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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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Oct
18
2019
Stick a Fork in It? IRS Issues Updated Guidance on the Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Forks and Provides Answers to a List of FAQ’s Polsinelli PC
Feb
4
2020
Letters of Wishes: An Administrative and Moral Headache in Disguise? Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered
Jun
13
2019
Wyoming Banking Commission Releases Draft Regulations for Bank Custody of Digital Assets Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jan
12
2024
SFC Circular on Intermediaries Engaging in Tokenized Securities Activities (Part 2) K&L Gates
Dec
14
2017
SEC Cautions "Utility Token" Sponsors And ICO Market Intermediaries K&L Gates
Mar
4
2019
Fifth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment on SOX Whistleblower Claim Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
28
2021
What's Under the Canoe? Jones Walker LLP
Nov
1
2023
The Increasing Trend of Chinese Asylum-Seekers at the US Border Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Apr
5
2013
FTC Voids Confidentiality and Non-Compete Provisions in Non-Reportable Transaction and Requires Notification of All Future Transactions Mintz
Apr
4
2014
Texas Department of Banking Issues Guidance on Treatment of Virtual Currency Katten
Jun
24
2015
SEC Charges Two Businesses for Acting as Unlicensed Broker-Dealers in EB-5 sales Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
15
2016
Wisconsin Real Estate: "AS-IS" Clause is Not Shield Against Misrepresentation von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Jun
7
2017
U.S. Supreme Court: Disgorgement Subject to Five-Year Statute of Limitations Bracewell LLP
Jul
6
2018
UK Regulators Publish Joint Discussion Paper on Operational Resilience in the UK Financial Sector Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
24
2018
Fintech Lenders to Face Senate Inquiry K&L Gates
Aug
19
2021
The ABC to AFIC and Balthazar: Overview of Aircraft Non-Payment Insurance Products Vedder Price
Mar
8
2024
New SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Rule Blank Rome LLP
Feb
12
2015
SEC and FINRA Publish Materials Addressing Cybersecurity Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
30
2015
D.C. Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Rejecting Court Challenges to Pending SEC Administrative Enforcement Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2018
SEC Issues New Cybersecurity Disclosure Guidance for Public Companies Murtha Cullina
Jan
17
2023
FINRA Files Amendments to Proposed Rule Change That Will Allow Remote Inspections Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
9
2016
SEC Amends Form 10-K to Permit Inclusion of Summaries Jones Walker LLP
Aug
27
2020
SEC Adopts Rule Amendments Designed to Expand Access to Private Investment Opportunities Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
2
2021
Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Thresholds Adjust Downward for Just Second Time Ever
Feb
15
2022
Proposed SEC Rule Would Expand Private Fund Compliance Obligations, Investor Protections Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jul
14
2014
SEC Settles Charges Against Investment Adviser for Improperly Calculating Advisory Fees and Overcharging Clients Vedder Price
Dec
14
2017
Developer-Buyer Beware: Calling Assumed Improvement Bonds In North Carolina Can Be Complex Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
6
2019
Industry continues efforts seeking withdrawal of Department of Defense MLA interpretation on GAP insurance financing Ballard Spahr LLP
 

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