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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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Dec
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2016
November 2016 U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Report Bracewell LLP
Nov
8
2017
FinCEN Fines Texas Bank $2M for Alleged Failure to Vet and Monitor Mexican Correspondent Banking Relationship – But Touts Bank’s Cooperation Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
23
2015
SEC Awards Compliance Officer Whistleblower Bounty of Approximately $1.5 Million Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
28
2017
NFA Adopts Interpretive Notice on Swap Valuation Disputes Katten
Nov
12
2010
Do Insurers Pose Systemic Risk? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Mar
15
2023
Bank Term Funding Program: Understanding Borrowing from the Federal Reserve Bank Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
10
2013
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Former Bank Executive's Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and FInancial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) Claims Katten
Dec
25
2014
Bank of America to Pay $110,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Apr
29
2019
Italy's Legal Recognition of Blockchain - Based Timestamping K&L Gates
Aug
1
2023
Federal Regulators Issue Updated Guidance on Liquidity Risks and Contingency Planning Vedder Price
May
4
2018
SEC Announces Launch Of SALI; What About The States? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
30
2018
Industry Trade Groups Urge HUD to Make Significant Changes to its Disparate Impact Rule; State Attorneys General Oppose Changes Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
22
2020
Renewable Project Finance Market Alert - COVID-19 McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
2
2020
Government confirms its position on insurers deducting grants from COVID-19 BI settlements Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
30
2021
New York Department of Financial Services Issues Proposed Rules Implementing Commercial Financing Disclosure Laws Katten
Mar
17
2014
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Announces Available-to-Trade Determinations Katten
Apr
14
2017
Update: Briefs Filed in CalPERS v. ANZ Securities Mintz
Jan
17
2018
Qatar and Islamic Fintech K&L Gates
Dec
16
2019
TCPA Regulatory Update — FCC Wakes from TCPA Hibernation with Orders Granting Two Petitions Mintz
Apr
30
2024
UK Financial Regulator Confirms Plan to Combat Greenwashing Mintz
Apr
26
2015
Finance Post: CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for SEF Confirmation Katten
Aug
1
2017
The Congressional Agenda for August Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
28
2010
Participant Fee Disclosure Fee Transparency—The Final Piece of the Puzzle Vedder Price
Mar
16
2023
President Biden Threatens First Veto Over Congressional Nullification of DOL Regulation Enabling Consideration of ESG Factors Mintz
Feb
13
2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Week in Review: February 4-8, 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
24
2014
Fannie Mae’s & Freddie Mac’s Shareholders Take the Offensive Approach Bilzin Sumberg
Jan
12
2019
New York Approves Nationwide Licensing Tool for Virtual Currency Business Activity Companies Proskauer Rose LLP
May
1
2019
The Crypto Paradox: Code is Law and Consensus Rules Bracewell LLP
 

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