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Have Your Say and Win! Complete Our 2013 Annual Conference Survey

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Cadwalader

Location? Timing? Topics? Your feedback is critical to our programming. Help us create an informative program by completing our survey! One respondent will be randomly selected to win a $25 gift card.

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Final Rule – Final Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance With Certain Swap Regulations

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Cadwalader

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is adopting regulations to further implement new provisions enacted by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: 17 CFR Chapter I Final Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance With Certain Swap … Continue reading →

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Final Rule – Registration of Intermediaries

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Cadwalader

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is adopting regulations to to further implement new statutory provisions enacted by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: 17 CFR Part 3 Registration of Intermediaries View more rules … Continue reading →

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Final Rule – Further Definition of “Swap”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Cadwalader

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities Exchange Commission are jointly adopting the following rule and interpretations under the Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’) to further define the terms ‘‘swap,’’ ‘‘security-based … Continue reading →

Posted in CFTC, Commodity Trading, Dodd-Frank, Oil & Gas, Power, Regulation, Uncategorized

Northeast Heat Wave Causing Stress on NYISO, Activating Demand-Response Program

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Cadwalader

Due to the current heat wave in the Northeast, stress on the NYISO system is running high. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York’s power grid operator, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), activated demand-response programs in … Continue reading →

Posted in Power, Regulation, Uncategorized

EPA Proposes CO2 Emissions Standards for New Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Generators

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cadwalader

By  Gregory Lawrence, Athena Eastwood, Joseph Williams and Tory Lauterbach On March 27, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) submitted for publication in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking that would set standards of performance for CO2 gas emissions for … Continue reading →

Posted in Emissions, EPA, Power, Regulation, Uncategorized

Final Rule – Swap Dealer and Major Swap Participant Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Duties Rules; FCM and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Rules; and CCO Rules for Swap Dealers, Major Swap Participants, and FCMs

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cadwalader

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has published the following final rule to implement certain provisions of Title VII and Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: 17 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 23 Swap … Continue reading →

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Lawrence and Healey Release Best Practices on FERC Enforcement and Regulatory Considerations for Investments

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Cadwalader

On February 10, Cadwalader co-hosted the Martindale-Hubbell® Counsel to CounselSM Forum on Energy/Renewable Energy: Managing Energy from FERC to the EPA. Following the informative roundtable discussion, Gregory Lawrence and Terence Healey released the articles presented at the forum, which cover … Continue reading →

Posted in Enforcement and Investigations, Events, FERC, Regulation, Uncategorized

Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Strategies: A Big Stick, Rarely Used

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Cadwalader

Cadwalader partners John Rapisardi, Lary Stromfeld, Doug Mintz, Terence Workman and Tim Brown have authored “Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Strategies: A Big Stick, Rarely Used,” a chapter excerpt from Inside the Minds: Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Strategies, a Thomson Reuters/Aspatore publication. This excerpt focuses on … Continue reading →

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MiFID on Client Categorisation and Transactions with ‘Eligible Counterparties’ – and – Organised Trading Facilities

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Cadwalader

By Doron Ezickson, Nick Shiren, Alix Prentice, Adam Topping, and Ramona Simms This is the fourth in our series of briefings on MiFID and MiFIR. In this alert, we describe the proposed changes to the current client classification regime, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Commodity Trading, MiFID, MiFIR, Regulation, Uncategorized