On June 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) announced the first-ever declination to prosecute a firm and...more
A new U.S. DOJ memo published on May 12 announces significant changes to the DOJ’s white-collar crime enforcement priorities, aligning the DOJ’s approach with the Trump Administration’s “America First” agenda. ...more
One day after her confirmation on February 4, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued two Memos addressed to the entire U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), which curtailed enforcement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more
\On December 4, 2023, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced that they were seeking public comment on proposed guidance for the listing of voluntary carbon credit (“VCC”) derivative contracts.1...more
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Whistleblower Office took the unusual step of inviting market participants to look for and submit tips related to fraud, manipulation, and other forms of misconduct in...more
We are delighted to invite you to join our webinar taking place on Thursday, March 3 at 12:00 p.m.— 1:30 p.m. EST where we will be discussing the evolving U.S. enforcement priorities in the digital asset space. Our speakers...more
President Donald Trump signed the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act," (the "CARES Act") on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides an unprecedented and historic $2 trillion stimulus package addressing the...more
This note summarizes the important legal changes for U.S. businesses to come out of the two Covid-19 coronavirus relief laws enacted in March 2020....more
On April 11, 2019, CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX collectively published potentially significant revisions to the guidance on the CME Globex pre-open process.
The pre-open period is a set time before the trading session opens...more
On July 24, 2017, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) adopted measures to streamline the process for registration of swap dealers pursuant to Section 4s of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Previously, entities seeking to...more
On June 29th, 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) entered into the first public non-prosecution agreements in its history with three former Citigroup traders, pledging not to pursue civil...more