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LabCFTC Educates the Public on Digital Assets
December.22.2020
The Primer is an educational tool of LabCFTC that lays out a foundation in digital assets and the CFTC’s framework for regulating it.
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CFTC: Virtual Currency Creates Real Segregation Risks
November.09.2020
Virtual currency presents risks to futures commission merchants (FCMs) when deposited by futures customers or cleared swaps customers to margin ...
Derivatives in Review
Prudential Regulators Amend Swap Margin Rules
by Nikiforos Mathews and Jonas Robison
July.09.2020
On July 1, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance ...
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The Transition From LIBOR: A Report at the Halfway Mark
by Nikiforos Mathews
November.21.2019
This article, published by the American Bar Association, was authored by Orrick lawyers Howard Altarescu, Nikiforos Mathews, and Andrew Morris.
Derivatives in Review
ISDA Publishes Additional IBOR Consultations
by Nikiforos Mathews
June.24.2019
On May 16, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) published two consultations in connection with the potential ...
Derivatives in Review
SA-CCR Proposal Receives Forceful Public Comments
by Nikiforos Mathews and Jonas Robison
June.24.2019
On March 18, the extended comment period ended for the Standardized Approach for Calculating the Exposure Amount of Derivative Contracts (“SA-CCR”) ...
Derivatives in Review
ACIC Releases Model Provision for Swap Breakage
by Nikiforos Mathews
June.24.2019
On April 18, the American College of Investment Counsel (the “ACIC”) released a final version of its Model Form Make-Whole and Swap Breakage ...
Derivatives in Review
An End User’s Practical Guide to the QFC Stay Rules
by Thomas C. Mitchell, Jonas Robison and Nikiforos Mathews
February.28.2019
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance ...
Derivatives in Review
Smart Contracts That Violate the Commodity Exchange Act: What Parties Are Liable?
by Nikiforos Mathews and Jonas Robison
February.28.2019
In recent years, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has devoted significant resources to addressing how the requirements of the ...
Derivatives in Review
Getting Smarter: CFTC Publishes Smart Contracts Primer
by Jonas Robison
February.28.2019
An Orrick lawyer authored an article titled “Getting Smarter: CFTC Publishes Smart Contracts Primer,” addressing LabCFTC’s recently released ...
On the Chain
Blockvest II: Court Reverses Itself and Grants the SEC a Preliminary Injunction in the Face of Manifest Fraud
by Andrew Wallach
February.19.2019
As we previously discussed, the SEC suffered a rare defeat in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Blockvest, LLC et al. on November 27, when Judge ...
On the Chain
SEC and FINRA Confirm Digital Assets a 2019 Examination Priority
January.28.2019
Recently, the Staffs of the SEC and FINRA announced their annual examination and regulatory priorities: the SEC’s Office of Compliance, Inspections ...