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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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Parallels Between the SEC Regulation Best Interest and the DOL Best Interest Contract Exemption (Part 2): Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #91 Faegre Drinker
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25
2019
PA Department of Banking and Securities: Virtual Currency is not “Money” Ballard Spahr LLP
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26
2018
White House Support for CFIUS Reform and Affirmation of U.S. Open Investment Policy / Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Hearing on CFIUS Reform Covington & Burling LLP
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14
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2023
Foley Automotive Update November 8, 2023 Foley & Lardner LLP
Aug
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Implementation Guidance Issued for Municipal Bond Underwriters on Extensive New Written Disclosures Required for State and Local Governments Bracewell LLP
Mar
21
2022
Recovery from a Member’s Interest in an LLC Nelson Mullins
Aug
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New Connecticut Law Limits Employer Access to Employee Credit Data McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
26
2020
May Employees Take Hardship Distributions Under Their 401(k) Plan? Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19 Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
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17
2021
CFPB Orders Companies to Provide Information on "Buy Now, Pay Later" Credit Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Aug
21
2015
DC Circuit Court Reaffirms Earlier Decision Partially Invalidating Conflict Minerals Rule on First Amendment Grounds Mintz
Oct
6
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Trust Companies Face Increased Anti-Money Laundering Requirements K&L Gates
Mar
13
2024
SEC Adopts Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules; Scope 3 Emission Metrics Excluded Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr
27
2016
Supreme Court To Resolve Circuit Split Over Bank Fraud Statute Proskauer Rose LLP
May
24
2018
OCC Small Dollar Lending Bulletin Gets Mixed Reviews From Consumer Advocates Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
24
2021
How Online Payments Support Cross-selling for Law Firms Bill4Time
Jan
13
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SEC Approves FINRA Rule Strengthening Background Checks Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
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2018
Europe Express about terms of Transition Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
18
2018
Freeze! New Amendments to the FCRA Grant New Consumer Rights and Impose New Disclosure Requirements Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
17
2019
PBGC’s Multiemployer Insurance Program Faces Insolvency, While Single-Employer Program Improves McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
9
2023
California Enacts Landmark ESG Legislation K&L Gates
Aug
8
2012
Court Confirms That No Statutory or Common Law Landlord's Lien Exists Under Michigan Law Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
14
2019
Stare Decisis Strikes Out At The Supreme Court Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Apr
21
2022
CFPB Signals Foray into Protecting Small Businesses from Abusive Debt Collectors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
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The Limits of Delegation Under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive Katten
Oct
3
2014
Investors in Africa Benefit from Regional Trading Blocs McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
15
2020
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Dec
17
2021
CAT Participants Withdraw Revised Funding Model Proposal Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
 

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