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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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How Elected Officials Shaped the FCRA: Congress’s Intent to Preempt State Law Claims Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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Does the Fifth Circuit’s decision finding the FHFA is unconstitutionally structured presage a similar fate for the CFPB? Ballard Spahr LLP
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13
2020
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2
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SBA Issues Update on Treatment of Owners and Certain Non-Payroll Costs with Regard to PPP Loan Forgiveness Varnum LLP
Jun
22
2017
Nasdaq Requests Comment On Private Placement Rule Changes Jones Walker LLP
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Federal court rules virtual currency is commodity regulated by CFTC Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul
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Petition Filed with FTC Seeking Investigation of Use of “Secret Surveillance Scoring” Ballard Spahr LLP
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SEC Adopts Final Fund of Funds Rule Faegre Drinker
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FINRA's (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) New Consolidated Supervision Rules: A Roadmap to Compliance Katten
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Lawmakers Secure Signatures on the SECURE Act Jones Walker LLP
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2015
SEC Accepts DC Circuit’s Decision Vacating Retroactive Punishment Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
4
2016
New York Proposes First State Cybersecurity Regulations for Financial Services Companies; Federal Agencies Push for Enhanced Standards to Prevent “Cyber Contagion” Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
3
2017
Gibraltar Issues Statement on Initial Coin Offerings K&L Gates
Jan
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2023
2022 Uniform Commercial Code Amendments Address Emerging Digital Technologies Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Jun
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2023
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Mar
18
2019
President Trump’s FY 2020 budget continues attempt to subject CFPB to appropriations process Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
15
2024
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2018
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