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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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Apr
22
2016
SEC Adopts Business Conduct Rules and Chief Compliance Officer Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants Katten
Nov
22
2017
SLGS Will Soon be Unavailable for Subscription Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
24
2018
OCC Small Dollar Lending Bulletin Gets Mixed Reviews From Consumer Advocates Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
22
2019
Does Voluntary Disclosure Reduce Or Increase Litigation Risk? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
14
2017
Recommendations to Contribute to a Plan or IRA- Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #58 Faegre Drinker
Jan
30
2018
Europe Express about terms of Transition Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
13
2018
Buying a Pig in a Poke: Financial Investor Antitrust Liability on the Rise Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
2
2020
Second Circuit Holds that a “Personal Benefit” Is Not Required for Insider Trading Under Criminal Securities Statute Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
11
2020
Structuring Acquisitive Transactions in Difficult Times Katten
Jul
24
2012
PJM Internal Bilateral Transactions – What Is Going On? Bracewell LLP
Mar
4
2013
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Issues Advisory to Financial Institutions: Update on Tax Refund Fraud and Related Identity Theft Katten
Nov
21
2013
UK Capital Maintenance Principle May Restrict Damages Awards Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
8
2015
Informed Compliance Period Comes to Its Imminent End for Importer Security Filing Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
24
2017
Full Steam Ahead with Financial Services Regulatory Reform
Sep
12
2019
Unforced Errors: Don't Leave a Ground of the Court's Ruling Unchallenged Carlton Fields
Apr
23
2020
RECAP: Changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act in the Wake of the Unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
2
2023
Securities Class Action Filing Activity Fell for Third Straight Year as Volume of M&A Class Actions Declined Cornerstone Research
Jun
11
2023
Banking Agencies Finalize Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Risk Management Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
6
2017
UK FCA To Publish Consultation Paper On New Rules For Investment And Loan-Based Crowdfunding Platforms K&L Gates
Jul
28
2022
DFPI Second Rulemaking Proposal on Debt Collection Licensing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
6
2016
Treasury Proposes Regulations That Would Require Private Trust Companies to Establish or Enhance AML Programs and to Identify Beneficial Ownership of Legal Entities Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Oct
6
2020
ILPA Releases Deal-By-Deal Model LPA Katten
May
4
2022
From Cryptic to (some) Clarity: English Law and Policy Rising to the Challenge of Cryptoassets, Part 1 Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
27
2017
Another Argument For Why Mick Mulvaney Is The CFPB Acting Director Ballard Spahr LLP
May
25
2018
Volkswagen Bondholders Reliance Allegations Come Under Scrutiny Mintz
Jan
24
2019
Democrats Officially Take Control of House Financial Services Committee Jones Walker LLP
Jul
26
2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Extends Participant Disclosure Deadline for 2013 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
18
2017
As New Commissioners Come Onboard, CFTC Can Begin Moving Forward Covington & Burling LLP
 

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