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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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Feb
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2019
“Stand-Alone” REALLY Does Mean Stand-Alone - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Interprets the FCRA Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
4
2019
DBO Issues Guidance To Banks And Credit Unions Serving Cannabis Related Businesses Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
4
2024
Australia: Inquiry into the Wholesale Investor and Wholesale Client Tests K&L Gates
Jan
30
2017
Dismantling Dodd-Frank Still Priority; Acting Chairmen Take Charge at Regulatory Agencies
Dec
7
2017
Subscription Credit Facilities: Misperceptions Remain Aplenty Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
11
2018
Regulators Encourage Lower-risk Banks to Join Forces for Bank Secrecy Act and AML Compliance Covington & Burling LLP
May
31
2019
Texas federal court again continues stay of CFPB payday loan rule and stay of compliance date Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
22
2020
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Taskforce: Will It Widen The Gap Between The Adversaries? Can It Survive a Standing Challenge? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
19
2021
Supreme Court Remands Securities Class Action Against Goldman Sachs Back to Second Circuit K&L Gates
Jan
26
2024
CFPB and Attorneys General Sue Debt-Relief Enterprise Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
5
2015
National Futures Association (NFA) Proposes Amendments to Its Articles of Incorporation Katten
Sep
30
2016
NFA Makes Minor Change to CPO Form PQR and Reminds CPOs and CTAs About Late Fees Katten
Sep
5
2017
T+3 Becomes T+2—But What Does It Mean? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
16
2018
Congress Again Attempts To Address Multiemployer Plan Crisis In Bipartisan Budget Act Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
10
2021
SAS 136: The New Audit Standard for Employee Benefit Plans and Its Impact on Plan Sponsors Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
9
2022
SEC Notches Win in Cryptocurrency Registration Battle Bracewell LLP
Jun
20
2014
Lenders Face Difficulties Complying with Wisconsin’s New Mortgage Satisfaction Law Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
30
2015
Fourth EU Money Laundering Directive Endorsed by European Parliament Katten
May
18
2016
Balance of Power Check for Role of UK Financial Conduct Authority Chief Executive Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
16
2021
5 Trends in 2022 Financial Fraud Enforcement Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
1
2022
Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — August 2022 Mintz
Oct
17
2011
The Digital Threat Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Dec
23
2020
Glue Manufacturers Who Defied 2016 FTC Settlement Subject to Historic “Made In USA” Judgment Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
1
2021
SEC Charges Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers with Deficient Cybersecurity Procedures Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
5
2022
Second Circuit Finds That Criminal Victims Cannot Recover Attorneys' Fees for Parallel SEC Investigations Vedder Price
Mar
24
2013
UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) Publishes Second EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Consultation Paper Katten
May
24
2017
Executives May Be Eligible to Receive Larger 401(k) Plan Benefits with New Comparability Formula Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
20
2019
The Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2019 Proskauer Rose LLP
 

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