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CFTC announces measure to proide legal certainity to regulated institutions in lieu of finalized rules by the July deadline

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 3 2011

On June 2nd, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler announced that the agency will be issuing a preventative measure to protect derivatives users from legal issues and uncertainty before the July 16th deadline to enforce certain Dodd-Frank requirements

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - July 15 2011

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 15 2011

It was another week of alphabet soup, ending with the news that Congress is going to take up the CCB to appease conservatives who see a vote on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution as the only way to deal with impending crack in the debt ceiling, which is now less than two weeks away

Financial services legislative and regulatory update - July 22 2011

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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July 22 2011

With less than two weeks to go before the U.S. debt ceiling is penetrated, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) abruptly announced that he was pulling out of his seemingly positive negotiations with President Obama

CFTC sets tentative date to issue measure on derivatives end users

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 10 2011

On June 9th, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler announced that the agency will likely issue a proposal by June 14th that will shield the “harmless” users of the derivatives market from negative legal consequences and uncertainty associated with implementation of Dodd-Frank

New attacks on commodity “speculation” on the horizon

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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June 10 2011

With continued volatility in the commodity markets, and the impact of that volatility on the price of oil, it should be little surprise that various governmental bodies are taking aim at speculators

House committee passes bill to delay Dodd-Frank CFTC rulemaking

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 6 2011

On Wednesday, the House Agriculture Committee marked-up Rep. Frank Lucas’ bill to “facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption” (H.R. 1573

Analysis indicates Dodd-Frank rulemaking deadlines will be missed more frequently

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 6 2011

A recent analysis of Dodd-Frank rulemakings indicates that missed deadlines will be increasingly common

Concerns continue to grow with the CTFCSEC proposed swap rules

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 6 2011

There continues to be a growing concern in the industry about the proposed regulation to govern the swap markets

Gensler tells PE firms that derivatives regs will impact them

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 13 2011

CFTC Chair Gary Gensler spoke at the International Finance Corporation's annual conference on Wednesday, and told an audience of private equity fund managers that derivatives regulations will impact them because companies in which they invest use derivatives to hedge against risk (even if the PE funds do not directly invest in derivatives

CFTC commissioner, New York delegation skeptical of proposed swap rules

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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May 20 2011

Recently, CFTC Commissioner Scott O'Malia criticized aspects of several CFTC Dodd-Frank rulemakings