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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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Jan
13
2021
Supreme Court Asks Second Circuit to Reconsider Ruling in Insider Trading Prosecution Polsinelli PC
Jan
13
2013
Small Business Especially Susceptible to Cyber Attacks Raymond Law Group LLC
Dec
6
2016
CFTC Finalizes Aggregation of Positions Rule Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul
14
2017
CFTC Announces Review of Swaps Reporting Regulations Katten
Aug
8
2019
CFPB Seeks Comment on Replacing Temporary GSE Patch Under Ability-to-Repay Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
3
2023
Georgia Introduces New Commercial Financing Disclosure Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
13
2023
Not Enough Money to Make the Next Payroll? Know the Law Before You Act Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
23
2024
Supreme Court Holds “Pure Omissions” Are Not Actionable Under Rule 10b-5(b) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
5
2022
NASAA Urges Congress To Codify M&A Broker Relief Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Dec
11
2023
FINRA Arbitration Defense Strategies Oberheiden P.C.
Feb
8
2024
The UK Finalises Its Securitisation Regulations Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
30
2015
D.C. Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing Conflict Minerals Rule Case Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
1
2016
More Thoughts on Distributions and Rollovers Faegre Drinker
Jun
1
2022
Fifth Circuit Bombshell on SEC ALJs Raises Questions about DEA ALJs Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
4
2023
Albermarle Agrees to Pay $218 Million to Settle Foreign Bribery Probe Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
21
2012
Extensive New Disclosure Requirements for Underwriters of Municipal Securities Take Effect August 2, 2012 Bracewell LLP
Jun
23
2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: June 10 - June 14, 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
10
2015
Identifying the Wrongdoer in Hong Kong before the Lawsuit Commences Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Jul
30
2015
New SEC and PCAOB Proposals Related to Audit Committee Disclosure and Audit Quality Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Oct
28
2017
SEC Approves PCAOB Rule to Require Enhanced Audit Reports Katten
Apr
20
2018
CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight Extends Exemptive Relief From CFTC Regulations 4.7 and 4.2 Requirement to Prepare Financial Statements in Accordance With US GAAP Katten
Mar
30
2021
What Happens Abroad, Apparently Does Not Stay Abroad – DOL Revokes Trump Administration Guidance That Provided Relief to QPAMs for Convictions Under Foreign Law Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
29
2011
Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets Bracewell LLP
Jan
9
2018
The Protocol for Broker Recruiting Suffers Major Defections—and May Suffer More Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Dec
21
2018
SEC Agrees No Permission Required Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
12
2019
NY Department of Financial Services Issues Proposed Student Loan Servicer Regulations Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
24
2020
FCA Consultation on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures For 2021 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
6
2023
ECB Reports Progress, Identifies Gaps in Banks’ Climate-Related Disclosures Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
 

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