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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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Oct
7
2014
California Governor Signs Off on New Tax-Increment Financing Structure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
8
2016
Year of Fiduciary Rule Faegre Drinker
Aug
21
2017
Summer Holidays: delays on the roads, delays at the airport, delays on public transport (no change there, then!) and delays on pension transfers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
27
2020
NYDFS Limits Mortgage Relief to Residential Borrowers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
31
2022
CFPB, NY Reach $4M Settlement with Debt Collection Operation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
6
2011
SEC Announces Slight Decrease in Fee Rates for Section 6(b), Section 13(e) and Section 14(g) in Fiscal Year 2012 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
6
2014
SEC Charges Investment Advisory Firm and its President for Fraudulently Hiding Account Shortfall Vedder Price
Aug
28
2015
Anti-Money Laundering Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing for Investment Advisers Katten
Feb
6
2019
Another “BIG” FCRA Class Settlement Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
17
2019
FinTech and Regulation: BitBlog Weekly Update Polsinelli PC
Jun
16
2020
SEC Adopts Amendments to Financial Statement and Pro Forma Requirements in Connection with Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses Jones Walker LLP
Mar
13
2023
Bank Runs And Bank Libels Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
23
2024
DOL Publishes Final QPAM Exemption Amendment Stark & Stark
May
24
2015
SEC Proposes Amendments to Form ADV and Performance Information Recordkeeping Requirements Proskauer Rose LLP
May
6
2016
SEC Approves Amendments to Implement Provisions of the JOBS Act and FAST Act Katten
May
30
2018
Will North Korea Be Able To Sell Bonds In California Without Qualification? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
14
2019
Washington, D.C. Publishes Bulletin Reminding Student Loan Servicers of Annual Report Ballard Spahr LLP
Dec
2
2022
Final SEC Clawback Rules: Key Dates that Issuers Need to Know Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
22
2015
Third Circuit Defines “Extraterritorial” Applicability of Federal Securities Laws in United States v. Georgiou Proskauer Rose LLP
May
1
2017
Yield Curve – What It Is and Why It Matters Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
1
2018
CFPB Issues Request for Information on Administrative Adjudications Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
5
2023
Build or Buy: New Observations Regarding a Key Choice for How to Start a “New” Bank Nelson Mullins
Mar
28
2014
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Issues Guidance for Bitcoin, Other Virtual Currencies in Time for Tax Season Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
13
2017
2016 Year in Review: Securities Litigation and Regulation Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
7
2013
Supreme Court Holds That Proof Of Materiality Is Not A Prerequisite To Certification Of Fraud-On-The-Market Securities Class Actions Bracewell LLP
Jan
8
2016
OFAC Publishes Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
27
2020
SEC Grants Temporary Exemption From Certain Requirements of Rule 606 of Regulation NMS Katten
Jun
2
2022
DOJ Announces First NFT Insider Trading Prosecution Hunton Andrews Kurth
 

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