[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR1.60]

[Page 107-108]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 1_GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1.60  Pending legal proceedings.

    (a) Every contract market shall submit to the Commission copies of 
the complaint, any dispositive or partially dispositive decision, any 
notice of appeal filed concerning such decisions and such further 
documents as the

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Commission may thereafter request filed in any material legal proceeding 
to which the contract market is a party or its property or assets is 
subject.
    (b) Every futures commission merchant shall sumit to the Commission 
copies of any dispositive or partially dispositive decision for which a 
notice of appeal has been filed, the notice of appeal and such further 
documents as the Commission may thereafter request filed in any material 
legal proceeding to which the futures commission merchant is a party or 
its property or assets is subjects.
    (c) Every contract market shall submit to the Commission copies of 
the complaint, any dispositive or partially dispositive decision, any 
notice of appeal filed concerning such decisions and such further 
documents as the Commission may thereafter request filed in any material 
legal proceeding instituted against any officer, director, or other 
official of the contract market arising from conduct in such person's 
capacity as a contract market official and alleging violations of:
    (1) The act or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder;
    (2) the constitution, bylaws or rules of the contract market; or
    (3) the applicable provisions of state law relating to the duties of 
officers, directors, or other officials of business organizations.
    (d) Every futures commission merchant shall submit to the Commission 
copies of any dispositive or partially dispositive decision concerning 
which a notice of appeal has been filed, the notice of appeal, and such 
further documents as the Commission may thereafter request filed in any 
material legal proceeding instituted against any person who is a 
principal of the futures commission merchant (as that term is defined in 
Sec.  3.1(a) of this chapter) arising from conduct in such person's 
capacity as a principal of the futures commission merchant and alleging 
violations of: (1) The Act or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder; 
or (2) provisions of state law relating to a duty or obligation owed by 
such a principal.
    (e) All documents required by this section to be submitted to the 
Commission shall be mailed via first-class or submitted by other more 
expeditious means to the Commission's headquarters office in Washington, 
DC, Attention: Office of the General Counsel. All documents required by 
this section to be submitted to the Commission as to matters pending on 
the effective date of the section (May 25, 1984), shall be mailed to the 
Commission within 45 days of that effective date. Thereafter, all 
complaints required by this section to be submitted to the Commission by 
contract markets shall be mailed to the Commission within 10 days after 
the initiation of the legal proceedings to which they relate, all 
decisions required to be submitted by contract markets shall be mailed 
within 10 days of their date of issuance, all notices of appeal required 
to be submitted by contract markets shall be mailed within 10 days of 
the filing or receipt by the contract market of the notice of appeal, 
and all decisions and notices of appeal required to be submitted by 
futures commission merchants shall be mailed within 10 days of the 
filing or receipt by the futures commission merchant of the relevant 
notice of appeal. For purposes of paragraph (a), (b), (c) and (d) of 
this rule, a ``material legal proceeding'' includes but is not limited 
to actions involving alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act or 
the Commission's regulations. However, a legal proceeding is not 
``material'' for the purposes of this rule if the proceeding is not in a 
federal or state court or if the Commission is a party.

[49 FR 17750, Apr. 25, 1984]