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

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Feb
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2016
Tax-Writers Ponder Path Forward for 2016; U.S., EU Move Forward with BEPS Implementation
Jun
20
2018
Regulation Best Interest Recommendations by Broker-Dealers: Part 1- Interesting Angles on the DOL’s Fiduciary Rule #95 Faegre Drinker
Apr
3
2023
The Government of Canada Releases its 2023-2024 Federal Budget ArentFox Schiff LLP
Mar
29
2013
Proposed Change to FINRA Rule Regarding Release of Disciplinary Complaints, Decisions and Other Information Katten
Jun
24
2014
Pre-Filing Consultation of SEC Staff Regarding Venezuela Operations May Be Appropriate in Certain Circumstances Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
30
2015
CME Group Exchanges Revise Position Limit Rules Katten
May
24
2017
EU Pensions and GDPR – 12 Month Countdown Begins! General Data Protection Regulation Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
30
2020
Preventing and Detecting Fraud in Aircraft Sales and Financing Transactions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
29
2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Imposes Record Fine for Consumer Banking Violations; Civil Suits May Follow Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Sep
7
2017
Bahrain Announces First Entrants into its FinTech Regulatory Sandbox K&L Gates
Feb
22
2019
CFTC Commissioners Propose a Standardized Approach for Measuring Counterparty Credit Risk Katten
Jan
2
2024
SEC Adopts Significant Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Vedder Price
May
22
2024
FTC Allegations Against PE Firm Dismissed Regarding Role in Alleged Anticompetitive ‘Roll Up’ Strategy Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
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2011
HUD Revamps FHA Lending Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
23
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Announce Largest Auto Loan Discrimination Settlement in History Faegre Drinker
Oct
7
2016
Director of SEC’s Division of Enforcement Touts Whistleblower Program Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
15
2018
SEC Adopts Amendments to Rule 15c2-12 Bracewell LLP
Oct
8
2019
Best Practices for Plan Sponsors #12 Faegre Drinker
May
4
2020
COVID-19 Economic Stimulus: Federal Reserve Expands Scope and Eligibility for Its Main Street Lending Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
25
2020
DOJ Releases its First FCPA Advisory Opinion Since 2014 - What You Need to Know About the FCPA Advisory Opinion Process K&L Gates
Aug
17
2023
DTCC Announces Wind Down of Global Markets Entity Identifier Business Katten
Feb
27
2024
The UAE Exits FATF’s Grey List Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
24
2009
Gone In 60 Seconds – When Dealerships Go Bad, What’s Their Lender To Do? Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
May
23
2016
Bridging the Week: May 16 - 20 and May 23, 2016 (AML; Compliance Officers; Whistleblowers; Golfer) Katten
Jan
27
2020
Final CFIUS Regulations Impact Foreign Non-Control Investment Transactions Involving Critical Technologies/Infrastructure or Sensitive Data Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
11
2022
The Second U.S. NFT Property Is Ready To be Auctioned Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
27
2014
Connecticut Broadens Exemptions to Law Limiting Credit Checks Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
21
2021
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