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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Swaps Enforcement Update: Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants

While the initial swap dealer enforcement actions brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) focused on swap data reporting failures, recent enforcement efforts have focused on compliance with business conduct...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Clarifies Meaning of ‘Actual Delivery’ in Margined, Leveraged or Financed Retail Transactions in Virtual Currencies

On March 24, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) voted unanimously to adopt an interpretation of the term “actual delivery” with respect to retail virtual currency transactions (2020 Guidance)....more

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission - 2019 in Review: CFTC 2019 Enforcement and Regulatory Developments and a Look Forward

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In 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) experienced significant changes in leadership, including the appointment of Dr. Heath P. Tarbert as the Commission’s 14th Chairman. The Division of...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - June 2015 #4

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Regulatory Developments - Client Alert: SEC Proposes Pay for Performance Rules: Goodwin Procter’s Capital Markets practice has issued a Client Alert on the SEC’s proposed rule that would require most public...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - June 2015 #3

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Regulatory Developments - CFTC Provides No-Action Relief from Introducing Broker and Commodity Trading Advisor Registration to Non-U.S. Persons Who Advise on or Facilitate Swaps Transactions for Certain International...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume X, Issue 10

In This Issue: - NYSE Amends "Late Filer Rule" - CFTC Responds to District Court's Remand Order on Certain Cross-Border Swaps Rules - Delaware Chancery Court Addresses Proper Purpose for Inspection Demand...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The SEC Commissioners Speak: Part I

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The SEC Speaks conference has traditionally been a forum in which the agency reviewed significant recent undertakings and indicated its future direction. This year was no different. Four of the five Commissioners addressed...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission resolved its actions against the PRC based affiliates of five major accounting firms for failure to produce audit work papers. The settlement contains a series of procedures designed to facilitate production in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2014 Insider Trading Annual Review

Overview of Insider Training Law - “Insider trading” is an ambiguous and overinclusive term. Trading by insiders includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version occurs when certain corporate insiders –...more

Burr & Forman

Dodd-Frank News: October 2014: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Update

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In This Issue: - RECENT CASES .. Mortgage Servicing Rules .. Antiretaliation Provision ..Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation ..CFPB Involvement in Litigation - IN THE...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - September 2014

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In This Issue: The CFTC provided long-awaited exemptive relief for commodity pool operators that wish to offer their funds in private offerings using general solicitation under Rule 506(c) of the SEC’s Regulation D. ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 17

In this issue: - Proposed Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law and Courts and Judicial Procedure Law - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues New C&DIs Relating to Social Media Use - FINRA...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FERC Case Could Affect Agency's Jurisdiction over Natural Gas Markets

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The outcome of the Brian Hunter v. FERC case, which was argued today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, will help determine the scope of FERC's authority over the gas markets and the scope of FERC's...more

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