Brian J. Morris
Counsel
Brian J. Morris’s practice focuses on U.S. securities, commodities and derivatives regulation, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
He regularly advises banks, trade associations, broker-dealers, exchanges, electronic trading platforms, clearinghouses and corporate end users on a variety of transactional, enforcement and financial regulatory matters, including securities and derivatives market structure and implementation of and compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act. Brian is also a contributor to U.S. Regulation of the International Securities and Derivatives Markets (Wolters Kluwer, 2014).
Brian joined the firm in 2009 and became counsel in 2023.
Selected Activities
trigger- Faculty; Financial Institutions, Markets, and Transactions Training Series; 2022-2023
- Member, Law Review, Brooklyn Law School
Publications
Elections Betting Pays Off, For Now: Implications for Future Event Contracts
CFTC Publishes Proposed Guidance on Futures Exchanges’ Listings of Voluntary Carbon Credits
CFTC Proposes Amendments to Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps
CFTC Finalizes New Cross-Border Swap Rules, but How Much Has Changed?
CFTC Proposes Comprehensive Revision of FCM and DCO Insolvency Rules
Cross-Border 3.0? CFTC Proposes Revision and Codification of Cross-Border Swaps Guidance
Additional Verification Required: CFTC Proposes Enhanced Swap Data Verification Requirements
The CFTC and Prudential Regulators Grant Relief in Preparation for Brexit
CFTC Adopts Loan-Related Swap Exclusion from De Minimis Exception
CFTC Issues Non-Cleared Swap Margin Comparability Determinations for Australia and Japan
CFTC Finalizes Amendments to Streamline Uncleared Swap Segregation Rules
NFA Amends Interpretive Notice Regarding Cybersecurity Programs
Swaps Trading 2.0: CFTC Proposes Long-Awaited SEF Rule Overhaul
CFTC Adopts Permanent $8 Billion Swap Dealer De Minimis Threshold
CFTC Amends Chief Compliance Officer Duties and Annual Report Requirements
CFTC Proposes to Streamline Uncleared Swap Segregation Rules
CFTC Proposes Amendments to Swap Dealer De Minimis Exception
Recent CFTC Enforcement Actions: Spoofing and Virtual Currency Task Forces