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The CFTC is Off to a Fast Start Under Acting Chairman Pham

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In a break from the typical acting agency chairman, Acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Chairman Caroline Pham has taken several significant actions, signaled several more, and set the agency on a path to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - CFTC Staff Withdraws Advisory on Swap Execution Facility Registration Requirement

On March 13, 2025, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued Letter 25-05, withdrawing controversial and much-criticized Staff Letter 21-19 (“SEF Registration Advisory”), which was issued September 29, 2021...more

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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – February 2025 # 3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: A Possible Roadmap to What's Ahead for the CFTC Under New Leadership

On January 20, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously elected Commissioner Caroline D. Pham as acting chairman. The Administration has not yet identified who will be nominated for the position of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

3rd Circuit Rules for Coinbase – Reasoned Analysis and Due Process Do Matter

On January 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled on Coinbase's Petition for Review of the SEC's Order denying Coinbase's Petition for Rulemaking requesting that the Commission promulgate rules...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A New Prologue for Crypto – A Practical Analysis and Proposal in the Name of Efficiency and Sound Regulatory Policy

"The United States, with its history of welcoming innovators, has a large reserve of good will. In a country that ever aspires to improve with time, people are hopeful that bad policy approaches can change. This hope is not...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFTC Efforts to Regulate Election Betting

As election season peaks, derivatives trading platforms are listing “election contracts,” which enable purchasers to bet fiat and crypto on the outcome of U.S. presidential and other elections. Election contracts are a type...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Significant Investment Adviser Regulatory Developments in 2024

Alongside the rapid pace of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking, the SEC and its Staff continue to shape regulatory obligations for investment advisers in 2024 through guidance, alerts, enforcement actions,...more

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Financial Regulation in a Post-Chevron World: What’s Next?

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The US Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce has raised questions regarding the future of financial services regulation, including by the US Securities and...more

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Delegation Dilemma: CFTC Rule Allows Staff to Circumvent Notice and Comment Rulemaking

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") published a final rule on April 30, 2024, altering how covered entities fulfill their large trader reporting obligations ("the LTR Rule") and granting CFTC staff significant...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Clarifying the Law on Transfers for Convenience: Insights from the Fifth Circuit’s Most Recent Mandamus Decision, In re Clarke

Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit granted a mandamus petition in In re Clarke, No. 24-50079, 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 5099 (5th Cir. Mar. 1, 2024), effectively reversing a Texas court’s decision to transfer an Administrative...more

Carlton Fields

Fifth Circuit Breaks From No-Action Pack: Becomes Better Bet for Letter Recipients?

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On July 21, 2023, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion asserting that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight likely acted arbitrarily and capriciously,...more

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Regulator Turf Battles & Twitter Sleuths - Takeaways from the insider trader tipping scheme against a former Coinbase Employee

On July 21, 2022, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced charges against three men in the "first ever cryptocurrency insider trader tipping scheme." The Indictment charged Ishan Wahi, a former...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

White House Memo Directs Federal Agencies To Issue Rules On Fairness In Administrative Enforcement And Adjudication

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On August 31, 2020, the White House issued a memo (the Memo) directing federal agencies to, among other things, “consider the principles of fairness in administrative enforcement and adjudication.”1 The Memo, issued by the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2020 Insights

Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

CFTC Unanimously Passes Final Rule Affecting Formulation, Amendment or Repeal of Commission’s Rules and Regulations

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On December 10, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a final rule eliminating the provisions of the Commission’s Regulations that established the formulation, amendment or repeal of its rules or...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Trump Administration: Potential Levers of Regulatory Change Affecting the Commodities Markets

Much has happened since the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States and the return of both houses of Congress to Republican control. The Trump transition team has repeatedly declared its...more

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Financial Services Weekly News - August 2015 #4

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Regulatory Developments - CFTC Issues Proposed Amendments to Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Cleared Swaps: On Aug. 19 the CFTC announced that it had voted to propose amendments to existing...more

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2015 Mid-Year Securities Litigation and Enforcement Highlights

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Welcome to the 2015 Mid-Year Report from the BakerHostetler Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Team. The purpose is to provide a periodic survey, apart from our team Executive Alerts, on matters we...more

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CFTC Faces Court Challenge to Cross-Border Guidance

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The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”), International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”), and Institute of International Bankers (“IIB”) filed a suit against the CFTC in the U.S. District...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Trade Associations File Lawsuit Over CFTC’s Cross-Border Guidance

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. and the Institute of International Bankers (collectively, Trade Associations) filed a complaint challenging...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - July 26, 2013

In this issue: - District Court Rejects Challenge to SEC Conflict Minerals Rule - Mandatory Clearing of iTraxx CDS Indices for Category 2 Entities Began July 25 - CFTC Issues Extension of Time-Limited...more

BakerHostetler

D.C. Circuit Court Upholds Dodd-Frank Inspired CFTC Regulations Subjecting Mutual Funds That Invest in Commodities to CFTC...

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In 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in response to Dodd-Frank, adopted new regulations to require mutual funds and other registered investment companies that exceed certain position levels in commodity...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Amendments to CFTC Rule 4.5 Affecting Advisers to Registered Investment Companies Upheld

On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court of Appeals) affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

DC Court of Appeals Upholds Amendments to CFTC Rule 4.5 Affecting Advisers to Registered Investment Companies

On Tuesday, June 25, 2013, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court of Appeals) affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of...more

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