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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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Capital Markets Union: Step Closer in EU Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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2022
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Court Rules that Law Firm’s Oral Summaries to SEC of Interview Notes and Memoranda Constitutes Waiver of Work Product Protection Faegre Drinker
Mar
8
2019
Council of EU Invites COREPER To Approve Final Compromise Text of EMIR Refit Regulation Katten
Oct
29
2019
SEC Adopts New "Test the Waters" Rule Vedder Price
May
10
2021
SEC Chairman Testifies About Digital Assets Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
8
2015
Pennsylvania District Court Rules That Smartphone Passcodes Are Testimonial; Protected by Fifth Amendment Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
18
2022
The Department of Labor Addresses 401(k) Plan Investments in Cryptocurrencies Mintz
Jun
13
2017
Banks Moving to Improve Consumer Data Sharing K&L Gates
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22
2017
CFTC Provides No-Action Relief From CPO and CTA Registration to a Private University Katten
Feb
27
2018
Not So Safe Anymore: SCOTUS Narrowly Construes Safe Harbor for Avoidable Transfers Bracewell LLP
Sep
22
2023
Fewer Clouds on … Cloud: The EU to (Finally) Drop Most Data Localisation Requirements in the EUCS Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
30
2018
Suspicious Activity to Report? Careful How You Draft as You Might Have to Disclose What You Say in Confidence. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
27
2019
Proposed AML Reforms Aim to Enhance and Modernize AML/CFT Enforcement Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
19
2021
SEC Reports Significant Increases In FY2021 Whistleblower Program Jackson Lewis P.C.
Feb
16
2017
First Major UK LIBOR Rigging Claim Dismissed by Financial List Judge: Speedread Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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24
2023
Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — February 2023 Mintz
Feb
10
2020
Blockchain Litigation Year in Review (Part 1): Lessons From 2019 And What’s Ahead For 2020 Polsinelli PC
Aug
17
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Attention Investment Advisers: Plain English Brochure Rule Adopted Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
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27
2013
Is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) good for Canadians buying in the U.S.? Altro LLP
Oct
31
2016
CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight New Form 40/40S: Not Your Grandmother’s Form 40 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
16
2022
Blockchain Meets Morrison: Court Rejects Blockchain Class Settlement Because of Concerns About Adequacy of Representation Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
16
2022
SEC Received Record Number of Whistleblower Tips in Fiscal Year 2022 Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Apr
12
2024
FDIC Issues Orders Against Two More Banks Over Fintech Partnerships Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
18
2015
Iceland’s Response to Bank Fraud – A Lesson for the U.S.? Mahany Law
Jun
16
2016
SEC Raises Net Worth Threshold for ‘Qualified Client’ Status to $2.1 Million Effective Aug. 15, 2016 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
12
2018
Why You Might Want To Aim Higher When Seeking Equity Plan Approval Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Mar
11
2019
Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former VP’s SOX Claim as Unreasonable Polsinelli PC
 

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