Cadwalader attorneys reviewed a proposal by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that would increase capital costs associated with certain types of physical commodity activities and could expose financial holding companies to material environmental liabilities (e.g., trading in gas and oil products or other substances deemed to be hazardous under state or federal law). The proposal also would impose general limitations on the powers of financial holding companies relating to commodities activities.
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