A Roadmap for the derivatives markets on the key provisions and regulatory rulemakings of Title VII is attached here.
News and Legal Alerts
2012 Dodd-Frank Crossword Puzzle Answer Key
May 8, 2012
Legal Alert: Assignment of the Times: New Tax Rules Respond to Concerns Regarding Assignment of Derivative Contracts Required by Dodd-Frank
July 25, 2011
Legal Alert: CFTC Issues Final Order to Provide Temporary Relief from Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act Slated to Become Effective on July 16, 2011 and Releases Agenda for Upcoming Meetings
July 15, 2011
Coming Changes for Derivatives Users
July 6, 2011 Reprinted with permission Law360
Legal Alert: SEC Proposes Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants
June 30. 2011
Derivatives Documentation for Energy End Users
June 6, 2011 Reprinted with permission Law360
Dodd-Frank Crossword Puzzle
May 9, 2011
Dodd-Frank Crossword Answer Key
May 9, 2011
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
Legal Alert: Financial Reform Legislation Amends Section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code to Provide Greater Certainty with Respect to the Tax Treatment of Swaps, Caps, Floors, and Similar Agreement
July 21, 2010
Legal Alert: Final Version of Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Establishes New Landscape - Critical Details Left to Regulators
June 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Senate Financial Reform Bill Containing Approved Amendments Released; Members of Conference Committee Named
May 27, 2010
Legal Alert: Senate Passes Financial Regulatory Bill – Dramatic Changes to Derivatives Regulation a Certainty
May 24, 2010
Legal Alert: Lehman Brothers Ruling Calls into Question Enforceability of Cross-Affiliate Netting in Bankruptcy
May 18, 2010
Legal Alert: Derivatives Market Awaits Senate Agriculture Committee Bill After Dodd Bill Includes Few Changes
April 7, 2010
Legal Alert: SEC Staff Evaluating the Use of Derivatives by Funds
March 26, 2010
Legal Alert: CFTC Proposes Position Limits for Major Energy Commodities
January 14, 2010
Legal Alert: Derivatives Legislation Update: House Passes Bill; Senate Bill a Work in Progress
January 7, 2010
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Proposes OTC Derivatives Bill
August 14, 2009
Legal Alert: Impact of Financial Regulatory Reform on the Insurance Industry: Proposed Legislation to Implement the Regulatory Reform White Paper
August 5, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Supports More Regulation and Restructuring of OTC Derivatives Markets
June 24, 2009
Legal Alert: Banking: Financial Regulatory Reform - A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation
June 23, 2009
Legal Alert: Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act
May 6, 2009
Legal Alert: Obama Administration Releases Plan for Regulating Derivatives
May 14, 2009
Legal Alert: Derivatives Regulation Update
February 9, 2009
Legal Alert: President’s Working Group Announces Initiatives to Strengthen OTC Derivatives Oversight and Infrastructure
November 19, 2008
Legal Alert: Moving Forward with the “Bailout” – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Becomes Law
October 3, 2008
Legal Alert: Progress on the “Bailout” Proposal – The Senate Passes an Expanded Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
October 2, 2008
Legal Alert: The Evolving “Bailout” Proposal – Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
September 29, 2008
Legal Alert: New York Moves to Place Covered Credit Default Swaps under State Insurance Regulation; SEC Asks Congress for Immediate Authority over Credit Default Swaps
September 24, 2008
Legal Alert: Sutherland Forms Regulatory Reform Task Force
June 12, 2008
Legal Alert: CFTC Amends Commission Recordkeeping Rule with Goal of Improving Market Oversight
October 30, 2007
Legal Alert: Court Determines Commodity Supply Contract Is Not Swap Agreement Under Bankruptcy Code
August 14, 2007
Past Events
Webinar: The Dodd-Frank Act - Back to Basics for End Users
June 7, 2011
Argus Americas Crude Summit 2011 - Presentation: The US Regulatory Landscape
January 27, 2011
Title VII of Dodd-Frank: The New Derivatives Regime
January 21, 2011
Argus Oil Market Regulation Summit 2010
September 1, 2010
Central Clearing of Interest Rate Swaps
June 15, 2010
Central Clearing – Questions and Answers from the Buy-Side Perspective
April 15, 2010
OTC Credit Risk in the Post-Bear Stearns World
February 3, 2009
Webinar: Counterparty Rights in the Lehman Bankruptcy
October 23, 2008
Webinar: Examining Strategies and Best Practices for Managing Counterparty Risk
August 12, 2008
Contacts
| James M. Cain |
202.383.0180 |
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| Catherine M. Krupka |
202.383.0248 |
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| David T. McIndoe |
202.383.0920 |
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| R. Michael Sweeney, Jr. |
202.383.0921 |
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| Paul B. Turner |
713.470.6105 |
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| Warren N. Davis |
202.383.0133 |
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| William H. Hope II |
404.853.8103 |
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| Meltem F. Kodaman |
202.383.0674 |
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| Mark D. Sherrill |
202.383.0360 |
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| Ann M. Battle |
202.383.0842 |
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| Doyle Campbell |
212.389.5073 |
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| Meghan R. Gruebner |
202.383.0933 |
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| Alexander S. Holtan |
202.383.0926 |
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| Raymond R. Ramirez |
202.383.0868 |
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Other Resources
CFTC Proposed Rules
SEC Proposed Rules
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.
October 14, 2009
Regulatory Reform, markup, The House Financial Services Committee, on four bills: the OTC Derivatives Markets Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, an amendment to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and an amendment to the Truth in Lending Act. For additional details, click here.
October 7, 2009:
Derivatives, hearing, The House Financial Services Committee, "Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivative Market: Limiting Risk and Ensuring Fairness." 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 VII - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings
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