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
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CFTC Publishes Proposed Guidance on Futures Exchanges’ Listings of Voluntary Carbon Credits
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CFTC Proposes Amendments to Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps
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CFTC Finalizes New Cross-Border Swap Rules, but How Much Has Changed?
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CFTC Proposes Comprehensive Revision of FCM and DCO Insolvency Rules
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Cross-Border 3.0? CFTC Proposes Revision and Codification of Cross-Border Swaps Guidance
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Additional Verification Required: CFTC Proposes Enhanced Swap Data Verification Requirements
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The CFTC and Prudential Regulators Grant Relief in Preparation for Brexit
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CFTC Adopts Loan-Related Swap Exclusion from De Minimis Exception
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CFTC Issues Non-Cleared Swap Margin Comparability Determinations for Australia and Japan
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CFTC Finalizes Amendments to Streamline Uncleared Swap Segregation Rules
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NFA Amends Interpretive Notice Regarding Cybersecurity Programs
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Swaps Trading 2.0: CFTC Proposes Long-Awaited SEF Rule Overhaul
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CFTC Adopts Permanent $8 Billion Swap Dealer De Minimis Threshold
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CFTC Amends Chief Compliance Officer Duties and Annual Report Requirements
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CFTC Proposes to Streamline Uncleared Swap Segregation Rules
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CFTC Proposes Amendments to Swap Dealer De Minimis Exception
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Recent CFTC Enforcement Actions: Spoofing and Virtual Currency Task Forces