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CFTC Extends Exemptions of RTO Energy Products to Bar Private Rights of Action

The CFTC quelled a controversy that had emerged regarding its proposed exemption of certain specified energy products transacted in Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) by doing a “180” on its proposals that otherwise...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Likely Will Not Move Forward on Controversial Proposal to Allow Private Claims for Fraud and Market Manipulation in...

In May 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed an amendment to a 2013 order concerning regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) organized electric markets that...more

Morgan Lewis

CFTC Proposes to Allow Private Lawsuits for Transactions in RTOs and ISOs

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The proposal could create uncertainty for market participants and raise jurisdictional questions about which regulator should police power markets....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFTC Proposal to Open FERC-Regulated Power Markets to Private Lawsuits Could Have Profound Implications for all Organized...

On May 10, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed to amend a 2013 order (the “RTO-ISO Order”) to allow for private lawsuits to be brought in connection with conduct in organized wholesale electricity...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - May 2016 #3

Controller of FCM Named in CFTC Complaint, Along with Firm, for Failure to Timely Notify Commission of Segregation Breach: Cunningham Commodities, LLC, a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures...more

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CFTC Proposal Invites Private Litigation of RTO Market Manipulation Theories

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With its proposed order issued earlier this week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) may be making an already complicated landscape governing energy market manipulation even more so. The proposed order (CFTC...more

Perkins Coie

Financial Services Bulletin: Action At The CFTC, SEC, And Fed

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On Thursday, March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") approved a final order that exempts certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric...more

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