal News Update - October 3, 2014 Mintz
Jan
9
2015
FINRA Rings in 2015 with its Annual Priorities Letter for Broker-Dealers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
21
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Recommends Changes to EMIR Katten
Jan
30
2018
Errors and Omissions and Directors and Officers Clash Gets Some Clarity From the Second Circuit Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
29
2019
NY DFS Delivers an Icy Blast to Insurers Using External Data Sources and Algorithmic Underwriting Carlton Fields
Apr
19
2022
DFPI: Virtual Currency Platform is not Money Transmitter Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
12
2022
CFTC Brings Enforcement Action against Digital Exchange and Natural Person Controller Suggesting Native Cryptoasset is a Commodity and Not a Security Katten
Jun
4
2014
Second Circuit Says District Court Erred In Blocking SEC/Citigroup Settlement Bracewell LLP
Sep
6
2016
Significant Changes to Form ADV and Performance Advertising Rules Adopted Katten
Sep
19
2018
Using FCRA’s Expansiveness as a Shield: CFPB Gets Pushback on FCRA Subpoena Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
13
2019
Brexit Insight From the EU-27: Poland Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
26
2020
SEC Emphasizes Anti-Fraud Protections During COVID-19 Pandemic Davis|Kuelthau, s.c.
Jun
12
2020
Paycheck Protection Program: Treasury/SBA Conform First Interim Final Rule to PPP Flexibility Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
26
2016
Securing the Deposition of a Massachusetts Resident for Use in a Connecticut Action Murtha Cullina
Jan
6
2020
Weekly IRS Roundup December 30, 2019 – January 3, 2020 McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
23
2020
Congress Supplements the Paycheck Protection Program and Emergency Fund McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
13
2021
COVID-19 Stimulus Package Significantly Expands Cares Act Employee Retention Tax Credits McDermott Will & Emery
 

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