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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
29
2011
New PBGC Guidance Provides Premium Penalty Relief for Certain Late Payments and for Faulty Alternative Premium Funding Target Elections McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
29
2011
ANALYSIS: 'ObamaCare' label is sticking Center for Public Integrity
Sep
29
2011
Should Law Firm Marketing Include Google AdWords? Duo Consulting
Sep
29
2011
FDA Issues Analysis of Premarket Review Times Under 510(k) Program Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
28
2011
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Costs Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
28
2011
Presumption of Parental Liability Revisited McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
28
2011
Solyndra excutives stonewall Congress Center for Public Integrity
Sep
28
2011
How the 'Other Coverages' Exclusion Can Cost You Millions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
28
2011
SEC Rulemaking: Guide to Newly Effective Eligibility Criteria to Replace Credit Ratings in Public Offerings Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
27
2011
USPTO Announces Effective Dates of America Invents Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Sep
27
2011
6 Ways to Curb Employee Fraud Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Sep
27
2011
IRS Announces Voluntary Settlement Program to Reclassify Workers as Employees McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
27
2011
Wax This! New York Court Finds Restrictive Covenant In Hair Removal Specialist's Employment Agreement Unreasonable and Unenforceable Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
26
2011
French Court Orders French Competition Authority to Disclose Antitrust Investigation Documents McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
26
2011
Protesting at ODRA?: Learning the Lay of the Land Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
25
2011
U.S. Department of Labor to Reconsider Proposed Regulation Impacting ESOP Appraisers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Sep
24
2011
New Definition of 'Inherently Governmental Function' Affects Government Insourcing Decisions Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
24
2011
Executive Fired, Vindicated. Mortgage Industry Tanks, Fraud Continues at Countrywide Center for Public Integrity
Sep
24
2011
American Jobs Act of 2011 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
23
2011
Top 10 Concealed Carry Questions and Answers von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Sep
23
2011
Mandatory Bonus Due to Employees Upon Certain Distributions of Dividends Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
23
2011
Creditors of a Delaware LLC Do Not Have Standing to Sue Derivatively and Must Rely on Contractual Remedies Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sep
23
2011
NLRB Releases Poster For Posting By November 14, 2011 McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
23
2011
Recent NLRB Actions: Notice Posting Requirement, Proposed Election Rules and New Case Law Tilt Toward Organized Labor Much Shelist, P.C.
Sep
23
2011
LSTA Finalizes Distressed Buy-In/Sell-Out Provisions Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
23
2011
The UK Takeover Code: Significant Changes Come Into Effect Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
22
2011
Louisiana Franchise Tax—No Tax on Corporate Limited Partners with No Louisiana Nexus Hunton Andrews Kurth
Sep
22
2011
Countrywide Protected Fraudsters by Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees Center for Public Integrity
 

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