Professor Greenberger's Written Comments on CFTC Proposed Rules
Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform &
Consumer Protection Act
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Brandy L. Bruyere, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and Americans for Financial Reform, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Comment on the CFTC's recent actions regarding the cross-border application of certain swaps regulations, (February 6, 2013) available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Brandy L. Bruyere, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and Americans for Financial Reform, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission Acceptance of Public Submissions Regarding the Study of Stable Value Contracts, (November 1, 2012) available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and Brandy Bruyere, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection, Comment Request: Further Definition of “Swap,” “Security-Based Swap,” and “Security-Based Swap Agreement”; Mixed Swaps; Security-Based Swap Agreement Recordkeeping: Book-out Agreement Confirmation, (October 15, 2012), available here.
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Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, George Waddington, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security and Public Citizen's Congress Watch, to Chairman Spencer Bachus, Financial Services Committee, Request for Public Input on Volcker Rule Alternative, (September 7th, 2012), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, George Waddington, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security and Public Citizen's Congress Watch, to David A. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Proposed Guidance on Cross-Border Application of Certain Swaps Provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (August 27, 2012), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, George Waddington, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security and Public Citizen's Congress Watch, to David A. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Exemptive Order Regarding Compliance with Certain Swap Regulations (August 13, 2012), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger to David Stawick, Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, entitled International Swaps Regulation Mandated by Dodd-Frank (September 26, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Jung Lee, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security and Americans for Financial Reform, to John Walsh, Acting Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Gary K. Van Meter, Acting Director, Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit Administration, Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (July 11, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Jung Lee, Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Health and Homeland Security and Americans for Financial Reform, to David A. Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Capital Requirements of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants and Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (July 11, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and Americans for Financial Reform, to Mary J. Miller, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Office of Financial Institutions Policy, Department of the Treasury, Determination of Foreign Exchange Swaps and Forwards under the Commodity Exchange Act (June 6, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Swap Trading Relationship Documentation Requirements for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (April 9, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Options and Agricultural Swaps (April 4, 2011), available here.
Michael Greenberger unpublished paper, Will the CFTC Defy Congress's Mandate to Stop Excessive Speculation in Commodity Markets and Aid and Abet Hyperinflation in World Food and Energy Prices: Analysis of the CFTC's Proposed Rules on Speculative Position Limits (April, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Position Limits for Derivatives (March 28, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Risk Management Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations (March 22, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to Elizabeth Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Trading Commission, Further Definition of “Swap Dealer,” “Security-Based Swap Dealer,” “Major Swap Participant,” “Major Security-Based Swap Participant,” and “Eligible Contract Participant” (February 22, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, End-User Exception to Mandatory Clearing of Swaps, RIN 3038-AD10 (February 22, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and Americans for Financial Reform, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC RIN 3038–AC20; Swap Data Repositories (February 22, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection, Consumer Federation of America, Lisa Donner, Executive Director, Americans for Financial Reform, and Damon Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business Conduct Standards For Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants With Counterparties, RIN number 3038—AD25 (February 22, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Implementation of Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures by Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (January 24, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Regulations Establishing and Governing the Duties of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (January 24, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Process for Review of Swaps for Mandatory Clearing (January 3, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Prohibition of Market Manipulation (January 3, 2011), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ICE Trust U.S. LLC – Application for Registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization Pursuant to Section 5b of the Commodity Exchange Act and Part 39 of the Regulations of the Commission (December 17, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Financial Resources Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organization (December 13, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to Mary J. Miller, Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Office of Financial Institutions Policy, Department of the Treasury, Determination of Foreign Exchange Swaps and Forwards (November 29, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Agricultural Commodity Definition (November 26, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Requirements for Derivatives Clearing Organizations, Designated Contract Markets, and Swap Execution Facilities Regarding the Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest (November 17, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to Timothy Geithner, Secretary, Department of the Treasury, Chairman, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Public Input for the Study Regarding the Implementation of the Prohibitions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Relationships with Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (November 5, 2010), available here.
Comment Letter by Michael Greenberger, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, to David Stawick, Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Definitions Contained in Title VII of Dodd-Frank Act, File No. S7-16-1 (September 20, 2010), available here.
