I am fortunate to have Ken Berg, a commodities regulatory guru, just down the hall from me, so I’ve never had to learn that stuff too well. But, here, as you will see, there can be considerable overlap between the securities and the commodities regulatory regimes. The decision that Ken writes about arose in the
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Stop The Press! CFTC Awards Broker Attorneys’ Fees!
By Ken Berg on
Posted in CFTC, Commodities
Surprise! In a rare occurrence, recently a CFTC Judgment Officer awarded a broker its attorneys’ fees for “frivolous and vexatious” litigation brought in “bad faith” by a customer in a Reparations proceeding. Azubueze Jiagbogu v. TradeStation Securities, Inc., [Current Transfer Binder] COMM. FUT. L. REP. (CCH) ¶ 33,430 (CFTC Mar. 9, 2015). The customer’s…