<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today simultaneously filed and settled charges against </span><span>ED&F Man Capital Markets, Ltd.</span><span> (ED&F Man), a London-based provisionally registered swap dealer, for failing to comply with certain swap dealer requirements to report accurate swaps data to a swaps data repository (SDR), failing to disclose a conflict of interest to swaps counterparties, failing to disclose mid-market marks to counterparties, and for related supervision failures.</span></p>
<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered consent orders on March 1 for permanent injunction, monetary sanctions, and equitable relief against </span><span>Marvin W. Courson III</span><span> (Courson) and </span><span>Christopher A. Kertatos</span><span> (Kertatos). Both Courson and Kertatos reside in Florida.</span></p>
<p><span>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that it has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against </span><span>The W Trade Group LLC</span><span>, </span><span>Larry Ramos Mendoza</span><span> of Miami, Florida, and </span><span>Joseph Carvajales</span><span> also of Miami, Florida, charging them with fraud and misappropriation of over $19 million involving futures, forex and options.</span></p>
The Eleventh Circuit next week will consider arguments from owners of a defunct South Florida drug treatment center to wipe out a nearly $20 million verdict against them after a jury found they stole trade secrets from an electronic medical records provider. Here's a look at that case plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.