Publications

• Columbia Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses the State of the LIBOR Transition
  11 August 2021
  Columbia Blue Sky Blog
  Ramya S. Tiller
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  Jeffrey E. Ross
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  Paul D. Brusiloff
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• The Current State of the LIBOR Transition: A Mid-Year Overview
  9 August 2021
  Michael Bolotin
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  Paul D. Brusiloff
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  Jeff Robins
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  Ramya S. Tiller
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Joshua M. Samit
• CFTC and NFA Provide Relief to Swap Dealers and Other Derivatives Intermediaries in Response to COVID-19
  20 March 2020
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Jeff Robins
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Adopts Final Set of Rules to Start the Clock for Registration of Security-Based Swap Dealers
  8 January 2020
  Jeff Robins
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Gary E. Murphy
• Transitioning from LIBOR—Some Key Considerations
  14 November 2019
  Michael Bolotin
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  Jeff Robins
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  Jeffrey E. Ross
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  Sunil William Savkar
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  Ramya S. Tiller
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Joshua M. Samit
• EMIR Refit Regulation – Impact on Asset Managers
  13 May 2019
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Jeff Robins
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  Patricia Volhard
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  John Young
• U.S. Resolution Stay Regulations and the ISDA 2018 U.S. Resolution Stay Protocol
  26 October 2018
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Jeff Robins
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Chairman Publishes White Paper: Swaps Regulation Version 2.0
  31 May 2018
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC’s Proposed Interpretation of “Actual Delivery” for Virtual Currencies and its Potential Consequences to the Industry
  23 February 2018
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• EU Developments in Uncleared Derivatives Margin Rules
  28 February 2017
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Banking Agencies’ Guidance on Compliance Date for Uncleared Swap Margin Rules
  24 February 2017
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC No-Action Letters on Uncleared Swap Margin Rules
  15 February 2017
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Recent Notable CFTC and SEC Actions Relating to Swaps and Security-Based Swaps
  5 December 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Proposes Rules on Cross-Border Application of Registration Thresholds and External Business Conduct Standards
  3 November 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final SEC Rules on Business Conduct Standards for Security-Based Swap Dealers and Major Security-Based Swap Participants
  8 August 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Adopts Final Cross-Border Margin Rules for Non-Cleared Swaps
  30 June 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Final Cross-Border Rules on "Arranging, Negotiating, or Executing" Security-Based Swaps and the De Minimis Exception
  24 February 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Proposes Rules Providing an Alternative to Fingerprinting for Foreign Natural Persons
  8 January 2016
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Adopts Margin Rules for Non-Cleared Swaps
  30 December 2015
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Further Extension of Temporary No-Action Relief for Inter-Affiliate Swaps
  20 November 2015
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Bank Agencies Adopt Margin and Capital Rules for Non-Cleared Derivatives
  2 November 2015
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• In Two Recent Orders, CFTC Holds that Bitcoins Are Commodities
  5 October 2015
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Final Rules on Registration of Security-Based Swap Entities and Proposed Rules on Statutorily Disqualified Associated Persons
  21 September 2015
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Amendments To U.S. Bank Capital and Other Rules To Address the Global Implementation of Special Resolution Regimes For Banks
  23 December 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Amends No-Action Relief from Swap Clearing Requirement for Certain Treasury Affiliates
  5 December 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Interpretation on Notification and Reporting Obligations of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants for Uncleared Swaps Margin
  20 November 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Extends Temporary No-Action Relief for Swaps Between Eligible Affiliate Counterparties
  12 November 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses SEC’s Proposed Rule on Security-Based Swap Notes
  17 October 2014
  The CLS Blue Sky Blog: Columbia Law School’s Blog On Corporations And The Capital Markets
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Excludes Certain Swaps with Utility Special Entities from Swap Dealer De Minimis Calculation
  3 October 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Proposed Rule for Treatment of Certain Communications of Security-Based Swap Quotes
  23 September 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Bank Prudential Regulators Seek New Comments on Proposed Capital and Margin Rules for Non-Cleared Swaps and Security-Based Swaps
  15 September 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Final Rules on Cross-Border Application of Security-Based Swap Entity Definitions and Other Related Topics
  3 July 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Debevoise Discusses Temporary No-Action Relief for Swaps between Eligible Affiliate Counterparties
  21 March 2014
  The CLS Blue Sky Blog: Columbia Law School’s Blog On Corporations And The Capital Markets
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Temporary No-Action Relief for Swaps between Eligible Affiliate Counterparties
  10 March 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Recent CFTC Actions Relating to Mandatory Exchange-trading of Swaps
  27 February 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC No-Action Relief and Request for Comment for Transaction-Level Requirements of Non-U.S. Swap Dealers
  9 January 2014
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Comparability Determinations and No-Action Relief for Certain Foreign Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
  24 December 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Mandatory Exchange-Trading for Swaps
  12 December 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final CFTC Rules on Protection of Collateral for Uncleared Swaps and Cleared Swap Account in Bankruptcy‬
  8 November 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CTFC Issues Multiple No-Action Letters on Reporting and Business Conduct Rules
  September 2013
  Financial Fraud Law Report
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Cross-Border Guidance, Temporary Exemptive Order and No-Action Letters
  24 July 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Issues Multiple No-Action Letters on Reporting and Business Conduct Rules
  3 July 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• No-Action Relief from Clearing Requirement for Swaps Entered into by Certain Treasury Affiliates
