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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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Jun
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2020
Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #29 Faegre Drinker
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28
2023
U.S. Executive Branch Update – July 28, 2023 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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8
2013
Non-Marital Values of Accounts in a Divorce Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Aug
12
2020
2020 Midyear Review on Natural Gas: A Look at COVID‑19’s Impact Cornerstone Research
Jun
2
2022
SEC Commissioner Signals Need to Fulfill Mandate of Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Develop “Minimum Standards” for Lawyers Practicing Before the Commission Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
4
2023
Compliance Dates Are Set: A Roadmap for Private Fund Advisers to Start Preparing for the SEC’s New Rules for Private Fund Advisers Mintz
Jan
10
2016
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt Capital Acquisition Broker Rules Katten
May
5
2017
Voice Biometrics And Fraud Prevention In Payments K&L Gates
Feb
4
2019
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: January 28 – February 1 and February 4, 2019 (Spoofing; SEF Trading; Security Tokens; Bitcoin Sales) [VIDEO] Katten
Nov
28
2022
SEC Whistleblower Receives $20 Million Award Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Sep
1
2015
Expansion of Issuer Liability for Crowdfunding: What Might this Mean for the EB-5 Industry Mintz
May
6
2016
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Amends Its Swap Portfolio Reconciliation Requirements Katten
Sep
24
2018
SEC Settles Charges Against Adviser for Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest Vedder Price
Sep
20
2019
FDIC Proposes Amendments to Prudential Regulator Swap Margin Rules Katten
May
19
2015
Impact of DOL's Fiduciary Proposal on Independent Registered Investment Advisers Faegre Drinker
Aug
18
2017
SEC Files Fraud Charges Against Registered Representatives in Connection with Investments by Federal Employees in Variable Annuities Vedder Price
May
17
2019
CFTC Proposed Amendments To Swap Data Reporting Requirements K&L Gates
Jan
8
2021
Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Securities Investment that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Foley & Lardner LLP
May
14
2021
FCRA Claim Survives Dismissal Where Plaintiff Alleges Defendant Did Not Have a Permissible Purpose to Access Plaintiff’s Credit Report Based on Prior Discharge of Mortgage Debt in Bankruptcy Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
5
2013
Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update - August 5, 2013 Mintz
Feb
6
2018
CFPB reportedly puts investigation of Equifax on ice while other government agencies press forward Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
12
2023
FTC, DOJ, and HHS Announce Interagency Initiatives to Promote Healthcare Competition Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
26
2024
FINRA Facts and Trends: April 2024 Bracewell LLP
Apr
28
2020
Fund Adviser Receives $1 Million Penalty For Alleged Performance Misstatements in Private Fund Marketing Material Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
28
2022
When Does Cryptocurrency Mining Create a Taxable Event? IRS Does Not Clarify Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
4
2022
Insider Trading or Wire Fraud: A Closer Look at the Charges Facing a Former OpenSea Employee and What We Can Learn From It Mintz
Oct
6
2023
Win the Bid – What’s Next in Moving On? Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
12
2016
Current Status of Clearing Obligation Under EMIR - European Market Infrastructure Regulation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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