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CFTC scraps 30-year gag rule in free speech shift
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- When:
- June 4, 2026 · 4:03 AM
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The derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is rescinding a 30-year rule that stopped settled parties from defending themselves publicly. According to agency announcement on Wednesday, the 1998 gag rule will be abolished immediately upon its Federal Register publication. Earlier criticism from conservatives centered on claims that the rule undermined defendants’ freedom of speech,...