At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business...more
2/28/2024
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The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), significantly expanded the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC” or “Commission”) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation statutory...more
2/7/2024
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Gary Gensler served as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”)from May 26, 2009 to January 3, 2014. He presided over the CFTC during the period that followed the 2008 financial crisis and led the CFTC...more