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The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

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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Feb
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2023
California Prepares to Add New Student Loan Servicing Regulations Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Sep
5
2023
Catching Up With the Times—IRS Issues Guidance Delaying Required Roth Catch-up Contributions Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Nov
22
2017
Does ISS’ Voting Recommendations Reflect Analysis Or Consensus? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jan
30
2019
Investment Services Regulatory Update: January 2019 Vedder Price
Dec
21
2020
2021: A New Year, the Same Fear: Why Companies Should Expect a Wave of PPP Investigations K&L Gates
Oct
21
2022
What's Up With WhatsApp? Regulators Recently Fine Firms $1.8 Billion in Aggregate for "Off-Channel" Communications Katten
May
2
2023
U.S. Executive Branch Update – May 2, 2023 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Aug
13
2012
Unregistered Broker-Dealers: Risky Business for EB-5 Developers Mintz
Sep
20
2018
New FCRA Form for Pre-Employment Background Checks Starts Sept. 21 Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
12
2016
UK Financial Services and Not-for-Profit Firms Should Consider New PPF Proposals on Insolvency Risk Scorecards Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Sep
15
2019
German Government Publishes Proposed Law for Proprietary Trading Firms Katten
Jul
25
2013
Department of Labor (DOL) Extends Deadline for Providing Annual Comparative Chart of Investment Alternatives in Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans Dickinson Wright PLLC
Oct
2
2014
Re-Proposal of DOL Fiduciary Advice Regulation Faegre Drinker
Apr
26
2017
Designation of Hundreds of Syrians Provides Insight into OFAC and Reminder of Screening Expectations Holland & Hart LLP
May
24
2018
Did The Last Viking Sell Securities? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
10
2019
What Game Companies Need to Know About FinCEN’s Updated Guidance on Virtual Currency Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
26
2020
COVID-19 – Return of the MAC, or Breathing Space? Katten
Jan
8
2020
Finally SECURE: Opportunities in the 2019 SECURE Act for Plan Sponsors McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
29
2022
T-Mobile to Pay $500 Million to Settle Claims Related to 2021 Breach Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jul
8
2023
The Recovering Executive Compensation from Unaccountable Practices (RECOUP) Act Voted out Of Senate Banking Committee Vedder Price
Sep
7
2023
IRS Provides 2-year Grace Period For Roth Catch-up Contribution Requirement Under Secure 2.0 Hill Ward Henderson
May
13
2015
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ERISA Stock Drop Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
26
2015
DC Circuit Court Rejects Challenge to SEC Pay-to-Play Rule Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
27
2017
CFTC Annual Enforcement Update Bracewell LLP
Feb
1
2019
Expansion of Regulation A to Reporting Companies: Increased Alternatives Now Available to Public Companies Seeking to Raise Capital or for Mergers and Acquisitions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
12
2020
A Virtual Discussion Series | Part I: Labor, Employment and OSHA Developments and Strategies for Companies and PE Investors Navigating COVID-19 Hurdles Wiggin and Dana LLP
Feb
28
2022
The US, UK, and EU Impose a Series of New Targeted and Territorial Russia-Related Sanctions Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Oct
24
2022
SEC Reopens Comment Periods Due to Technical Glitch Nelson Mullins
 

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