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

  1. August 19, 2015

    Kraft Says CFTC Overreaching In Wheat-Manipulation Row

    Kraft Foods Inc. told a federal court Wednesday that the CFTC is overreaching in a suit accusing the boxed-foods giant of manipulating the wheat-futures market, a test of the agency's new enforcement powers under the Dodd-Frank Act.

  2. July 14, 2015

    CFTC Says Kraft's Wheat Manipulation Challenge Crumbles

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday mounted a defense of its new enforcement powers under the Dodd-Frank Act when it asked a federal judge to allow its manipulation claims against Kraft Foods Group Inc. and Mondelez Global LLC to proceed past a motion to dismiss.

  3. June 01, 2015

    Kraft Calls CFTC's Wheat Manipulation Claims All Chaff

    Kraft Foods Group Inc. on Monday blasted a U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission lawsuit against it and snack food maker Mondelez Global LLC, saying the federal regulator's accusations that they manipulated the wheat futures market should be dismissed because they are half-baked.

  4. April 02, 2015

    CFTC's Ambitious Kraft Suit To Test Dodd-Frank Powers

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new lawsuit against Kraft Foods Group Inc. shows the agency feels ready to battle-test its expanded powers against market manipulation, putting on the line a closely watched legal standard born out of the Dodd-Frank Act.

  5. April 01, 2015

    CFTC Accuses Kraft Foods, Mondelez Of Market Manipulation

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday sued Kraft Foods Group Inc. and Mondelez Global LLC, accusing the global food manufacturers of manipulating wheat prices and breaking limits on speculative positions on the grain used in products ranging from Oreos to Wheat Thins.