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JPMorgan trader’s firing over ‘spoofing’ was ‘procedurally unfair’, tribunal rules

The Wall Street bank failed to disclose important documents, according to an employment judge

Phil Remillard ‘contributed to his dismissal by his own conduct’, judge says, but bank still made errors
Phil Remillard ‘contributed to his dismissal by his own conduct’, judge says, but bank still made errors Photo: Mike Kemp/Getty Images

JPMorgan will have to pay compensation to a former trader fired for alleged spoofing after a tribunal ruled that the bank had not disclosed information and unreasonably delayed the disciplinary process.

Phil Remillard, an agriculture trader, was sacked in December 2022 after the bank said he made and then cancelled a raft of cocoa futures orders before they were executed — an illegal practice to manipulate prices known as spoofing.

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