Crypto & Politics: Insights from Former Congressman David McIntosh
Podcast - Cracking Down on Carbon Markets: CFTC and FTC Exercise Heightened Scrutiny
How Technology Has Transformed Today’s Agriculture Commodities Market
Risky Business: Effective Commodity Risk Management
A Discussion on Environmental Commodities with Bill Flederbach, President and CEO at ClimeCo
JONES DAY TALKS®: CFTC and DOJ Target Derivatives Trading Across Industries
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
Episode 3 - The Freeman Law Project - Cryptocurrency Regulation and Taxation: A Brief Primer
Regulation 2013: Dodd-Frank Position Limits, CFTC Reuthorization, Regulatory Harmonization
On Dec. 22, following Senate confirmation, Michael Selig began his tenure as the new chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Selig noted then he "welcome[s] the vital responsibility to oversee the stability...more
On September 17, 2025, the SEC issued an order approving new “generic” listing standards that are music to the ears of commodity-based exchange-traded products (ETPs), including those backed by crypto assets. Importantly, the...more
On December 19, 2025, the Market Participants Division (MPD) of the CFTC published CFTC Letter No. 25-50, issuing interim relief in response to a request from the Managed Funds Association....more
Crypto is an extraordinary growth market with profound implications for foreign investment in the United States. The current U.S. administration has made a clear, specific, and demonstrable commitment toward development of...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Order 2025 has been laid before the UK Parliament, accompanied by an explanatory memorandum. This follows the draft version laid in July. The...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision in In re Healy offers another data point in the ongoing challenge of patenting financial market innovations. Noah Healy's pro se appeal sought to overturn the...more
The CFTC is refocusing efforts to balance between commission oversight and delegated chair authority...more
On September 17, 2025, the SEC approved rule changes resulting in the creation of generic listing standards applicable to exchange traded products (ETPs) that hold spot commodities, including digital assets, seeking to list...more
On November 10, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) released a bipartisan discussion draft proposing to grant the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over spot digital commodity...more
On November 12, 2025, Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Chairman Paul S. Atkins spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia regarding the SEC's "Project Crypto" initiative, which aims to create a clear and...more
On September 17, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order (the order) approving new generic listing standards for certain commodity-based exchange-traded products (ETPs), including those backed by...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published updated reporting instructions and XML schema (version 1.2.0) for weekly commodity derivatives position reporting under MiFID II. The changes reflect...more
Congress passed the GENIUS Act in July, the first comprehensive U.S. federal law regulating stablecoins. Most notably, the GENIUS Act eliminates ambiguity by defining stablecoins as not a security or commodity....more
On August 26, 2025, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released for comment the 2025 draft List of Critical Minerals, which includes 54 mineral commodities proposed for inclusion. The list is intended to inform U.S. government...more
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more
Recent years have seen the emergence of blockchain projects seeking to tokenize an ever-expanding range of assets that are not blockchain-native – the so-called tokenized real world assets (“RWAs”) phenomenon. Tokenized...more
The agencies pledge to “usher in a new era of innovation” through a collaboration on rules and exemptions that aims to provide digital asset markets with clarity....more
On July 21, 2025, a U.S. district court judge in Texas stated in an opinion and order that “section 1 [of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”)] does not encompass precious metals [such as gold] as commodities because they are...more
On July 30, 2025, President Trump issued Proclamation 10962 following the investigation by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 of imports of copper in all forms and...more
On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (the “Order”) directing the Department of Labor (“DOL”) to re-examine guidance on a fiduciary’s duties under ERISA regarding alternative asset investments in 401(k)...more
On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors.” This Executive Order has the potential to significantly change how retirement savings...more
On August 7, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a long-awaited executive order (the “Executive Order”) to encourage sponsors of 401(k) and other participant-directed defined-contribution plans that are governed by the...more
Establishing that criminal defendants engaged in market manipulation is extremely difficult, often due to the difficulty in establishing that the defendant created prices that did not reflect legitimate sources of supply or...more
As of 6 July 2026 (some rules took effect from March 2025), all final rules of the new FCA commodity derivatives position limits framework will come into effect. In addition, responsibility from the regime will transfer from...more
On July 30, President Trump took two actions that represent a significant escalation in the administration’s evolving trade strategy: (1) a presidential proclamation (the proclamation) imposing a 50% ad valorem tariff on...more