In this issue:

- District Court Rejects Challenge to SEC Conflict Minerals Rule

- Mandatory Clearing of iTraxx CDS Indices for Category 2 Entities Began July 25

- CFTC Issues Extension of Time-Limited No-Action Relief to Cooperatives

- Order for Insider Trader to Pay $10.2 Million in Restitution to Morgan Stanley Affirmed

- Sixth Circuit Reaffirms Class Certification in Light of Amgen and Comcast

- Excerpt from: Order for Insider Trader to Pay $10.2 Million in Restitution to Morgan Stanley Affirmed:

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the lower court’s order directing Joseph Skowron III, a convicted insider trader and former portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley, to pay his former employer $10.2 million in restitution.