Topic
Commodity Futures
31 published works
Free Writings + Perspectives
Event Contracts at the SEC-CFTC Crossroads: Exchange Proposals to List and Trade Contracts Structured as Binary Options
By Ali Perry
On August 24, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published notice of the filing of a proposal by MEMX LLC to list and trade securities event contracts (File No.…
The Law and Other Anomalies
Crypto Regulation–Elusive Clarity
CONTEXT: When Crypto first emerged it was unclear how, if at all, it was regulated. The SEC took the position that many token offerings were securities and that the issuances…
Global Investment Watch
United States: Mid-Year Prediction Market Report: Uncertainty Prevails Amidst Extraordinary Federal Action
Thoreau A. Bartmann, Tamika P. Bent, Sanjeev Bhasker, Todd S. Fishman, Sarah V. Riddell, and Andrew M. Wright During the first part of 2026, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) has…
Regulatory Oversight
Regulating Prediction Markets: Federal Oversight, State Authority, and the Road Ahead
By Stephen C. Piepgrass, Keith J. Barnett
In this crossover episode of Payments Pros and Regulatory Oversight, Stephen Piepgrass and Keith Barnett provide an update on the fast-developing prediction markets landscape. They discuss how federal and state…
Free Writings + Perspectives
CFTC Staff Partially Reinstate CPO Exemption for RIAs
By Matthew Bisanz, Adam D. Kanter, Elizabeth McClain, Anna T. Pinedo, Jodi Erlandsen
On December 19, the staff of the Division of Market Participants of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued no-action relief from commodity pool operator registration for SEC-registered investment advisers…
Overheard on the Block(chain)
CFTC Opens Door to Spot Crypto Trading on Regulated Exchanges
By Jeffry M. Henderson, William Mack, Douglas E. Arend
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, currently the only CFTC Commissioner of the five-member commission, announced on Dec. 4, 2025, that spot trading in cryptocurrency products will…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
CFTC Releases FY 2023 Annual Report on its Whistleblower Program
By Steven J. Pearlman, Pinchos Goldberg, Shanice Z. Smith-Banks
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) recently released its statutorily mandated 2023 Annual Report detailing the status of its whistleblower program for the fiscal year ending on September 20, 2023.…
Health Law Prof Blog
War and Commodities: An Examination of the Russian-Ukrainian War on CME, Ukrainian and Black Sea Wheat Futures Prices
Calum G. Turvey (Cornell University), Wenhao Xu, Harry de Gorter (Cornell University), War and Commodities: An Examination of the Russian-Ukrainian War on CME, Ukrainian and Black Sea Wheat Futures Prices…
China Law Insight
证监会发布《期货交易所管理办法（征求意见稿）》
By King & Wood
作者：苏萌 席索迪 2022年8月1日，《期货和衍生品法》（“FDL”）正式施行。FDL对于期货交易所在包括但不限于风险监测和应对、各项制度安排和内控要求等各方面作出了明确规定。作为FDL的重要配套制度之一，中国证监会《期货交易所管理办法》的进一步修订也箭在弦上。《期货交易所管理办法》从1999年首次制定以来，经历了四次修订（2002年、2007年、2017年、2021年）。2022年9月16日，证监会发布了《期货交易所管理办法（征求意见稿）》（“《管理办法（征求意见稿）》”），向社会公开征求意见。本次拟修订内容，除了将各期货交易所已有制度安排规章化和表述调整外，也根据期货市场的发展和实际市场参与者遇到的一些具体问题，制定了一些重要的制度安排。 阅读更多
Business Litigation Blog
Sub-Zero Oil Isn’t Snake Oil: A First Ruling on Losses From Crude’s Dip Into Negative Prices
By David Erroll, Jennifer Fiorica Delgado
In the wake of the Great Financial Crisis, global financial markets got their first experience of negative interest rates, something classical economists had long thought to be unworkable if not…