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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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2020
ISDA Publishes IBOR Fall Back Supplement and Related Protocol Katten
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2022
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25
2014
National Futures Association (NFA) Requests Comment on Commodity Pool Operator/Commodity Trading Advisor (CPO/CTA) Requirements Katten
Oct
16
2015
CFTC Further Extends No-Action Relief for Certain Package Transaction Swaps Katten
Oct
3
2017
SEC ALJ Decision Shows Agency’s “Home Field Advantage” Has Its Limits Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Mar
22
2019
ESMA Extends Its Register of Derivatives to be Traded On-Venue Under MiFIR Katten
Sep
8
2020
SEC Seeks to Increase the Security of the Data on the Consolidated Audit Trail National Market System Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jun
24
2022
Supreme Court To Decide on DOJ Authority in FCA Suits ArentFox Schiff LLP
Sep
13
2013
Showdown in the Richmond: The City of Richmond Threatens Eminent Domain on Underwater Loans Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
26
2015
FIA Market Technology Division Releases Recommendations to Prepare for Leap Second Event Katten
Jul
24
2018
Court Of Appeal Finally Notices That Section 2116 Says Not A Word About Officers Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
13
2018
Best Interest and Best Practices #9: Improving Retirement Outcomes Faegre Drinker
Jun
23
2017
EC Launches Systematic Internalizer Amendment Consultation and Publishes Commodities Reporting ITS Katten
Mar
12
2018
Private Equity Regulatory Highlights: Private Equity Funds Year-in-Review K&L Gates
May
21
2024
CFPB Announces New Compliance Deadlines for Small Business Lending Rule Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
12
2019
FCA Confirms Permanent Restrictions on Sale of CFDs and CFD-Like Options to Retail Consumers Katten
Feb
18
2020
LIBOR Transition Newsletter – Issue 3 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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10
2020
The DOJ and SEC Have Updated Their Foundational Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Resource Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Nov
2
2020
Mitigating FCRA Risks in the COVID-19 World Hunton Andrews Kurth
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3
2022
United States: CFTC Orders 11 Banks to Pay Over $710 Million for Illegal Use of Texting Apps K&L Gates
Oct
20
2015
Monthly Futures Exchange Issuance Report: September 2015 Bracewell LLP
Oct
6
2017
CFPB issues final payday/auto title/high-rate installment loan rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
25
2019
2019 HMDA Guide Released Ballard Spahr LLP
May
13
2020
Paycheck Protection Program: SBA Clarifies Audit and Enforcement Intent Regarding Loan Recipient’s Financial Hardship Certification Pierce Atwood LLP
Jun
27
2022
CFPB Aims to Simplify Rules and Guidance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
15
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Issues Concept Release on Automated Trading Katten
Mar
3
2015
The SEC Will Be Your Employment Law Agency, Too Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Jun
30
2015
Hurry – Only Few Days Left For UK Share Plan Annual Returns! Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 

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