Summary

Company: Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (“CBOE”), formerly known as CBOE Holdings, Inc.
Instruments:
  • S&P 500 (“SPX”) option contracts (“SPX Options”), CBOE Volatility Index (“VIX”) option contracts (“VIX Options”), Futures based on the VIX (“VIX Futures”), on exchanges run by the CBOE and its affiliates; and
  • Exchange traded products whose value is linked to the VIX and VIX Options and Futures (excluding inverse exchange traded products whose value is inversely linked to the VIX and VIX Options and VIX Futures) (“VIX ETPs”).
Class Period:
  • From March 26, 2004 to the present in the case of VIX Futures and SPX Options;
  • From February 24, 2006 to the present in the case of VIX Options; and
  • From August 2008 to the present in the case of VIX ETPs.
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 4, 2018