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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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Apr
21
2020
SEC and FINRA Provide Guidance on Regulation Best Interest Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Oct
4
2021
Weekly IRS Roundup September 27 – October 1, 2021 McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
12
2022
ESG INVESTING AND PROXY VOTING: DOL'S NEW FINAL RULE K&L Gates
Aug
4
2023
DOJ, BIS, and OFAC Issue Inter-Agency Guidance on Voluntary Self-Disclosures of Sanctions and Export Control Violations Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
29
2013
Selection and Monitoring of Target Date Funds Faegre Drinker
Feb
16
2024
FinCEN Proposes AML Requirements on Registered Investment Advisers (Including Exempt Reporting Advisers) K&L Gates
Jun
27
2013
Helping Inside Counsel Demonstrate Their C-Suite Value Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
3
2017
European Commission Launches Public Consultation on FinTech K&L Gates
Sep
16
2022
Republican Senators Press Judicial Nominee to Third Circuit on ESG Issues Mintz
Jan
23
2013
SEC Reporting for Certain 2012 Iran-Related Transactions Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
15
2014
Banks May Be Required to Increase Reserves Bilzin Sumberg
Apr
10
2015
Constitutional Challenges to SEC Administrative Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
7
2016
Supreme Court Upholds Insider Trading Prosecutions on Mere Disclosure to Friends and Family
Apr
27
2018
FTC Freezes Assets and Operations of Four Promoters of Cryptocurrency Investment Schemes Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
4
2019
Hack of Electrum Wallets Reaps over 200 Bitcoin (around $750,000) Robinson & Cole LLP
Jun
7
2022
Words Have Meaning: NJ Court Upholds Waiver of Duty of Loyalty in LLC Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Dec
18
2014
District Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to SEC Administrative Proceedings Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
18
2016
SEC Takes Aim at Anti-Whistleblower Employment Agreements Polsinelli PC
Aug
22
2018
CFPB And Trade Groups File Status Report In Industry Lawsuit Challenging Payday Loan Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
1
2020
COVID-19: Poland’s Parliament Nears Passage of Extraordinary Debtor Restructuring Relief Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Dec
8
2015
Export-Import Bank of United States Open for Business Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
11
2016
SEC Chair Wants Unicorns to Behave (More Like Public Companies) McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
26
2017
Between Bridges: SEC Declines to Prosecute Issuer of Digital Tokens That It Deems Securities Not Issued in Accordance with US Securities Laws Katten
Aug
19
2019
Developments in Tri-Border Area Post New Risk to Correspondent Banking Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
5
2021
Sixth Circuit Rules Interest Rate Methodology Selected by Plan Actuary in Withdrawal Liability Calculation Violates ERISA Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Apr
4
2022
Weekly IRS Roundup March 27 – April 2, 2022 McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
29
2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Recent Developments: October 14, 2013 - October 18, 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
18
2019
Considerations for Financial Services Employers as #MeToo Reaches Wall Street Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
 

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