Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Three CFTC commissioners won’t have to leave Washington, D.C., bound for Chicago to appear in federal court over claims they allegedly violated a federal judge’s ...

RELEASE Number 8062-19 October 24, 2019   CFTC Charges Upstream Energy Services with Acting as an Unregistered Futures Commission Merchant Washington, DC – The U.S. ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) is seeking comment on a proposed amendment to the margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers ...

A dictionary defines “comity” as a “friendly social atmosphere” and the Oct. 16 meeting of the CFTC met that definition although a hint of hostility ...

Revised no-action position with respect to uncleared swaps with the European Stability Mechanism under Commission Regulations 23.150-159, 23.161.

Revised no-action relief for the European Stability Mechanism from the swap clearing requirement in Section 2(h)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission Regulations 50.2 ...

RELEASE Number 8053-19 October 16, 2019   CFTC Charges Nevada Company and its Owner in $11 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud and Misappropriation Scheme Federal Court Issues ...

RELEASE Number 8052-19 October 15, 2019   Federal Court Orders Managed Fund and CEO to Pay More Than $17.2 Million in a Commodities Fraud Scheme ...

A unique donnybrook is playing out in federal court that pits a federal judge against the CFTC over claims the Commission violated the judge’s confidentiality ...

Prospective customers lured by disseminating fraudulent marketing materials