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NERA Vice President Dr. Sharon Brown-Hruska, a former Commissioner and Acting Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and Charles R. Mills, Partner at K&L Gates and former CFTC attorney, led an EUCI webinar on 15 February 2013 on the CFTC's new and complex swap rules and anti-manipulation rules governing trading of energy swaps, forwards, and spot transactions. Specifically, the webinar addressed new liberalized elements of CFTC anti-manipulation rule 180.1 and disruptive trading practices, as well as certain measures that can strengthen internal compliance programs. Dr. Brown-Hruska and Mr. Mills provided their insights on a number of topics, including: essential elements of energy compliance programs that address the new CFTC rules; issues raised by the new CFTC Disruptive Trading Practices prohibitions; the need for enhanced protocols in communicating with regulators and exchange surveillance staff; how to avoid charges against end users for abuse of swap clearing exemption; understanding the developing and liberalized CFTC and US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concepts of manipulation; prohibitions against trading on unlawfully obtained material non-public information; and screens for detecting problematic trading.