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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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Aug
12
2023
Fed Establishes Novel Activities Supervision Program Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
2
2018
Higher Education Act Reauthorization Moves Forward Into 2018 Following House Committee Action Faegre Drinker
Mar
26
2019
SEC Adopts Final Rules To Further Simplify Disclosure Requirements Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
27
2022
DOJ Issues Report on Efforts to Combat Digital Asset Criminal Activity and Announces Designated Prosecutors to Support Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
6
2014
FATCA Update - US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Altro LLP
Mar
12
2015
Supreme Court: Mortgage Loan Officers Must Be Paid For Overtime Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
Oct
13
2017
States Respond to Equifax Cyber Breach with Enforcement Actions and Calls for Enhanced Regulatory Powers Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
16
2018
SEC Approves New Supplement to Options Disclosure Document Katten
Nov
15
2019
NCA Publishes SAR Annual Report Katten
Jun
21
2022
Litigation Minute: The "G": Governance Issues Keep the Board from Getting Bored K&L Gates
Oct
19
2023
SEC Amends Section 13 Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules And Issues Related Guidance Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
16
2024
UK Regulator Updates its Approach to AI and Sets a 12-Month Plan Katten
May
14
2013
Federal Circuit Fails to Set Clear Standard for Patent Eligibility Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
23
2013
First Department Sustains Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and Other Claims Against Subsidiaries and Officers of Lehman Brothers Based Upon An Allegedly Improper Asset Substitution on the Eve of the Lehman Brothers Collapse Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
8
2014
SEC Charges CEO and Former CFO with Violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Katten
Oct
31
2015
New UK Regulations to Govern Whistleblowing in Financial Institutions Proskauer Rose LLP
Feb
26
2016
FINRA Requests Information Regarding Firm Culture and Values Katten
Aug
1
2018
House members request reconsideration of FDIC brokered deposits interpretation Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
22
2019
On Cybersecurity, Grab the Low-Hanging Fruit Carlton Fields
Apr
10
2020
COVID-19 von Briesen Task Force Resource: Interagency Statement Encourages Lenders and Borrowers to Proactively Enter into Short Term Loan Modifications von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Feb
23
2024
How Pending Fishing Boat Cases at the Supreme Court Could Rock the Benefits Plan Boat McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
3
2017
SEC Continues Aggressive Oversight of Separation and Confidentiality Agreements Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mar
21
2018
Under Advisement: SEC Scrutinizes Wealth Management Industry Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dec
16
2020
Brexit: Mexico and the United Kingdom Sign Trade Continuity Agreement Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
14
2023
SJC Amends Notice Requirements Under Mass. R. Civ. P. 23 Pierce Atwood LLP
Jul
15
2020
Upcoming/New CFIUS Filing: Affiliates of Wafra Inc. and Colony Capital, Inc. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
21
2022
CFPB Issues Proposal Requiring Nonbank Institutions to Register and Report Violations of Consumer Protection Laws Issued by Other Agencies and Courts Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
May
15
2020
CFTC Staff Issues Advisory Addressing Current Market Conditions Katten
 

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