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Commodities Futures Trading Commission Attorney-Client Privilege

The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission was created in 1974 to regulate commodity futures and option markets. The Commission’s mission is to protect market participants and the public from... more +
The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission was created in 1974 to regulate commodity futures and option markets. The Commission’s mission is to protect market participants and the public from fraud, abuse, and systemic risk associated with derivatives subject to the Commodities Exchange Act. In 2010, as a result of the Frank-Dodd Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection, the Commission’s role was expanded to include drafting rules for regulating the swaps marketplace. less -
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CFTC Releases Enforcement Manual in Hopes of Increasing Transparency

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Intending to bring greater transparency to the operation of its enforcement program, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Enforcement (the Division) recently, for the first time, made...more

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Beware of What Happens to the Attorney-Client Privilege When Your Company is Sold

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In Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n v. Weintraub, the United States Supreme Court noted that: When control of a corporation passes to new management, the authority to assert and waive the corporation’s attorney-client...more

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