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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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May
22
2014
(Commodity Futures Trading Commission) CFTC Enforcement Update: Straight From The Acting-Chief’s Mouth Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
6
2015
Global Infrastructure Investment — Getting Investors Off the Sidelines Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
17
2019
Bipartisan Legislation Proposed to Promote Student Loan Repayment Retirement Benefits McDermott Will & Emery
May
16
2024
FIX(ML)ing the Data Submission Standard: The CFTC's Large Trader Rules Get a Makeover Katten
Sep
10
2018
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: August 27 to September 7 and September 10, 2018 (Quantitative Models; Cross-Border Swaps Guidance; The Meanings of “Or” and “Actual Delivery”) Katten
Apr
29
2019
Italy's Legal Recognition of Blockchain - Based Timestamping K&L Gates
Dec
17
2019
Cannabis and Bankruptcy: 2019 in Review Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
5
2020
ESMA Updates Transparency Opinions, MiFID II Q&As & Clearing Services Commercial Terms Katten
Aug
1
2022
Futures Intermediaries: Pre-Hedge Block Trades At Your Own Risk Katten
Dec
21
2023
UK Government Intends to Cut Net Migration With New Five-Point Plan Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
5
2021
SEC Updates Cleared CDS Exemptions Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Apr
11
2022
SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosures Receive Support from Bank of America Mintz
May
18
2022
US Executive Branch Update – May 18, 2022 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
25
2023
Utility Companies Face Credit Risk from Bankruptcies of Crypto Miners Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Apr
21
2017
Blockchain has a Perception Problem K&L Gates
Nov
16
2022
The SEC’s New Rule Demonstrates That It Believes Shareholder Reports, Like Clothes, Should Be Tailored to You K&L Gates
Nov
15
2013
Investment Services Regulatory Update - November 2013 Vedder Price
Oct
2
2020
CFTC Extends No-Action Relief for Certain Reporting Obligations under the OCR Final Rule & Holding Open Commission Meeting on October 6 Katten
Feb
17
2021
Weekly IRS Roundup February 8 – February 12, 2021 McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
18
2013
A Quick Overview of EB-5 Trends and Events: What Recent History Tells Us and Predictions for the Years to Come Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
8
2015
The Essence of the Fiduciary Proposal . . . for Advisors Faegre Drinker
Aug
30
2016
SOX Whistleblower Decision Clarifies Broad Scope of SOX Protected Conduct Zuckerman Law
Jan
18
2019
Reasonable Investigation Under FCRA: Two Times Might Not Be a Charm Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
17
2024
Major European Bank Withdraws From Fossil Fuel Financing Mintz
Feb
24
2013
Who Picks Up the Tab for Delinquent Condo Owner Assessments? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
21
2016
What Issues Might SEC and/or NLRB Have with Employee Confidentiality Agreements? Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Sep
12
2018
Banking Regulators Issue Joint Policy Statement Downplaying the Role of Supervisory Guidance in Enforcement Covington & Burling LLP
May
1
2019
The Crypto Paradox: Code is Law and Consensus Rules Bracewell LLP
 

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