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Duane Morris Partner Sheila Slocum Hollis to Speak at American Conference Institute's Third National Forum on Energy Trading Compliance
September 22, 2009 | Houston
| JW Marriott
Duane Morris partner Sheila Slocum Hollis will be a speaker at the American Conference Institute's 3rd National Forum on Energy Trading Compliance, to be held on September 22-23, 2009, at the JW Marriott in Houston. Ms. Hollis' will speak on "Self-Reporting: Making the Right Call to Mitigate Civil Penalties."
About the Conference
Energy trading compliance is more critical now than ever, as the regulators ramp up scrutiny and enforcement efforts and a new administration comes in with clear intentions to continue and increase stringent regulation and enforcement in energy trading. 2008 saw a large increase in market manipulation investigations opened by FERC – from 12 in 2007 to 20 in 2008 – and self-reporting incidents more than doubled in the same time frame. Meanwhile, the CFTC is operating under enhanced civil penalty authority for market manipulation, the FTC is moving forward with exercising anti-manipulation authority in the oilpatch, settlements in the amount of $20 million were announced early this year – all in all, unprecedented activity on the regulatory and compliance fronts.
With increased oversight and enforcement actions, larger penalties, recent litigation over alleged non-compliance, and multiple regulators, ensuring your company’s compliance program covers all the bases has never been more essential.
ACI’s 3rd Annual Energy Trading Compliance Conference will provide you with an intensive, advanced-level forum where you can meet with other energy firms, traders and their advisors on the front lines and get the practical information and tools you need to manage increasingly difficult compliance challenges in a time of uncertainty and rapid change. Attend and gain critical information on:
- Factors FERC will consider to determine an alleged market violation
- Steps to take to identify and prioritize your compliance obligations regarding standards of conduct and affiliate abuse
- FERC’s Second Policy Statement (2008): ensuring your compliance program measures up to their indicia for effective compliance programs
- Running a thorough internal investigation while keeping costs down
- Cooperating with an audit or investigation where both FERC and CFTC are involved
- Balancing the risks of self-reporting against likelihood of reduced penalties
Who Should Attend
- Corporate Counsel
- Regulatory Counsel
- Trading Counsel
- Chief Compliance Officers
- FERC Compliance Officers/Managers
- Compliance Executives
- Directors of Regulatory Affairs
- Directors of Risk Management
- Energy Industry Analysts
Attorneys Specializing in:
- Energy Regulation & Legislation
- FERC & CFTC Compliance & Enforcement
- Energy Derivatives/Energy Trading
For more information or to register online, please visit the American Conference Institute website.
