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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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Jul
26
2016
Fiduciary Liability Update: Seventh Circuit Holds ERISA Permits Indemnification or Contribution Among Fiduciaries Faegre Drinker
Apr
12
2019
Careful Consideration Can Pay Dividends Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
14
2020
Hanging on the Telephone: Judge Enters Order Blocking Telegram ICO Polsinelli PC
Jun
9
2013
Federal Reserve Equalizes Treatment of Foreign Banks Under Dodd-Frank Push Out Rules Katten
Mar
15
2016
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Aim at FinTech Vedder Price
Dec
9
2018
Another Sprawling Money Laundering and Bribery Scheme Involving Venezuela: Currency Exchange Rate Manipulation, Rewarded By Aircraft, Real Estate, and Thoroughbred Horses Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
6
2020
Industry Groups and NFA Request Changes to Swap Dealer Capital Rules Katten
May
2
2022
SEC Seeks to Expand ‘Dealer’ or ‘Government Securities Dealer’ Definition to Require Additional Firms to Register with Agency and Comply with Federal Securities Regulations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
13
2023
Question of the Week: As Secondaries Deals Get Bigger, What Do GPs/LPs Need to Know About Financing in the Market? Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
27
2012
European Commission Publishes Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), Level 2, Implementing Regulation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
26
2015
Omnicare Decision Clarifies Grounds for Section 11 Liability re: Securities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
16
2017
SEC Staff Issues Interpretive Letter Permitting Open-End Funds to Acquire Shares of Affiliated Closed-End Funds Vedder Price
Oct
24
2022
FTC Settlement with Auto Dealer Group Demonstrates Treatment of Discriminatory Conduct as “Unfair” Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Apr
2
2012
Georgia Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of 'Holder Claim' Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
5
2014
FINRA Issues Notice on TRACE Trade Reporting Obligations Katten
Nov
18
2016
SEC Approves Plan To Create Consolidated Audit Trail Katten
Dec
3
2019
Court Rejects Equitable Exception to MPPAA’s ‘Pay Now, Dispute Later’ Regime Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
24
2020
OCC Publishes Proposed Rule Regarding “True Lender” Katten
Nov
4
2021
Are U.S. Immigration Laws Causing International Students to Enroll Elsewhere? Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Mar
21
2024
Australia: ASIC Issues New Legislative Instrument for Exchange Traded Funds K&L Gates
Jul
5
2017
New Finance Association For the UK K&L Gates
Aug
1
2019
CFPB Touts Settlement with Debt Collection Group as Focus on Debt Collection Continues Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
25
2014
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) Speaks About FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) Mintz
Jul
22
2015
How Should Employers Revise Confidentiality Agreements to Comply with SEC Rule 21F-17(a)? [VIDEO] Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
12
2018
Investment Services Regulatory Update - April 2018 Vedder Price
Apr
15
2019
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: April 8 – 12 and April 15, 2019 (Not In An Empire State Of Mind; Mistrial For Programmer) [VIDEO] Katten
Jul
27
2022
Crypto Alert – Service of English Court Orders by ‘Nft Airdrop,’ and Could Crypto Exchanges Be Constructive Trustees? K&L Gates
Mar
20
2016
European Commission Adopts Equivalence Decision in Regards to US CFTC-Registered CCPs Katten
 

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