Senior Consultant to CRA John E. Parsons and Senior Associate Billy Muttiah discuss how the regulatory environment for commodity derivative markets is changing, with increased efforts to monitor and deter commodity price manipulation. The economics of manipulation is highlighted by examining the ongoing civil case CFTC vs. Arcadia Petroleum and Parnon Energy et al. The article also differentiates the impact of manipulation and speculation on commodity prices.
How PE firms can prepare for the DOJ’s Section 8 crackdown on interlocking directorates across portfolio companies
In this article, published in Private Equity Law Report, CRA consultants discuss the renewed push by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade...