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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. et al

  1. July 17, 2018

    Kraft Must Share Expert Reports In Wheat Market Action

    The Illinois federal judge handling a proposed investor class action accusing Kraft Foods Group Inc. of manipulating the wheat futures market ordered the company Tuesday to produce expert reports exchanged in the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's similar case against it, rejecting Kraft's claim the production would be unfairly harmful.

  2. March 20, 2018

    CFTC Can Use Class Action Transcripts In Kraft Wheat Suit

    An Illinois federal judge said Tuesday he will allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use transcripts from depositions in a proposed investor class action over Kraft Foods' alleged manipulation of the wheat market in the trial for the regulator's suit over the same claims.

  3. March 16, 2018

    Kraft Knocks CFTC Bid To Funnel Depos From Investor Suit

    Kraft Foods Group Inc. on Thursday lambasted the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's bid for future deposition transcripts from a separate investor suit that similarly alleges that the food conglomerate manipulated the wheat market, saying the request is an attempt to bolster the agency's trial arguments with evidence it failed to collect itself.

  4. April 19, 2017

    Bunge Agrees To Turn Over Trading Info In Kraft Wheat Row

    Ingredient company Bunge North America Inc. agreed to turn over information Kraft Foods Group Inc. sought as part of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's case over Kraft's alleged manipulation of the wheat market, Kraft said in a filing in Illinois federal court Wednesday.

  5. April 10, 2017

    Kraft Demands Food Co.'s Trading Info In Wheat Futures Row

    Kraft Foods Group Inc. on Monday asked an Illinois judge to order ingredient company Bunge North America Inc. to turn over brokerage and trading records Kraft says are integral to its defense in a suit brought by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission accusing it of manipulating the wheat market.

  6. July 20, 2016

    Kraft Can't Halt CTFC Wheat-Manipulation Case

    An Illinois federal judge has blocked Kraft Foods Group Inc. from appealing his refusal to dismiss the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's suit accusing the company of manipulating the wheat market, saying questions posed to the Seventh Circuit don't meet the necessary standards.

  7. February 18, 2016

    Kraft Points Finger At CFTC In Wheat Manipulation Case

    Kraft Foods turned the tables on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday in the agency's suit accusing it of depressing cash wheat prices through futures manipulation, saying the misconduct the CFTC now alleges was in fact a result of its own inaction.   

  8. February 03, 2016

    CFTC Looks To Squash Kraft's Appeal In Wheat Futures Case

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday sought to block Kraft Foods Group Inc. from appealing an Illinois' federal judge's refusal to dismiss two counts from the agency's suit accusing Kraft of manipulating the wheat market, claiming the company has distorted the issues at hand.

  9. January 20, 2016

    Kraft, Mondelez To Appeal In CFTC Wheat Market Suit

    Kraft Foods gave notice Tuesday that it will appeal an Illinois federal judge's ruling on key components of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's suit alleging the food manufacturer manipulated the wheat market in an attempt to drive down prices.

  10. December 21, 2015

    Kraft Can't Shake Feds' Wheat Market Manipulation Suit

    Kraft Foods must face federal regulators' accusations that it manipulated markets for its literal bread-and-butter raw material, wheat, a Chicago federal judge said Monday, ruling that the rare allegations of direct-manipulation securities fraud met a key threshold.