Michael Brooks
Bracewell LLP
Articles
Takeaways from the FERC and CFTC Annual Enforcement Reports for Energy Companies
USA - November 26 2018 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) each issued their annual enforcement reports last…
Regulators to Review Market Design and Reliability Following 2021 Polar Vortex
USA - February 18 2021 Over Presidents’ Day weekend 2021, an unprecedented cold weather event hit the Midwest and South central United States. The storm led to…
Stephen J. Hug, Craig Jones, Catherine P. McCarthy, Taylor Stuart
Monthly futures exchange issuance report: June 2015
USA - July 2 2015 CME Group has released a Webinar on Block Trades summarizing the regulatory requirements in relation to block trades in eligible CME, CBOT, NYMEX…
Electricity Transmission Provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
USA - November 18 2021 On Monday, November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and JOBS Act (the “Act”), commonly referred…
Stephen J. Hug, Rachael Novier Marsh, Catherine P. McCarthy, Boris Shkuta
The CFTC and Virtual Currencies: Amidst All the Hype, Don’t Forget “Commodity” is still a Defined Term
USA - April 13 2018 The Internet recently erupted with news reports and law firm legal alerts broadcasting the endorsement by a federal court of the Commodity Futures…
