CFTC Scraps ‘No-Deny’ Rule in Legal Settlements

CFTC Scraps ‘No-Deny’ Rule in Legal Settlements

The US commodities regulator has rescinded a policy preventing it from accepting settlement offers if the defendant continues to deny the agency’s allegations.

CFTC allows enforcement denials too

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is joining the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in dropping the “neither admit, nor deny” approach to enforcement settlements. The derivatives regulator rescinded its policy of refusing to accept settlements where the respondent in enforcement actions continues to deny the allegations against them — a step that the SEC took last month too. The CFTC said the move will give it more …

CFTC Drops No-Deny Rule, Mirroring SEC's Settlement Overhaul

The CFTC just killed its “no-deny” policy. Chairman Mike Selig made the call, and the move puts the commission squarely… Read the original on CFTC Drops No-Deny Rule, Mirroring SEC’s Settlement Overhaul. For more crypto news and analysis, visit TheCurrencyAnalytics.com.

CFTC scraps no-deny policy, allows settlements amid denials

The CFTC's policy shift may lead to increased settlements, streamlined regulatory processes, and reduced litigation, impacting market dynamics. The post CFTC scraps no-deny policy, allows settlements amid denials appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

CFTC Joins SEC in Ending No-Deny Settlements for Crypto Enforcement

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has abolished a long-standing policy that barred settlements when a defendant publicly denied the agency’s allegations. The move, disclosed this week, ends nearly three decades of a rule critics say stifled free speech while supporters argued it helped preserve orderly settlements. The CFTC said the no-deny policy, adopted in 1998, may have created an incorrect impression that the Commission was shie…

CFTC scraps no deny rule as crypto enforcement shift deepens

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