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A Win for Wall St.: Rule Restraining Speculation Rejected by U.S. Judge

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Oil speculationThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule restraining speculation was rejected by a federal judge, handing a victory to two Wall Street groups that challenged the constraints.

U.S. District Judge Robert Wilkins in Washington today ruled that the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act is unclear as to whether the agency was ordered by Congress to cap the number of contracts a trader can have in oil, natural gas and other commodities without first assessing whether the rule was necessary and appropriate.

“Although the court does not foreclose the possibility that the CFTC could, in the exercise of its discretion, determine that it should impose position limits without a finding of necessity and appropriateness, it is not plain and clear that the statute requires this result,” the judge said in his 43-page ruling.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association sued the commission, arguing that the CFTC never studied whether the regulation was “necessary and appropriate” or quantified the costs tied to implementing the rule. The groups represent banks and asset managers including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley. (MS)

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