Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted the supply of many commodities. Prices of a number of commodities increased substantially from December 2021 to March 2022: crude oil prices and wheat prices increased by more than...more
6/15/2022
/ CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Derivatives ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Futures ,
Margin Requirements ,
Market Volatility ,
Military Conflict ,
Russia ,
Supply Chain ,
Trading Suspension ,
Ukraine
The Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") in recent years have worked closely together to target companies and individuals for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and other...more
In an effort to pursue unlawful trading in the derivatives markets, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") have in recent years engaged in unprecedented levels of...more
4/29/2021
/ Analytics ,
CFTC ,
Civil Liability ,
Commodities ,
Commodities Traders ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Cooperation ,
Criminal Liability ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Derivatives ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Market Manipulation ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Spoofing