Roadmaps and Summaries on the key provisions and regulatory rulemakings impacting energy traders can be found below for each relevant title:
News and Legal Alerts
Coming Changes for Derivatives Users
July 6, 2011 Reprinted with permission Law 360
Derivatives Documentation for Energy End Users
June 6, 2011 Reprinted with permission Law360
Legal Alert: CFTC Extends Most, But Not All, Proposed Rule Comment Periods; Lawmakers Propose Extension of Title VII's Deadline
May 6, 2011
Legal Alert: U.S. Treasury Secretary Proposes to Exempt FX Swaps and FX Forwards from Dodd-Frank's "Swap" Definition
April 29, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Key Rulemakings that Complete the "Mosaic" of Proposed Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 28, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Seek Public Input on the Timetable for Effective Dates of Final Rules to Implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
April 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Proposed Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps Could Significantly Increase the Costs Associated with Over-the-Counter Swap Transactions and May Apply to Some End-Users
April 13, 2011
Dodd-Frank's Eye on Energy Cos.' Use of Derivatives
April 7, 2011 Reprinted with permission Law360
Legal Alert: Chairman Gensler Outlines Timeline for Finalizing and Implementing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Dodd-Frank Rulemakings
March 18, 2011
Legal Alert: Comments Sought on Proposed Interpretive Order on Disruptive Practices Due May 17
March 18, 2011
Dodd-Frank Title VII Update: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
10 Important Issues Facing Derivatives Users
February 23, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Rules to Continue to Allow Agricultural Swaps and Commodity Options and to Supplement Previously Proposed Swap Documentation Requirements
January 21, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Two Additional Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act at Its First Open Meeting of 2011
January 14, 2011
Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Rulemakings—End-User Update
January 7, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Sixth Series of Proposed Rules Under Dodd-Frank Including Rules to Further Define Swap Entities
December 2, 2010
'Dodd-Frank' is next storm to weather for energy companies
October 4-8, 2010 Reprinted with permission Houston Business Journal
Secretary of the Treasury Seeks Input on Whether Foreign Exchange Swaps and Foreign Exchange Forwards Should Be Regulated as Swaps Under Dodd-Frank
October 29, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC to Create a Position Reporting System for Certain Physical Commodity Swaps
October 21, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Solicits Comments on How the Trading of Agricultural Swaps Should Be Governed
October 20, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Interim Final Rule With Respect to Reporting Requirements for Pre-Enactment Swaps
October 5, 2010
Legal Alert: Dodd-Frank Act Creates Significant Changes in Bankruptcy Law Affecting Derivatives and Other Trading Counterparties
September 22, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC and CFTC Request Comments on Significant Defined Terms in Title VII of Dodd-Frank
September 14, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC and SEC Accepting Comments on Dodd-Frank Rulemaking
August 19, 2010
Platts Energy Week 8.15.10 - Regulating Wall Street
August 15, 2010
Legal Alert: Final Version of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Establishes New Landscape - Critical Details Left to Regulators
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Position Limits for Major Energy Commodities
January 14, 2010
Past Events
Argus Americas Crude Summit 2011 - Presentation: The US Regulatory Landscape
January 27, 2011
Argus Oil Market Regulation Summit 2010
September 1, 2010
"Margin of Safety?" The Implications of the Dodd-Frank Credit Requirements for Derivatives on Energy Businesses and Trading
August 18, 2010
Webinar: Impact of the Financial Reform Legislation on Oil and Oil Trading Companies
July 28, 2010
Contacts
| Jacob Dweck |
202.383.0775 |
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| Catherine M. Krupka |
202.383.0248 |
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| Chad E. Mills |
713.470.6167 |
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| Peter H. Rodgers |
202.383.0883 |
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| Paul B. Turner |
713.470.6105 |
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Other Resources
Legislative Benchmarks
November 19, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, markup, The Senate Banking Committee, on the Dodd bill entitled, "The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009." For additional details, click here.
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Roadmaps
As various Title sections are updated, an asterisk(*) next to a Title will note changes in certain Key Provisions and Regulations in the Roadmap. Within each Roadmap Title, the section most recently updated is highlighted in yellow.
Title II - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings
Title IV - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings
*Title VII - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings
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