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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 17 2019	FINRA Releases New Guidance on Credit for Extraordinary Cooperation	Katten
Jul 14 2020	Securities and Exchange Commission Proposes Amendments to Form 13F for Institutional Investment Managers	Faegre Drinker
Oct 19 2022	Prime Contractor Beware, No. 1: Watch Out for Owner/Lender Consent and Assignment Agreements	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov 9 2023	Unfair Play: Unjust Enrichment for Copying and Using Non-Trade-Secret Spreadsheet	McDermott Will & Emery
Dec 20 2017	Opinion of the EBA on the Transition from PSD1 to PSD2	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov 15 2018	CFPB Issues Spring 2018 Semi-Annual Report	Ballard Spahr LLP
May 15 2020	SEC Enforcement Actions Against Fund Advisers Continues	Katten
Jun 30 2023	Federal Reserve Releases Results of Stress Tests	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jul 5 2016	Illinois Federal Court Denies Kraft’s Motion to Dismiss Claims of Market Manipulation	Bracewell LLP
Apr 9 2020	COVID-19: Shareholder Meetings and Payment of Dividends in Italian Companies	K&L Gates
Jan 5 2022	Separate Property Basics Part I: What’s Yours Is Mine	Varnum LLP
Jul 22 2022	China’s Didi Fined Over $1B by Chinese Data Regulators	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep 23 2013	Life Insurance is an Option for Dynasty Trusts	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb 21 2020	EU Commission’s “A European strategy for data” Includes Blockchain Shout-Out	Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr 28 2022	Community Banks and Overdrafts — Time for Reconsideration?	Jones Walker LLP
May 16 2013	The Ninth Circuit Holds that Bankruptcy Courts Have Authority to Recharacterize Debt as Equity	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr 18 2014	US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Partially Invalidates Conflict Minerals Rule	Katten
Oct 28 2015	CFPB Wants to Eliminate “Free Pass” of Class-Action Waivers in Consumer Arbitration Agreements	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar 1 2017	SEC Examinations of RIAs and Broker-Dealers under the ReTIRE Initiative: Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #38	Faegre Drinker
Nov 13 2019	Best Interest Standard of Care for Advisors #17	Faegre Drinker
Feb 1 2023	California Prepares to Add New Student Loan Servicing Regulations	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Nov 24 2012	Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act Does Not Override Common-Law Rule Subjecting Self-Settled Trusts To Creditors’ Claims	ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar 13 2015	Buying A Reinsurance Company Can Lead To Litigation	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul 9 2015	Texas Supreme Court Applies Absolute Privilege to Statements in FCPA Investigations: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
Mar 16 2018	CFTC Seeks Market Risk Advisory Committee Membership Nominations and Public Comment on Committee Priorities	Katten
Mar 26 2019	CFPB Makes Changes to Advisory Committee Charters and is Accepting New Membership Applications	Ballard Spahr LLP
Jul 18 2019	Gulf States Gaming - Commission Meeting Minutes July 18, 2019	Jones Walker LLP
Jul 15 2020	DOJ and SEC Update FCPA Resource Guide for 2020 – What’s New and What Does It Mean?	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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