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The anti-deprivation principle and an Atlantic divide

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 23 2009

Structured finance transactions frequently subordinate a swap counterparty’s rights to termination payments upon termination of a swap by reason of counterparty default

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

FSA and CFTC announce energy market co-operation

  • Dentons
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 28 2009

FSA and CFTC have announced plans to strengthen their co-operation in energy market supervision

Whisleblowers granted bounties and protection from SEC and CFTC in US financial reform law

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 21 2010

With the signing of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law this week, the US government quietly introduced two parallel whisleblower programs that will provide powerful financial incentives for individuals to report suspected securities or commodities trading violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC

US financial regulatory reform and UK pension funds

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 19 2010

New US legislation could weaken protections for money market funds in which UK pension funds invest

Enforceability of subordination provisions in synthetic CDOs a Lehman perspective

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 3 2010

On January 25, 2010, the U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Peck struck down a provision that used the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“LBHI”) to trigger subordination of a Lehman subsidiary’s swap claim against a securitization vehicle in the United Kingdom

ISDA publishes Best Practices for OTC Derivatives Collateral Process

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 2 2010

On June 30, ISDA published Best Practices for the OTC Derivatives Collateral Process

High Court interprets Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 22 2010

Yesterday, the High Court gave its judgment in the case of Lomas and others v JFB Firth Rixson, Inc and others upon application by the Joint Administrators of Lehman Brothers International Europe ("LBIE") for directions as to the construction and effect of five interest rate swap agreements ("Swaps") to which LBIE is a party

FSA and CFTC announce regulatory cooperation in surveillance of oil markets

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 21 2009

On August 20, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced an agreement designed to strengthen cross-border supervision of the energy futures markets

International regulatory update

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union, Germany, Global, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 4 2011

The FSA has published a document setting out its initial thinking on how the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is expected to be established by end-2012, will approach the delivery of its objectives