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Financial Services Section

The financial services section covers breaking news in financial-services law and regulation. The service tracks litigation involving banks, thrifts, insurance companies, brokers, dealers, investment companies, trusts, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity investors and securities exchanges, among others. In addition, the section alerts readers to changes in financial-services regulation and emerging legislation.

Who reads it?

  • Financial-services lawyers
  • Corporate counsel
  • Compliance officers
  • Enforcement officials
  • Policy makers
  • Industry associations

What do we cover?

  • All U.S. federal litigation involving banks, thrifts, insurance companies, brokers, dealers, investment companies, trusts, mutual funds, hedge funds, private equity investors and securities exchanges, among others
  • Antitrust and competition issues
  • Employment-related issues
  • Intellectual property issues
  • Compliance with securities laws
  • Corporate governance
  • Privacy issues
  • Consumer litigation and class actions
  • Bankruptcies
  • Financial-services regulation
  • Bills introduced, marked up in committee, or passed in Congress
  • Personnel moves at law firms and legal departments
  • Profiles of financial-services practices
  • Conferences, reports and studies

What are our sources?

  • All new financial-services lawsuits brought in U.S. federal courts
  • All docket activity in major U.S. district courts
  • All docket activity in multidistrict employment litigation
  • Corporate press releases, including those announcing major settlements
  • Corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Financial-services laws introduced, marked up or passed in Congress
  • Enforcement activities by government agencies