Have you seen “
At the Crossroads: CFTC and DOJ
Enforcement“, our new video weekly series hosted by
Mayer Brown partners Matthew F. Kluchenek and Glen A. Kopp? It s a must-see!
Each episode, they will discuss a topic at the intersection of
enforcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and
the Department of Justice (DOJ). The goal: to help legal and
compliance departments protect their organizations in an
increasingly rigorous regulatory environment.
Insider trading in the Commodities/Derivatives Markets is the
focus of Episode 1
Since the CFTC formed its Insider Trading & Information
Protection Task Force in 2018, the agency has brought a number of
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In the dynamic world of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading, one of the hottest new products is the carbon-neutral transaction. Designed to make oil and LNG more competitive environmentally with renewable energy in response to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) pressures, climate change and the decarbonization megatrend, carbon-neutral oil and carbon-neutral LNG provide for the offset of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with a defined set of oil or LNG activities. A carbon-neutral oil or LNG transaction is effected through terms in the underlying transaction documents that govern the sourcing, purchase and retirement of carbon credits as offset units (COUs).