NFA amended its Code of Arbitration and Member Arbitration Rules to increase filing and hearing fees and provide additional flexibility for certain administrative procedures.
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The CFTC Division of Enforcement issued its first public Enforcement Manual to provide guidance for Division staff and those subject to Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.
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.
A proprietary trading firm filed a class action complaint accusing unknown traders of manipulating the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index.
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.