By Aaron Nicodemus2020-09-10T18:18:00
Like the Department of Justice before it, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued guidance to companies on how it will evaluate compliance programs in connection with enforcement matters.
2021-01-05T14:52:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The CFTC’s recent fine ladled onto a DOJ investigation into foreign corrupt practices by Swiss energy trader Vitol S.A. should force companies with any exposure in the commodities market to reexamine their risk profiles, experts say.
2020-12-10T18:09:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Heath Tarbert, chairman and chief executive of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will step down from his post early next year while remaining on as one of the agency’s commissioners.
2020-10-07T15:42:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
On the same day the CFTC celebrated a record-breaking 113 enforcement actions in fiscal year 2020, the agency also announced the impending departure of Enforcement Director James McDonald.
2025-09-17T17:20:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Florida seafood company executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring with competitors to fix the prices he paid to local fishers, an effort that impacted more than $8 million in wholesale fish and cut the pay of hundreds of fishers, the Department of Justice said.
2025-09-16T20:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The former CEO of a Georgia clothing business faces 25 years in prison for bribing Honduran officials to win $10 million in uniform contracts in Honduras, after being caught up in a Department of Justice Anticorruption Task Force.
2025-09-12T19:40:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
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