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Important Dates and Reminders for Investment Advisers, Exempt Reporting Advisers, Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool...

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INVESTMENT ADVISERS - Annual Compliance Reviews - All investment advisers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or at the state level are required to review their compliance policies and...more

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CFTC Fines Commodities Trader $55 Million in First-Ever Whistleblower Rule Enforcement Action

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has joined the list of federal agencies targeting employment nondisclosure agreements and other restrictive covenants that allegedly restrict employees from making reports to...more

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Joint SEC-CFTC proposal would overhaul Form PF reporting

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed joint amendments to Form PF, a confidential reporting form required of certain SEC-registered investment advisers...more

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The Gloves Come Off: CFTC Takes Swing at Largest Bitcoin Fraud Scheme

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas charging Cornelius Johannes Steynberg and Mirror Trading International...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFTC Throws its Hat into the Corporate Compliance Arena

On September 10, 2020, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued the latest in a series of circulars regarding corporate compliance released this summer by government agencies. In June, the Criminal Division of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Can a Virtual Currency Position Be Treated as a Commodity for Tax Purposes?

Some virtual currency units and positions are treated as commodities by the CFTC and US courts. The IRS has told taxpayers that it views convertible virtual currency as property, not foreign currency, for federal tax...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

CFTC Chairman States Ether is a Commodity

In remarks made at the Yahoo! All Markets Summit in New York, Heath Tarbert, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said that he believed the Ether cryptocurrency was a “commodity” and should be...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - March 2019 #2

Unexpectedly, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a new initiative to encourage non-registrants to self-report foreign corrupt practices, which it claimed might also constitute violations of laws and rules it...more

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CFTC Announces Further Incentives For Self-Reporting, Cooperation For Unregistered Individuals And Entities, While Highlighting...

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On March 6, 2019, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC’s”) Enforcement Division, James McDonald, announced a new policy related to the benefits of self-reporting foreign corrupt practices-related...more

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Virtual Currency -- NFA Reporting Requirements and CFTC Proposed Interpretation of “Actual Delivery”

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National Futures Association(NFA) is requiring that member commodity pool operators (“CPOs”) and commodity trading advisors (“CTAs”) immediately notify NFA if they operate a pool or manage an account that engages in a...more

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