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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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Jun 4 2020	Court Affirms Default Judgment Against A Foreign Corporate Fiduciary Because Service Was Proper Under The Texas Estates Code	Winstead
Jul 9 2023	The EU and the UK Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding on Regulatory Cooperation	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jun 10 2011	Credit Union Study of Swipe Costs Adds Confusion to Debit Fee Battle	Center for Public Integrity
May 14 2014	Commingling and Personal Piggy Bank Leads to Summary Judgment on Veil Piercing Claims	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug 20 2019	The Tax Man Cometh: IRS Issues Sends Letters to Over 10,000 Taxpayers with Cryptocurrency Transactions Without Providing Anticipated Guidance	Polsinelli PC
Dec 13 2016	UK's Alternative Investment Market Rules Social Media	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan 10 2019	Implications of the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Prohibition For Consumer Financial Services Providers [PODCAST]	Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr 23 2019	UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Laws May Extend to Private Landlords	Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan 7 2021	A NEW YEAR’S TALE OF CAUTION – OFAC Settlement Highlights Risks for Those Dealing in Digital Currencies	Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr 14 2016	Massachusetts Federal Court: Current Structuring May Not Shield Private Equity Firms from ERISA Liabilities	Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
May 8 2018	New DOL FAB Further Delays Enforcement of Fiduciary Rule, But Does Not Undo The Rule In Its Entirety	Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug 29 2018	SEC Consumer Advocates Launch Misguided Preemptive Attack on Arbitration Clauses	Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar 20 2020	The SEC Reacts to COVID-19	Jackson Lewis P.C.
Sep 1 2021	Following Hurricane Ida, Louisiana Department of Revenue Grants Automatic Filing and Payment Extensions for Tax Returns and Payments with Original or Extended Due Dates on August 31, 2021	Jones Walker LLP
Nov 6 2013	The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), October 28, 2013 - November 1, 2013	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Apr 30 2015	SEC Answers Money Market Reform Questions	Faegre Drinker
Dec 14 2015	First Circuit Overturns SEC Ruling in Flannery v. SEC	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Aug 1 2017	The Congressional Agenda for August	Covington & Burling LLP
Jan 19 2018	Washington Legislature Introduces Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act	McDermott Will & Emery
Jul 19 2021	Federal Agencies Request Comments on Risk Management Guidance for Third-Party Relationships	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar 2 2022	New U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Belarus in Response to the Ukraine Invasion Impose New Compliance Responsibilities	Foley & Lardner LLP
Mar 27 2024	Commerce’s Updated Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Regs Bring Pros and Cons	Blank Rome LLP
Dec 29 2014	Second Circuit Holds RMBS-issued (Residential Mortgage-backed Securities) Certificates Are Exempt from the Trust Indenture Act (TIA)	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug 13 2015	Don’t Be Caught Dead Handed: Avoiding Legal Challenges to Dead Hand Proxy Puts in Loan Agreements	McDermott Will & Emery
Jun 5 2020	New PPP Legislation Improves Borrower Flexibility – Senate Committee Insists on Disclosure of PPP Recipients and Related Data	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May 6 2022	Feds Giddy Up on FinTech: SEC Adds 20 Positions to Cryptocurrency Unit	Nelson Mullins
Feb 8 2023	Scope 3 To Be Or Not To Be? That Is The ESG Question	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun 17 2011	More Teeth For The Tender Rule	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

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