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.
Section 11 damages computation for direct listings
In September 2021, the Ninth Circuit ruled in Pirani v. Slack Technologies, Inc.[1] (Slack) that Section 11 liability applies to direct listing shares. This...