Congressional Democrats expressed strong support for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule to prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses.

Energy Metro Desk Editor John Sodergreen discussed the CFTC's proposal to regulate automated trading, which was the subject of a recent hearing held by the House Agriculture Committee.

The CFTC issued two separate actions concerning the application of its swap rules in certain cross-border scenarios.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance took a no-action position under Exchange Act Rule 14e-1(a) in order to facilitate a business combination between AB InBev and SABMiller.

The CFTC settled charges against a futures commission merchant for failing to supervise the processing of customer fees for trading and clearing Chicago Mercantile Exchange products.