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CFTC announces energy market initiatives and investigation

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 30 2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced several initiatives to enhance its surveillance of energy futures markets. Among the initiatives announced, the CFTC, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and London-based ICE Futures Europe (IFE) have agreed to expanded information sharing with respect to the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures contracts traded on both IFE and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX

UK Bribery Act makes business a bit slippery for oil & gas industry

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • January 3 2011

On November 4, 2010, U.S.-based Panalpina, Inc. (and its parent Panalpina World Transport Holding Ltd.) (Panalpina), a Swiss freight forwarding company, along with six other companies in the oil & gas industry, settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the FCPA) charges with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC

Trends in FCPA and international anti-corruption enforcement

  • Jones Day
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  • Global, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 27 2011

Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) reached unprecedented levels in 2010, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) levied double the financial penalties imposed in 2009

Anticorruption compliance & Foreign Corrupt Practices Act alert

  • Squire Sanders
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 19 2011

The UK Bribery Act is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2011, and according to a recent study by Ernst & Young, it will hit the oil and gas industry the hardest

Iranian sanctions update

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 22 2011

The publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran has prompted a fresh round of sanctions against Iran

US, UK, Canada announce new and expanded Iran sanctions increasing risks to persons conducting business with Iran

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Canada, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 23 2011

On November 21, the US Government, along with the United Kingdom and Canada, announced significantly expanded energy-related sanctions against Iran

The UK’s response to the Deepwater Horizon spill

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • October 4 2011

In the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill many oil companies expected governments around the world to strengthen and tighten the rules applying to deepwater operations within their territorial waters

The United States, United Kingdom and Canada impose new sanctions on Iran

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • Canada, Iran, United Kingdom, USA
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  • November 29 2011

On November 20 and 21, 2011, the United States, United Kingdom and Canada announced coordinated sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran in response to the recently released International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report detailing Iran's continued development of its nuclear weapons program

CMS shale gas update UK, Algeria, USA, Poland, Canada, China and Ukraine

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • Algeria, Canada, China, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 23 2012

On 17 April 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published an independent expert’s report recommending measures to mitigate the risks of seismic tremors from hydraulic fracturing - and is inviting public comment on its recommendations

Shale gas: update on fracking in the UK and the USA

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 24 2012

Independent advisors appointed by DECC have published a report confirming that Cuadrilla Resource's fracking operations caused earth tremors in Lancashire and recommending a precautionary approach to future operations