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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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Dec
14
2018
HM Treasury Publishes Updated Draft Brexit Statutory Instrument Relating to Collective Investment Schemes Katten
May
27
2020
Treasury Guidance Buoys Solar and Wind in 2020 and Beyond K&L Gates
Apr
13
2011
A Borrower May Not Bring An Action To Determine Whether The Owner Of A Mortgage Note Has Authorized A Nonjudicial Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
24
2017
Can Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices Be Fettered? A Court Says ‘Yes’ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nov
19
2021
SEC Proposes Amendments to Electronic Filing Requirements and Re-Proposes Certain Amendments to Reports of Institutional Investment Managers Vedder Price
Feb
27
2023
CMS Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Nursing Homes to Disclose Additional Ownership Information, Including Ties to Private Equity and REITS Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
30
2016
CFPB’s Monthly Complaint Report Focuses on Debt Settlement, Credit Repair, and Other Financial Services Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
27
2021
House of Pay’n – House Passes Bill to Help Create Legal Framework for Digital Asset Regulation Polsinelli PC
Oct
30
2023
FTC Amends GLBA Safeguards Rule to Require Reporting of Certain Data Breaches Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
5
2014
North Carolina General Assembly Budget Woes in an Election Year Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
28
2016
Does Anyone Remember Y2K – California Does! Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
23
2020
CFTC Closes A Loophole For Exempt Commodity Pool Operators Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2020
SEC Amends Regulation S-T to Permit Electronic Signatures Foley & Lardner LLP
Jun
17
2013
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Adjusts Policy Statement to Facilitate Capital Raising by Minority Institutions Katten
Apr
3
2015
SEC Uses Books and Records and Internal Control Regulations to Extend Reach of Actions Beyond Fraud Faegre Drinker
Aug
12
2019
SEC Division of Corporate Finance Issues Second No-Action Letter for a Blockchain Token Issuance McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
16
2020
COVID-19 Update: Anticipating Securities Litigation in Response to the Pandemic Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
21
2022
Is Crypto Too Cryptic for Your 401(k) Plan? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jan
12
2013
Beware the Boilerplate: Introduction Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
14
2014
SEC Approves Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Best Execution Rule Katten
Jul
19
2017
HSAs and the ERISA Fiduciary Rule: What Employers Should Know Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Dec
18
2018
Android Users Beware of the 21st Century Trojan Horse K&L Gates
May
28
2020
Class Action Litigation Newsletter Spring 2020 - Second Circuit Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
21
2022
Federal Reserve Examines Pros and Cons of a Central Bank Digital Currency Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
24
2023
CISA Urges Secure by Design for AI Tools Robinson & Cole LLP
Sep
8
2014
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Publishes its Standards for the Automatic Exchange of Information Katten
Nov
23
2015
New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Letter: “Potential” Cybersecurity Regulations for Insurers Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
8
2016
FinCEN FAQs Clarify Customer Due Diligence Regulations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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