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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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Sep
25
2014
IRS Issues Fraud Alert to Financial Institutions Complying with Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
15
2017
LIBOR: The End of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine?) Bracewell LLP
Aug
30
2019
U.S. Senator Paul Seeks to Overturn Recent Obama-Era EB-5 Regulations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
27
2023
SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: June 2023 Update Cornerstone Research
Oct
2
2023
Proposed Treasury Rules on Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship for Clean Energy Credits Incentivize Use of Project Labor Agreements Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
16
2013
SEC Adopts JOBS Act Rules and Issues Additional Final and Proposed Rules Related to Regulation D Offerings Faegre Drinker
May
7
2015
Further Amendments to Bank of Russia’s Basel III Requirements Published Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug
21
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Recommends Changes to EMIR Katten
Aug
30
2016
SOX Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of SOX Protected Conduct Zuckerman Law
Aug
7
2017
Bitcoin Thieves Abound, But Law Enforcement is Getting Smart and Stepping Up K&L Gates
May
16
2018
Commissioner Peirce Remarks on the Challenges of Cryptocurrency Regulation K&L Gates
Sep
7
2018
In re Tomahawk and the Securities Law Implications for Airdropped Tokens Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
6
2023
SCOTUS Cert Recap: A Second Constitutional Challenge To The CFPB, And A Criminal-Sentencing Question That Has Sharply Divided The Lower Courts Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
29
2023
Australia: Proposed Reforms To The Anti-Money Laundering And Counter-Terrorism Financing Regime K&L Gates
Feb
19
2013
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Claims Relating to Allegedly Misleading Press Release Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
21
2016
What Issues Might SEC and/or NLRB Have with Employee Confidentiality Agreements? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
21
2017
Blockchain has a Perception Problem K&L Gates
Jan
24
2018
Mulvaney outlines new CFPB governing philosophy Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
8
2020
China Newsletter Spring 2020 Direct Investment & Compliance Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
25
2022
Bankruptcy 101: The Automatic Stay Nelson Mullins
Sep
2
2022
US Department of Labor Orders Wells Fargo to Pay More than $22M For Retaliating Against Executive that Alleged Financial Misconduct U.S. Department of Labor
Nov
23
2022
President Biden Nominates Martin Gruenberg as Chair of FDIC (Again) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
25
2020
West Virginia’s Governor Ensures Financial and Insurance Services are Essential Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Oct
5
2020
SBA Consent Requirements for M&A Transactions with PPP Loans Katten
Mar
10
2021
DOL Will Not Enforce Trump Administration’s ERISA “ESG” Investing and Proxy Voting Rules Proskauer Rose LLP
May
31
2021
Senate Enacts Legislation to Fix Funding Crisis at the CFTC Whistleblower Office Zuckerman Law
Nov
15
2013
Investment Services Regulatory Update - November 2013 Vedder Price
Dec
30
2019
The SEC's Resource Extraction Rule - A Long Time Coming Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
 

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