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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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Oct
6
2020
Kraken Becomes First Digital Asset Company to Receive U.S. Bank Charter Proskauer Rose LLP
May
13
2021
Financial Services Act 2021: Changes Ahead Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
22
2021
SEC Gets Cyber-Serious About Disclosures Bracewell LLP
Jan
2
2015
Year in Review: Government Enforcement/Financial Litigation Developments Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
18
2015
SEC Proposes New Rule Governing Funds’ Use of Derivatives Vedder Price
Nov
17
2017
China to Broaden Market Access for Foreign Investors in Financial Services Covington & Burling LLP
Jan
19
2018
SEC and CFTC Issue Joint Statement on Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
14
2023
A Quick Take on a Sudden Change in the Banking Landscape Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
27
2014
Update on ESMA Clearing Obligations for Credit Default Swaps - European Securities and Markets Authority Katten
Dec
20
2016
Filing Deadline Extended for Certain Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Filers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
3
2019
Court Finds for Defendant Investment Adviser in Section 36(b) Excessive-Fee Case Vedder Price
Dec
20
2019
CFTC Approves Final and Proposed Rules for DCOs, Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants and Other Market Participants Katten
Dec
22
2021
OCC and FinCEN Issue $9 Million in Penalties for BSA-AML Violations Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
21
2016
Difficulties Foreclosing in Massachusetts Murtha Cullina
Jan
18
2019
Financial Services Contracts (Transitional and Saving Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Laid Before Parliament Katten
May
3
2019
EMIR REFIT: What Non-EU Asset Managers Should be Doing Now Katten
Nov
30
2021
Good News and Bad News about Unclaimed Property in Wisconsin Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
30
2022
New Executive Order Directs CFIUS on Review of Covered Transactions Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
12
2018
Recent FATF Report Provides New Guidance for Identifying Money Laundering Related to Human Trafficking Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
22
2021
OFAC Again Says Beware of Sanctions When Making Ransomware Payments and Designates Virtual Currency Exchange as Malicious Cyber Actor Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
1
2024
Bank Runs and Social Media Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
11
2018
SEC Guidance Expanding Exclusions for Non-GAAP Information Katten
Jun
8
2020
Show Me the Money … all the Money - ICO Issuer Required to Return $25 Million to Investors Polsinelli PC
Oct
6
2020
Plaintiff’s Counsel’s Refusal to Provide its Client’s Credit Report Sans a Valid Opposition Results in Award of Defendant’s Reasonable Expenses for Defendant’s Motion to Compel Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
14
2021
SEC Emerges as Main Regulator of Cryptocurrency Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
22
2021
House Financial Services Committee Forms Digital Asset Working Group Hunton Andrews Kurth
Dec
23
2015
CFTC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
18
2017
UK Subject Access Requests Likely to Increase in Customer Disputes? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
 
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