Swap Agreements

ECP Guarantor Provisions In Corporate Credit Agreements

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 4/30/2013

Many corporate credit agreements are supported by subsidiary guarantees. Those guarantees often include not only the guaranty of the obligations under the credit agreement but also any related swap agreements. The CFTC has...more

Reminder Regarding April 10 Deadline for Identifying Number Registration by Some Swap End-Users

by Nicholas Bentley, Len Weiser-Varon | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 4/10/2013

This is a reminder that tomorrow, April 10, 2013, is the deadline for parties to certain swap agreements to obtain a CICI identifying number. The April 10 deadline applies to any party who entered into a swap after April 25,...more

Supreme Court Raises The Bar For Class Actions

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/28/2013

Today the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a pivotal decision, holding that as a prerequisite for certification of a class action, a plaintiff must introduce admissible evidence to show that the case is susceptible to awarding...more

"Supreme Court Reverses Massive Antitrust Class Action Against Comcast"

by Brian Baggetta, John Beisner, Jessica Miller, Michael Scudder | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/28/2013

On March 27, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, reversed a sprawling class action encompassing more than 2 million current and former Comcast subscribers who alleged violations of federal antitrust laws. See...more

Burr Alert: CFTC Issues New Guidelines Concerning Eligibility Of Swap Guarantors

by Adam Sonenshine | Burr & Forman on 3/21/2013

In secured lending transactions, lenders frequently allow, and even require, borrowers to enter into swap agreements and other financial derivatives to hedge against different business risks, including fluctuations in...more

Legal Alert: DOL Resolves Important ERISA Issues About Cleared Swap Transactions

by Margaret C. Barker, James M. Cain, Adam Cohen, Warren N. Davis, Carol McClarnon, Jamey Medlin, Alice Murtos, Joanna Myers, Vanessa Scott, W. Mark Smith, William Walderman, Carol Weiser | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 2/14/2013

In Advisory Opinion 2013-01A (February 7, 2013), the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an important advisory opinion addressing the treatment under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), of...more

Dodd-Frank Rules Clarify Relief from Swap Regulation for Certain Energy, Emission and Other Commodity Swaps

by Eileen Bannon, Stephen J. Humes, Richard B. Stephens | Holland & Knight LLP on 9/5/2012

As a general matter, commodity swaps and options on commodities, whether or not physically settled, are subject to regulation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank"). This is because...more

What Every End-User Needs to Know About the ISDA August 2012 Dodd-Frank Protocol

by Eileen Bannon | Holland & Knight LLP on 8/3/2012

Prior to October 15, 2012, all counterparties under existing ISDA Master Agreements or other swap agreements with swap dealers will be required to supplement such swap agreements so that the swap dealers can comply with...more

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