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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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Dec
14
2012
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Oct
18
2017
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Jul
26
2019
UAE Foreign Direct Investment Law 2019 Bracewell LLP
Dec
17
2021
FRB Provides Notice of Risk-Based Capital Surcharges for GSIBs Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
6
2015
SEC Grants Exemptive Relief With Respect to the Large Trader Rule Katten
Jul
18
2016
SEC Proposes Rules on Adviser Business Continuity and Transition Plans Faegre Drinker
Aug
14
2018
Blockchain-Based Businesses Receive Legislative Boost K&L Gates
Jul
17
2020
CFTC Welcomes Standardized Approaches to Assessing Cybersecurity Preparedness Katten
Mar
1
2012
Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunity for Private Sector Borrowers (Hurricane Ike Bonds) Bracewell LLP
Jul
14
2015
SEC Requests Public Comment on the Listing, Trading and Selling of Exchange-Traded Products Vedder Price
Mar
7
2016
SEC Busts Tech Company for Bribing Chinese Officials Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
2
2018
Bridging the Week: March 26 to 30 and April 2, 2018 (AML; Red Flags; Pump and Dump; Bitcoin ETFs) [VIDEO] Katten
Jul
18
2022
Financial Regulatory & Compliance/Export Controls & Economic Sanctions Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
9
2023
Technology and Other Obligations for the CFPB's Personal Data Financial Rights Rule, Part 3 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
23
2011
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
5
2020
The European Stock Markets: Still at Sixes and Sevens Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Nov
3
2021
A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Collections: How the CFPB's Final Rule is Certain to Affect Creditors and Debt Collectors Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
24
2014
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) “Fearful” of Wall Street Banks Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
10
2019
Protect Your Assets Through Charitable Giving And Advanced Wealth Planning Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, A Professional Corporation
Nov
25
2019
Nursing Home Ownership Gets Thorough Examination Stark & Stark
Mar
4
2020
BitBlog Bi-Weekly Update Polsinelli PC
Mar
23
2015
CFPB Issues Compliance Bulletin On Confidentiality of Supervisory Information Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
18
2017
CFPB Head of Enforcement to Step Down Covington & Burling LLP
Dec
6
2018
ERISA Class-Action Litigation over Fees in Health and Welfare Plans McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
29
2019
Cryptocurrency: Did You Get a Letter from the IRS? Varnum LLP
Dec
4
2014
The California Implications of Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association re: Exempt Administrative Employees Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
9
2015
U.S. District Court Rules on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Schwab Case Relating to Violation of Fundamental Investment Policies Vedder Price
Jul
20
2016
FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership FAQs Miss the Boat on Private Investment Vehicles Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
 

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