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Driving Force - More fines, more admissions, more monitors: what is the future of CFTC enforcement?

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In a recent speech given at New York University’s School of Law, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Director of Enforcement, Ian McGinley, unveiled a new advisory concerning penalties, monitors and admissions...more

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Client Alert: CFTC Updates Enforcement Guidance Regarding Monetary Penalties, Third-Party Monitorships, and Admissions of...

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In October 2023, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) issued an Enforcement Advisory clarifying the Commission’s approach to negotiated resolutions of...more

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The CFTC is Not Your Friend: More Penalties, More Monitors and More Admissions

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New guidance from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission[i] may significantly change the calculus for firms considering whether to settle an enforcement action. Requiring admission of wrongdoing in a greater number of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Enforcement appears as messages disappear part II: Steep penalties imposed in personal messaging cases  

On September 27, 2022, 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser agreed to pay more than $1.8 billion in total civil penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, for those same companies or affiliates...more

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CFTC Enforcement Division Issues Compliance Program Guidance

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On September 10, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC, or the Commission) Division of Enforcement (Division) director issued a memorandum to Division staff setting forth a framework for evaluating the...more

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CFTC Division of Enforcement Publishes Guidance on Civil Monetary Penalty Determinations

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The CFTC Division of Enforcement (Division) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued new guidance (Guidance) on May 20, 2020, that reflects the considerations of the Division when recommending civil...more

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Increased Commodities Enforcement Leads to CFTC Guidance and New DOJ Fraud Unit

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") issues new civil monetary penalties guidance, and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") expands fraud division with new commodities fraud unit. On May 20, 2020, the CFTC...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

CFTC Releases New Guidance Regarding Civil Monetary Penalties

On May 20, 2020, the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement formally issued new guidance regarding the Division’s decisions to recommend the imposition of civil monetary penalties. According to the CFTC, “[t]he guidance memorializes...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Division of Enforcement Publishes New Civil Monetary Penalty Guidance

In a memorandum dated May 20, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Enforcement issued guidance outlining factors that CFTC staff will consider when recommending civil monetary penalties (CMPs)...more

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SEC Cybersecurity Update

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Results from the SEC’s First Round of Cybersecurity Examinations - On February 3, 2015, the OCIE published a risk alert summarizing its findings from its examinations of over 100 registered investment advisers and...more

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