U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Recent News About U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
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Commodities futures trading company, ex-CEO on hook for millions as CFTC wins summary judgment
Long Leaf Trading improperly acted as commodities trading adviser, federal judge ruled -
Judge reprimands feds, says Obama-era bad-faith actions in case vs Kraft 'troubling for future' settlement talks
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission violated a confidentiality provision in its settlement with Kraft and Mondelez to end a regulatory action over alleged wheat market manipulation, to score political PR points. The agency says its commissioners aren't bound by any such deals -
Appeals court: CBOT didn't break antitrust law by challenging firm's stab at electronic trading in 2004
A Chicago federal appeals panel has ruled the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange did not breach antitrust law 16 years ago, by allegedly trying to improperly scuttle a trading firm's electronic trading platform with a flood of regulatory objections. -
Judge certifies class in private lawsuit over Kraft's wheat market activities
'Fraud on the market' theory allows complaint to continue -
Judge voids $16M deal between Kraft, feds; If CFTC officials can't be bound by deal, there is no deal, judge says
A federal judge has trashed a $16 million settlement deal the U .S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission reached with Kraft Foods, because commissioners’ public statements said too much about what Kraft believed was a confidential settlement. -
7th Circuit: Judge can't force CFTC commissioners, chairman to testify, face contempt for violating Kraft deal gag order
A federal appeals panel has blocked a federal judge from forcing officials with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission from testifying or facing potential contempt charges amid an inquiry over whether press releases about a deal between the federal agency and Kraft Foods violated a gag order. -
Kraft Foods: Feds breached $16M deal by ‘touting’ victory in wheat price manipulation action
Kraft Foods alleges federal trade regulators quickly spoiled a settlement agreement in which Kraft agreed to pay $16 million to end a suit alleging it had manipulated wheat prices, by braying to the public about their purported triumph over Kraft in the case. -
Kraft loses bid to toss federal claims it manipulated wheat markets in 2011
Kraft Foods will need to continue to fight an action brought by federal commodities trading regulators after a federal judge refused to toss the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s lawsuit alleging the food company improperly manipulated wheat prices to their benefit.
