Sentences with phrase «violations of trade rules»

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined Bitfinex, the largest bitcoin exchange, for multiple violations of trading rules revealed by the Commission during an investigation.

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The B.C. government is challenging the ban as a violation of Canadian free - trade rules, but that will take months to resolve.

That figure includes 487 individual cases of alleged insider trading, 365 for stock manipulation, 343 for violations of laws and rules related to financial disclosure, 196 for contempt of the regulatory agency, and another 94 for fraud against customers.

According to people familiar with the company, the board concluded that Shkreli had committed stock - trading irregularities and other violations of securities rules.

Shortly thereafter, however, agents of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) arrived at her door and informed her she was under investigation for insider trading in violation of SEC Rule 10b - 5.

Concerns over trade imbalances, alleged trade - rule violations, subsidization and state - owned enterprises, metastasizing industrial policies, discriminatory treatment of non-Chinese companies, and other forms of trade and investment protectionism have preoccupied Washington for a decade — ever since the United States limped out of a debilitating recession to find that China had supplanted it as the world's largest manufacturer and had set its sights on leapfrogging the United States, at all costs, to the technological fore.

Albeit in footnotes, but perhaps most significantly, the Coinflip case put the CFTC on record as concluding that Bitcoin, while a commodity, is not a currency.6 In summarizing the facts of the case, the CFTC explained that Bitcoin is «distinct from «real currencies»» of the United States or another country.7 In addition, the CFTC Order in the Coinflip settlement specifically noted that the Bitcoin options were not eligible for the CFTC's «trade option exemption» in CFTC Rule 32.3.8 Since the CFTC's trade option exemption can only be claimed for an option that would result in delivery of an «exempt» or agricultural commodity, this violation in effect serves as the CFTC's finding that it will not treat Bitcoin as a currency.

If in the normal course of free market operations, World Trade Organization rules, or IMF conditionalities, millions of people are uprooted, impoverished, or unemployed, this is usually not seen as human rights violations.

Last year, the home - shopping channel QVC Inc. agreed to pay $ 7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it made false and unsubstantiated claims about two weight - loss supplements, a skin cream, and an energy supplement in violation of FTC rules.

25.6.3 in any matter that involves any of the foregoing claims, for resolution or decision of any question of fact or law required to resolve such claim, including, but not limited to, questions required to decide or rule with respect to the infringement, misappropriation, validity, enforceability or ownership of any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service mark or trade dress or with respect to any remedy or relief at law or in equity for any such infringement or misappropriation or for any violation of such Sections 1201 and / or 1202.

It's virtually impossible to day trade in a non-margin account because of the other rules they're subject to such as restrictions on free riding and good faith violations.

Numerous potential legal violations of consumer protection laws, including the federal Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Telemarketing Sales Rule, state debt settlement and debt management laws, and unauthorized practice of law provisions.

The World Trade Organization has ruled that the domestic content mandate attached to Ontario's FIT program was in violation of GATT rules.

A trade name may be used by a lawyer in private practice if it does not imply a connection with a government agency or with a public or charitable legal services organization and is not otherwise in violation of Rule 7.1.

Julie E. McGuire, WTO Rules U.S. in Violation of EU Trade Agreements; Appeals Filed (available in searchable PDF), The Legal Intelligencer, Feb. 22, 2000, at 11

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued warning letters to 20 companies, including real estate agents, home builders and lead generators, about possible violations of the Mortgage Acts and Practices Advertising (MAP) Rule.