Exclusive Jurisdiction

REGULATORY: D.C. Regulatory: FERC Investigations in the Wake of D.C. Circuit’s Hunter Ruling

by King & Spalding on 4/15/2013

On March 15, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) a major setback in its enforcement efforts by ruling that FERC had encroached on the exclusive jurisdiction of the...more

D.C. Circuit Rules That CFTC – Not FERC – Has Authority To Regulate Futures Trades

by Pamela Anderson, Glenn Benson, Nidhi Thakar | Perkins Coie on 3/20/2013

On March 15, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over natural gas futures contracts and that the Federal...more

FERC Lacks Authority Over Commodity Futures Contracts

by George Billinson, Mark Haskell, Brett Snyder, Pamela C. Tsang | Morgan Lewis on 3/20/2013

The D.C. Circuit clarifies that FERC may prohibit manipulative trading only in markets outside of the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction over commodity futures contracts. On March 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more

DC Circuit Tells FERC That CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Manipulation In Futures Markets Even If It Impacts FERC Markets

by Robert Fallon | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 3/20/2013

On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over...more

Malpractice Cases Against Patent Lawyers Stay in State Court, as Supreme Court Continues to Refine Reach of Grable

by Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/22/2013

In the course of deciding that malpractice cases against patent lawyers belong in state courts (when there is no diversity of citizenship), the United States Supreme Court has issued an important ruling on the scope of...more

Supreme Court Holds That Patent Legal Malpractice Claims Do Not “Arise Under” The Patent Laws and May Be Heard in State Court

by Monte Cooper, Elizabeth Howard, Scott Lonardo | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 20, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a decision addressing the critical question of where plaintiffs can or must sue when their claims implicate patent law but are not traditional patent law claims. See Gunn v....more

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