Law 794: Commodities, Futures and Derivatives

Introduction to regulation of the futures industry, including the Commodities Exchange Act, as amended, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, its rules, the National Futures Association and the principal futures exchanges. The course covers basic products, jurisdiction, market operations and regulation, customer protection, registration of futures professionals and firms, financial responsibility, margin clearing, criminal and civil enforcement, self-regulatory organization enforcement, civil remedies, defenses and forums and international developments in futures regulation.

Sequence and Prerequisites: None.