JONES DAY TALKS®: CFTC and DOJ Target Derivatives Trading Across Industries
FERC: A Discussion on its Mission, Market Manipulation Investigations, and Common Violations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced last week that it has obtained another admission from a trader of violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations ...more
The TMA is now consulting on technical refinements to the HONIA, the proposed alternative reference rate to the HIBOR. Key Points: ..In July 2014, the FSB issued recommendations on reforming interest rate benchmarks,...more
US “Domestic” RICO Violation Alleged Where Scheme “Directed to or from the US” - Dennis v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, November 28, 2018....more
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharm is prepping for a possible bankruptcy filing “as it seeks to contain liability from hundreds of lawsuits alleging it fueled the nation’s opioid epidemic.” Officially, the company went on the...more
Qatar and ExxonMobil are teaming up on a $10 billion natural gas investment plan in Texas and America’s growing status as an LNG exporting power....more
RBS has agreed to pay $85 million to the CFTC to resolve allegations that its traders “manipulated the ISDAfix benchmark rate over a period of five years to benefit the bank’s derivatives positions”....more