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The Extraterritorial Reach of the Commodity Exchange Act  


Author:  Charles Mills.; Michael Brooks.; Sophia Evans.


Source: Volume 58, Number 22, December 15 2025 , pp.315-323(9)




Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation

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Abstract: 

In this article, the authors review the extraterritorial application of the Commodity Exchange Act in recent court decisions, government enforcement actions, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission interpretations. They find the application to be uneven and, in some instances, conflicting, and not necessarily always consistent with the Supreme Court’s principles of extraterritorial application.

Keywords: Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”); Extraterritorial Application of Federal Statutes in Private Actions; Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.; Swap Transactions and CEA Section 2(i); Regulation 1.6

Affiliations:  1: Bracewell LLP; 2: Bracewell LLP; 3: Bracewell LLP.

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