News & Analysis as of

Natural Gas Commodities Futures Trading Commission Futures

Morgan Lewis

Texas Blackouts Show Vulnerabilities of Electric Grid; Federal and State Investigations Announced

Morgan Lewis on

After severe winter weather forced Texas into experiencing power outages and rolling blackouts, there will likely be resulting federal and state investigations into the outages, federal investigations into commodity and...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

Another Guilty Plea in Insider Trading Case Under CFTC’s Anti-Manipulation Rule

A natural gas trader pleaded guilty in federal district court last week to conspiring to commit commodities fraud and wire fraud in an insider trading scheme over natural gas futures. His co-conspirator had pleaded guilty...more

Hogan Lovells

Energy and metals companies and funds beware: Your trading positions may be "limited"

Hogan Lovells on

On 30 January 2020 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved on a 3-2 vote proposed rules addressing position limits on speculative derivatives (Position Limits Proposal). The Position Limits Proposal has a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Court Rules FERC Does Not Have Authority to Fine Trader for Manipulation of Futures Contracts

Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fined a natural gas trader $30 million for manipulating the settlement price for natural gas futures contracts on the New York...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

DC Circuit Tells FERC That CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Manipulation In Futures Markets Even If It Impacts FERC Markets

On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FERC Lacks Authority To Regulate Natural Gas Futures Contracts, D.C. Circuit Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decided today that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has exclusive jurisdiction over all transactions involving commodity futures contracts and that the Federal...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide