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Regulatory Agencies with Financial Services

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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 Corporate Law, Securities/SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

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Jul 1 2014	Supreme Court Rules Closely Held Companies Not Subject to Contraceptive Coverage Mandate of Health Care Reform Law	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul 1 2014	Delaware Law Update: Fee-Shifting Bylaw Provisions and the Use of a Poison Pill in Response to Activist Investor Activities	Faegre Drinker
Jul 1 2014	Focus on Disclosure Effectiveness	Faegre Drinker
Jul 1 2014	France Facilitates Implementation of Whistleblowing Systems	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul 1 2014	Public Company Adopts Fee Shifting Bylaw	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 30 2014	Forfeiture Clauses in JOAs (Joint Operating Agreements) – New Law, Old Problems	Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun 30 2014	2014 Cartel Penalties On Pace to Set Record	McDermott Will & Emery
Jun 30 2014	California Federal Court Rules Boilermakers Didn’t Decide All Issues And Orders Company To File A Form 8-K	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 28 2014	NFA (National Futures Association) Proposes Interpretive Notice Prohibiting the Use of Credit Cards to Fund Retail Forex or Futures Trading Accounts	Katten
Jun 28 2014	U.S. Prosecutions of Foreign Financial Institutions Create Extreme Risk of Disclosure for Offshore Account Holders and Prospects of Multiple 50 Percent Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) Penalties	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun 27 2014	Branching Out: When Assets Don't Stay in the Family Tree	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun 27 2014	Affirmative Use of U.S. Partnerships in Inbound Tax Planning	Bilzin Sumberg
Jun 27 2014	Texas Supreme Court Denies Minority Shareholder’s Oppression Claims	Katten
Jun 27 2014	Supreme Court Rejects “Presumption of Prudence” in ERISA Employer Stock Cases	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun 27 2014	Supreme Court Decides Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.	Katten
Jun 27 2014	Using Summaries of Information Both Offensively and Defensively in Discovery	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 27 2014	Delaware Fee-Shifting Legislation Delayed	Katten
Jun 27 2014	Successfully Protecting Your Business Interests: Effective Use of Noncompete Agreements	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 27 2014	Harming a Company in the Forum State Does Not Constitute ‘Minimum Contacts’ for Personal Jurisdiction	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 27 2014	Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Directs Issuers to Comply with Parts of the Conflict Minerals Rule	Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jun 27 2014	Supreme Court Takes a Middle Path in Reaffirming ‘Fraud on the Market’ Theory	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 27 2014	California's Limited Offering Exemption: When “All” Doesn’t Necessarily Mean “All”	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun 27 2014	EEOC, FTC Provide Tips on Use of Employment Background Checks	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun 26 2014	International Shipping Companies Successfully Navigate Chapter 11 with Prenegotiated Plans of Reorganization	Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun 26 2014	New Law to Ease Tax Burden on Small Businesses	McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jun 26 2014	Security Exchange Commission (SEC) Brings First Dodd-Frank Anti-Retaliation Case	Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun 26 2014	Piercing the Corporate Veil: What You Find on the Other Side May Surprise You	Much Shelist, P.C.
Jun 26 2014	New Florida Data Security and Breach Law Effective July 1	Jackson Lewis P.C.

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