The Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case challenging the scope of the CFTC's anti-fraud authority.

A registered futures commission merchant settled CFTC charges for failing to supervise accounts and for missing "indications" that an introducing broker was defrauding customers.

The CFTC approved a proposal to amend Part 38 of the CFTC Rules to include electronic trading "Risk Principles," and withdrew its proposed Regulation Automated Trading.

By a unanimous vote, the CFTC adopted a rule prohibiting "post-trade name give-up" at swap execution facilities.

The CFTC voted unanimously to adopt amendments to the exception from clearing for swaps between affiliates, in effect codifying previously existing no-action relief.

The CFTC proposed changing the compliance date for "Phase Six" of initial margin requirements to September 1, 2022.

The Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, OCC, SEC and CFTC adopted amendments to the Volcker Rule "covered funds" provisions.

CFTC interpretive guidance concerning the term "actual delivery" for virtual currency retail transactions was published in the Federal Register.

The CFTC adopted amendments to an NFA registration form for "associated persons of a registrant, floor broker, or floor trader, or to be listed as a principal of a registrant."

A swap dealer settled a CFTC enforcement action relating to swap data reporting violations.

NFA and the Alternative Investment Management Association reacted to a CFTC proposal to modify the collection of data from certain registered CPOs.

The CFTC awarded approximately $6 million to an individual whistleblower for information provided in connection with a CFTC action.

The CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight extended relief previously provided to registrants due to compliance challenges caused by COVID-19.

A retail foreign exchange dealer settled CFTC charges for registration and supervisory violations concerning the handling of non-eligible contract participant customer accounts.

The CFTC unanimously approved a final rule amendment to prevent certain bad actors from seeking exemptions from registration as CPOs.

A CFTC Market Risk Advisory Subcommittee considered Central Counterparty Clearing House-proposed plans "for the transition of discounting and price alignment interest for certain products to the secured overnight financing rate."

CFTC Division of Enforcement Director James M. McDonald urged regulated entities to heed recently published Civil Monetary Penalty Guidance.

The CFTC proposed amending the conditions under which non-U.S. CPOs qualify for exemption from registration.

The CFTC voted to adopt an interim final rule to delay the implementation of "Phase Five" initial margin requirements for uncleared derivatives from September 1, 2020 to September 1, 2021.

The CFTC highlighted the risks of investing in commodity exchange-traded products or funds.

The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee considered subcommittee recommendations for improving the scoping and implementation of initial margin requirements for uncleared swaps.

Several industry associations provided commentary on a CFTC proposal to apply federal speculative position limits to 25 "core referenced futures contracts," including futures and options linked to those contracts and economically equivalent swaps.

The CFTC Division of Enforcement "set forth" guidance for staff to consider when recommending civil monetary penalties in an enforcement action. The guidance will be included in the CFTC Enforcement Manual.

The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight issued no-action relief for swaps margin and reporting requirements related to the sale of EU-listed warrants.

The CFTC final rule to make technical corrections to data privacy rules was published in the Federal Register.