Securities Regulation & Law Report Index-Summary

OFFICERS

OIL AND GAS

– Amaranth, settlement re wholesale natural gas market manipulation rejected by FERC, 319
– Commodity forward agreements may be exempt from bankruptcy trustee avoidance powers (4th Cir.), 318
– Exchange traded fund under CFTC probe for trading in crude oil, 430
– Extraction projects, investor may proceed with fraud and contract breach claims (Del. Ch.), 627
– FCPA

– – Iraq, firms settle claims re Oil for Food kickbacks (D.D.C.), 10
– – Nigeria, Halliburton settles charges re bribes, 157; record fines to be paid (S.D. Tex.), 256; employees of subsidiary indicted, 403

– Fraudulent offerings, receiver named in SEC suit (N.D. Tex.), 19
– Host country health and environment report, Chevron may not omit proposal (SEC No-Action Letter), 684
– IPO, claim against services company for material misrepresentation may go forward (S.D. Tex.), 165
– Leases, '34 Act claim re misstatements and omissions reinstated (5th Cir), 345
– Ponzi scheme, firm sentenced and restitution ordered (S.D. Ill.), 867
– Reserves reporting, SEC approves rules to modernize, 5
– Shareholder looting, presuit demand on board conceded director independence, claims dismissed (Del. Ch.), 884
– Speculation, state utility commissioners cite as reason for 2008 price spike in fuel, 320
– Subsidiary, no causation in misrepresentation claims against energy company re spin-off, summary judgment affirmed (10th Cir.), 291

OPTIONS

– Best execution, nonspecific SEC report is insufficient to support claim (2d Cir.), 408

OVER THE COUNTER MARKET

– Derivatives, first ever global decline in second half of 2008, 988
– Disclosure and operations, key players meet to discuss improvement measures, 600
– Futures trading, legislative attention on speculation, OTC clearing, 128
– Regulation, Group of Thirty report recommends legislation, 108
– Settlement and clearing, Peterson (D-Minn) circulating bill outline to mandate designated clearing, 95; new draft to allow some uncleared OTC trades and outlaw naked swaps, 179; Peterson insists CFTC is best choice for OTC derivatives clearing, 230; industry representatives support goals of potential legislation but disagree on tactics, 232; standardization and netting are two benefits, SEC official tells conferees, 261; MFA urges CDS clearing, declines to extend mandate to all OTC products, 270; Geithner outlines plans to regulate in congressional hearing, 545; further developments, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 977
– UK, FSA recommends tougher regulation and supervision of cross-border institutions, 509