The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut ordered a former precious metals trader to pay a civil monetary penalty for placing orders with the intention of canceling them prior to execution.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York determined that the CFTC failed to prove that a Chicago trader and his firm had either manipulated or attempted to manipulate the price of certain interest rate swaps.
A U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. from allegations that they conspired to stop the CFTC from approving the application of a competing exchange.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York acquitted three foreign exchange traders on charges of conspiracy to manipulate benchmark currency rates after a jury determination.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that cryptocurrencies fall within the definition of a "commodity" under the Commodity Exchange Act.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered two Ireland-based companies that operate an online "prediction market" trading website to pay a $3 million penalty for violating a 2005 cease and desist order and illegally trading binary options.
A former Venezuelan official pled guilty to conspiracy in an international money laundering scheme involving U.S.-based companies and a Venezuelan state-owned oil company.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Analisa Torres, dismissed the CFTC's argument that it did not prove the intent to create an artificial price in order for it to establish a manipulation claim against an investment firm and the firm's CEO.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara sent a letter to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists asking for information that could assist in a new criminal investigation concerning "matters to which the 'Panama Papers' are relevant."
District Judge Paul Friedman of the D.C. District Court (the "Court") issued a long-awaited opinion in the ongoing lawsuit filed by SIFMA, ISDA and the Institute of International Bankers (the "Associations") against the CFTC's Cross-Border Guidance. The Associations filed the lawsuit on December 4...
After the CFTC's continuing back-and-forth with SIFMA, ISDA and the Institute of International Bankers (the "Associations"), the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the CFTC's motion to file a supplemental declaration and two exhibits in the Cross-Border Guidance Case...
In response to the June 23, 2014 order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the "Court"), the CFTC, as well as SIFMA, ISDA and the Institute of International Bankers (the "Associations"), submitted supplemental briefs to the Court regarding (i) shareholder standing and (ii)...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the "Court") requested supplemental briefs from SIFMA, ISDA, the Institution of International Bankers ("Associations") and the CFTC regarding (i) shareholder standing and (ii) interpretive rules in the lawsuit against the CFTC's Cross-Border...
In a development in the lawsuit brought by SIFMA, ISDA and the Institution of International Bankers ("Associations") against the CFTC's Cross-Border Guidance, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ("Court") granted the motion for leave to file the amicus brief in support of...
District Judge Paul Friedman of the D.C. District Court issued a long-awaited opinion in the ongoing lawsuit filed by SIFMA, ISDA, and the Institute of International Bankers (the "Associations") against the CFTC Cross-Border Guidance. The Associations filed the lawsuit on December 4, 2013, seeking...
