On July 25, 2019, the Ninth Circuit reinstated the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) lawsuit in CFTC v. Monex Credit Co.,1 interpreting the CFTC’s Dodd-Frank enforcement authority under Commodity Exchange Act...more
7/31/2019
/ Administrative Authority ,
Appeals ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Commodity Futures Contracts ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fraud ,
Price Manipulation ,
Reversal ,
Swaps
The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging, among other claims, that a large number of entities and individuals in the market for producing, refining and...more
7/7/2017
/ Antitrust Violations ,
CFTC ,
Class Action ,
CME NYMEX ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Derivatives ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
International Litigation ,
Market Manipulation ,
Morrison v National Australia Bank ,
Oil & Gas ,
Price Manipulation ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Violations ,
Sherman Act
The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a class action lawsuit alleging that Total, S.A., Total Gas & Power North America, Inc., and Total Gas & Power Limited (collectively, “Total”)...more
4/19/2017
/ Actual Injuries ,
CFTC ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Class Action ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Disgorgement ,
Dismissals ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FERC ,
Fraud ,
Market Manipulation ,
Monopolization ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Pleading Standards ,
Price Manipulation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sherman Act ,
Standing