Worldwide: Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

On June 10, the CFTC (by the vote of its sole Commissioner) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish a framework for determining when event contracts involving gaming, war, terrorism, assassination, or unlawful activity are contrary to the public interest under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

On June 10, 2026, the CFTC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would overhaul how it evaluates whether to prohibit the listing or clearing of an otherwise...

On June 10, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a significant Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that would reshape the regulatory treatment of prediction markets under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

The SEC has proposed rescinding two central provisions of Regulation NMS that have governed U.S. equity trading for two decades. The proposal would eliminate the trade-through rule and locked/crossed markets restrictions, fundamentally reshaping how orders are routed and executed. Market participants face critical decisions about best execution frameworks, routing infrastructure, and compliance systems in what could become one of the most significant equity market structure reforms since 2005.

Recent enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Justice and CFTC signal a new era of regulatory scrutiny for prediction markets, where trading on misappropriated information may now face insider trading-style enforcement. Moore & Van Allen attorneys examine the compliance implications and provide six critical steps market participants should implement immediately to navigate this evolving landscape.

Today, scrutiny is no longer confined to public equities markets. In a pair of recent prosecutions, including last week’s indictment of a Google employee, the Department of Justice has made clear that it will pursue insider trading type cases wherever (i) confidential data moves prices, and (ii) a duty-bound actor exploits that data for trading advantage, even outside the securities laws. Prediction markets and crypto platforms appear to be the primary testing ground for this expanded enforcement theory

Peanuts, pimento cheese and prediction markets; are we sports gambling lawyers now? No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke, but instead a topic that continues to dominate our news feeds...

On May 19, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Enforcement (Division) issued a staff advisory outlining a new approach to evaluating cooperation, self-reporting and remediation in enforcement matters.

As we previously reported here in Cabinet News & Views, the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC reproposed the Basel III Endgame package of amendments to the U.S. risk-based capital rules (“The Reproposal").