CFTC, DOJ launch attorney exchange as focus on financial collusion continues, Snyder says

By Richard Vanderford ( June 7, 2016, 21:06 GMT | Insight) -- The US Justice Department's antitrust division has entered into an attorney exchange with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a senior criminal enforcer said, a move that signals the department's continued focus on financial sector collusion. A significant portion of the division's resources in the future will likely go to "discovering and prosecuting anticompetitive conduct in the markets," said Brent Snyder, the DOJ's deputy assistant attorney general for criminal enforcement in the division.The US Justice Department's antitrust division has entered into an attorney exchange with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a senior criminal enforcer said on Tuesday, a move that signals the department's continued focus on financial sector collusion....

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CFTC, DOJ launch attorney exchange as focus on financial collusion continues, Snyder says

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