CFTC Ends Decades-Old ‘Gag Rule’ in Enforcement Settlements
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ended its nearly 30-year-old 'gag rule' that prevented companies and individuals from speaking publicly after settling enforcement cases. This change increases transparency in derivatives regulation enforcement.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is ending an almost 30-year-old policy that forbade companies and individuals from airing their grievances or denying wrongdoing after they settled enforcement cases with the derivatives regulator.