  7 June 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Notice Regarding the Effective Date of the CFTC Clearing Exemption for Swaps Between Certain Affiliated Entities
  7 June 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• SEC Proposed Cross-Border Rules and Guidance on Security-Based Swap Activities
  31 May 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• No-Action Relief for End-Users from Certain Swaps Reporting Requirements
  11 April 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final CFTC Rules on Clearing Exemption for Swaps between Certain Affiliated Entities
  4 April 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Recent Developments Regarding CICI Requirements and Looming Deadlines for Compliance by End-Users of Swaps
  22 March 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Victoria G. J. Brown
• CFTC Extends Registration Relief and Grants Additional Relief for Certain Persons
  31 January 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Relief for Foreign-Owned U.S. Banks in Respect of Foreign Affiliates’ Swap Activities
  31 January 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Further Guidance and Order with Respect to Cross-Border Application of CFTC Swap Regulation
  16 January 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• No-Action Relief for Compression Exercise Swaps and Compo Equity Swaps
  7 January 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Three No-Action Letters on Swap Reporting Obligations
  7 January 2013
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Relief from Obligation to Provide Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark for Certain Forex Transactions
  21 December 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Relief from Regulation 23.22(b) In respect of Certain Associated Persons
  21 December 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Temporary No-Action Relief for Bespoke Or Complex Swaps from Certain Reporting Requirements
  21 December 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Temporary No-Action Relief from Reporting Deadline for Swaps Subject to Post-Trade Allocations
  21 December 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Defers Compliance Dates for Many Business Conduct Rules for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
  19 December 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• More Relief for Swap Dealers From Certain Swap Reporting Requirements and Political Contribution Prohibition
  29 November 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Treasury Secretary Exempts Certain Foreign Exchange Swaps and Forwards from the Swap Definition
  20 November 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Dodd-Frank Act Compliance Checklist for Swap End-Users
  13 November 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Temporary Relief to Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants From Certain Recordkeeping Requirements
  31 October 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Issues Interpretations and No-Action Relief Regarding Eligible Contract Participant
  22 October 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Grants Temporary Relief From Inclusion of Certain Transactions in Determining SD, MSP, CPO or CTA Status
  19 October 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Grants Registration Relief for Certain Persons and Other Relief for Certain Associated Persons
  17 October 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Registration Deadlines Clarified For Swap Dealers And Major Swap Participants; Update On Deferral Of Certain Compliance Dates
  6 September 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Proposes Clearing Exemption for Swaps Between Certain Affiliated Entities
  28 August 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Swap Participants to get Temporary Legal Entity Identifiers from DTCC-SWIFT
  28 August 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Final Rules on End-User Exception and Proposed Rules on Cooperative Exception from Swap Clearing
  19 July 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Finalizes Extension and Modification to Previously Issued Exemptive Relief from Swap Regulations
  5 July 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Issues Proposed Guidance on the Cross-Border Application of the Commodity Exchange Act to Swap Transactions
  3 July 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Apply for Your Legal Entity Identifier and Keep Your Swap Data: CFTC Issues Final Rules for Data Recordkeeping and Reporting for Historical Swaps
  15 June 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC and SEC Release Joint Final Rule on Key Entity Definitions in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
  8 June 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Proposes Extension and Modification to Previously Issued Exemptive Relief from Swap Regulations
  14 May 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final Rules for Clearing Documentation, Timing of Acceptance for Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk Management
  5 April 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final CFTC Rules on Business Conduct Standards for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants
  21 February 2012
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Final CFTC Rule on Position Limits
  6 December 2011
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• CFTC Proposes Amendments to Temporary Exemptive Relief
  3 November 2011
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• The Phases of Regulations: The CFTC Proposes Implementation Schedules for Clearing, Trade Execution, Trading Documentation and Margin Requirements
  19 September 2011
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Calm Before the Storm - CFTC Proposes Temporary Exemptive Relief
  17 June 2011
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• Release of Proposed Rules on Swap Capital and Margin Requirements Under Title VII of The Dodd-Frank Act
  28 April 2011
  Satish M. Kini
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 5, Number 4, April 2011
  Satish M. Kini
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Nicholas F. Potter
• A Defining Moment: SEC and CFTC Release Joint Proposed Rule on Key Definitions in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act
  28 December 2010
  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Interim Final Rules for Swaps Reporting
  15 October 2010
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 4, Number 7, July 2010
  Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Nicholas F. Potter
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
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  Lawrence K. Cagney
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  Alan H. Paley
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  Kenneth J. Berman
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  Paul L. Lee
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  Gregory J. Lyons
• The Financial Institutions Report
  Volume 3, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2009
  Paul L. Lee
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  Gregory V. Gooding
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  Alexander R. Cochran
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  Wolcott B. Dunham, Jr.
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  Thomas M. Kelly
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  Stuart Hammer
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Financial Regulatory Reform: Implications for Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments
  19 June 2009
  Kenneth J. Berman
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Emilie T. Hsu
• Increased Regulation of OTC Derivatives
  15 May 2009
  Byungkwon Lim
  ,
  Emilie T. Hsu