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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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Sep
2
2016
D.C. Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of SEC’s In-House Tribunals Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
28
2019
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: January 21 – 25 and January 28, 2019 (Security Tokens, Utility Tokens; Another Regulator’s Priorities) [Video] Katten
May
6
2019
Natural Gas Marketer Settles Royalty Fraud with Department of Justice Bracewell LLP
Apr
26
2016
What is it With Pension Liabilities? Sunny Side Up or Sunny Side Down Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
25
2018
CUSIP Clarity: MSRB Amends Rule to Exclude Direct Purchase Transactions from CUSIP Requirements Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Sep
18
2018
CFTC and Monetary Authority of Singapore Sign Cooperation Agreement on FinTech Innovation Covington & Burling LLP
Jun
10
2020
CFPB Issues Proposed Amendment to Regulation Z and Guidance to Deal with LIBOR Transition Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
May
8
2015
FINRA Proposes Exemption From the TAF for Proprietary Trading Firms Katten
Jan
30
2018
Alleging Fraud, SEC Shuts Down AriseBank’s Celebrity-Endorsed ICO of Purported “Decentralized Bank” Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
22
2020
Recent SEC Whistleblower Awards Highlight Pervasive Retaliation Zuckerman Law
May
31
2024
FHA’s Releases 12-Hour Cyber Incident Notification Rule Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
9
2015
Mortgage Foreclosure Action Barred by Statute of Limitations Based On Prior Involuntary Dismissal Without Prejudice Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
27
2017
Conference of State Bank Supervisors Sues To Stop OCC Fintech Charters Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
27
2017
Judge Timothy Kelly, A Trump Nominee, To Hear Lawsuit To Determine CFPB Acting Director; TRO Hearing Scheduled For 4:30 Today Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
14
2023
SEC Whistleblower Receives $1.9 Million for Using Expertise to Expose Misconduct Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Aug
7
2012
Judge Clamps Down on DOJ Efforts to Apply U.S. Law Abroad Ifrah Law
Aug
21
2015
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Upholds Decision on Conflict Minerals Rule Katten
Jan
9
2017
Is This SEC Claim False And Misleading? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
7
2019
ISDA Publishes Narrowly Tailored Credit Event (NTCE) Protocol Katten
Dec
7
2022
SEC Adopts Enhanced Proxy Voting Reporting Requirements for Funds and Managers Vedder Price
Oct
31
2023
Disclosure Obligations for CPOs and CTAs under Proposed Amendments to CFTC Regulation 4.7 Blank Rome LLP
Aug
14
2011
Derivatives — Several Developments of Note Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
7
2016
SEC Changes Some of Its Procedural Rules After Constitutional Challenges Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
29
2019
FINRA’s 2019 Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
8
2019
Doubling down? FCA contemplates more criminal AML investigations Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Feb
26
2013
Head of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Investment Management Division Announces Top Regulatory Priorities Katten
May
29
2018
2018 – Problem and Promise of Cryptocompliance in Europe Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
20
2018
Size Matters: SEC Helps Middle Market Companies Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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