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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
28
2015
Bank Boards and Corporate Officers Review your Policies and Procedures: Business Judgment Rule Protections May Be Loosening Poyner Spruill LLP
Jan
13
2017
EU Plans Changes in Investor Dispute Settlement Mechanism Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
24
2018
SEC Settles Charges Against Adviser for Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest Vedder Price
May
10
2019
What Game Companies Need to Know About FinCEN’s Updated Guidance on Virtual Currency Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
27
2020
ESMA Publishes Statement on MiFID II Telephone Conversation Requirements During the COVID-19 Pandemic Katten
Jul
31
2021
ARRC Formally Recommends Term SOFR and Related Loan Conventions in Major Step Towards LIBOR Cessation Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
2
2021
ISDA Assesses Regulatory Considerations for Sustainability-Linked Derivatives Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
28
2022
UK Rules on Climate-related Disclosures – A Q&A for Asset Managers Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
3
2013
A Brief Recap of Recent Regulatory Actions Regarding Short-Term, Small-Dollar Lending Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
4
2014
Second Circuit Says District Court Erred In Blocking SEC/Citigroup Settlement Bracewell LLP
May
26
2018
SEC Reaches Settlements with Three Registered Investment Advisers on Share Class Selection Allegations Vedder Price
Jan
10
2020
Fifth Money Laundering Directive Becomes Operational Katten
Jun
17
2020
Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #29 Faegre Drinker
May
14
2021
FCRA Claim Survives Dismissal Where Plaintiff Alleges Defendant Did Not Have a Permissible Purpose to Access Plaintiff’s Credit Report Based on Prior Discharge of Mortgage Debt in Bankruptcy Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
24
2021
Whistleblower Receives $36 Million from SEC Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Jan
26
2022
NYAG Issues Credential Stuffing Guidance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
11
2023
UK Government Taskforce to Produce Guidance for Pensions Sector to Consider Social Factors in Investment Decisions Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
15
2015
New FINRA Rule Addresses Payments to Unregistered Persons Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
14
2016
North American Securities Administrators Association Releases 2015 Enforcement Report Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Oct
9
2020
SEC Proposes Allowing ‘Finders’ to Raise Capital Without Registering as Broker-Dealers Katten
Mar
8
2023
Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
4
2023
Massachusetts Doubles Estate Tax Threshold as Part of $1 Billion Tax Reform Act Goulston & Storrs
Aug
20
2012
US Regulation of European OTC Derivatives Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
May
4
2016
Equity Crowdfunding Rules: What You Need to Know Foley & Lardner LLP
Nov
29
2022
The Demise of FTX Foreshadows the Rise of Regulatory Oversight of Crypto Markets Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Jan
8
2016
NFA Revises SD and MSP 4s Review Process Katten
May
31
2022
OCC Acting Comptroller: Recent Crypto Events Provide a “Wake-Up Call,” “Opportunity to Reset and Recalibrate” Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
6
2021
Four Things You Need to Know About the Extended Limitations Period for SEC Disgorgement Winstead
 

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