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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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Jan
2
2020
Second Circuit Holds that a “Personal Benefit” Is Not Required for Insider Trading Under Criminal Securities Statute Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
13
2021
The Department of Labor’s ESG Proposed Rule: A Retirement Committee Perspective Mintz
Jul
29
2022
Rise of Financial Crime in the NFT Market Elicits New Scrutiny from Regulators Proskauer Rose LLP
Nov
20
2023
Stay on Target: FINRA Proposes Rules Permitting Presentation of Performance Projections and Targets K&L Gates
May
5
2022
SEC Bolsters Crypto-Regulatory Team
May
27
2014
Eleventh Circuit Defines “Instrumentalities” of Foreign Government for the Purposes of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Faegre Drinker
Sep
8
2016
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Lends Helping Hand to Inadvertent Lender Omissions in Execution of Mortgage Acknowledgements Murtha Cullina
May
25
2018
EU Policy Update for Q1 2018 – Budgets and Upcoming EU Elections, Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, a “Digital Tax” proposal, and Brexit Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
12
2020
FCA Publishes Insight Article on Conduct and Culture during the COVID-19 Pandemic Katten
Oct
6
2020
Trust Companies Face Increased Anti-Money Laundering Requirements K&L Gates
Oct
31
2022
FINRA Facts and Trends: October 2022 Bracewell LLP
Aug
28
2015
Original Judgment in Conflict Minerals Case Reaffirmed Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
1
2016
UK Financial Conduct Authority Trade Association Roundtable on MiFID II Implementation Katten
Jan
31
2018
Hacking of digital currency exchange leaves Japanese company footing the bill K&L Gates
Sep
20
2018
Worldwide Cryptocurrency AML Standards K&L Gates
Mar
2
2022
Cadwalader Cabinet: Sanctions Syllabus Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
1
2013
Supreme Court Rules Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Has Five Years to Seek Penalties McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
23
2017
SEC Cracking Down on Ponzi Schemes Zuckerman Law
Nov
27
2017
Another Argument For Why Mick Mulvaney Is The CFPB Acting Director Ballard Spahr LLP
May
8
2019
Former Danske Bank CEO Charged by Danish Prosecutors in Connection with Massive Money Laundering Scandal Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
10
2022
California Federal Court Holds U.S. Securities Laws Inapplicable to Unsponsored, Unlisted ADR Transaction Preceded by Purchase of Common Stock Outside the U.S. Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
23
2024
SEC Regulatory Update: Fall 2023 Rulemaking Agenda Published Katten
Aug
13
2012
The Eighth Circuit holds that stipulations filed contemporaneously with a complaint limiting damages to an amount below CAFA’s jurisdictional threshold may be used to defeat CAFA jurisdiction Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
6
2017
UK Retailer Invests in FinTech K&L Gates
Aug
18
2017
As New Commissioners Come Onboard, CFTC Can Begin Moving Forward Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
13
2021
The Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act Provides Round Three of PPP Loans Stark & Stark
Nov
15
2021
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Investment Advisers' Fee Calculations Vedder Price
Nov
21
2023
CFTC Whistleblower Award Program Remained Active in 2023 Katz Banks Kumin LLP
 

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