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The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 15 -- United States v. Newman (Part 2)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 13 -- The Barry Switzer Story
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 14 -- United States v. Newman (Part 1)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XII -- The Innocent Intermediary
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XI -- Multi-level Tipping
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. X -- Tipping (pre-Newman)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. VIII — Negligence?
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series Vol. VII -- Misappropriation Theory (Part the Third)
The Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. V — Misappropriation Theory
Investment Management Update - January 2015
Insider Trading News - Ralph Siciliano discusses US v. Newman
Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees
On June 21, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former chief executive officer of a publicly traded healthcare company guilty of insider trading in United States v. Peizer, the first criminal insider-trading case...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have been working increasingly collaboratively to combat unlawful trading practices and hold wrongdoers accountable, demonstrating...more
On April 5, 2024, a jury found Matthew Panuwat civilly liable for insider trading in violation of federal securities laws in a first-of-its-kind “shadow trading” case (also referred to as “sympathy trading”), which was...more
On April 5, 2024, a federal jury in California found Matthew Panuwat liable of insider trading in a closely followed case that may serve as the harbinger for expanded insider trading enforcement. In SEC v. Panuwat (N.D....more
Proskauer’s Hedge Fund Trading Guide offers a concise, easy-to-read overview of the trading issues and questions we commonly encounter when advising hedge funds and their managers. It is written not only for lawyers, but also...more
A federal jury in California agreed with the SEC that a corporate official engaged in insider trading when he purchased securities of a company based on material nonpublic information (“MNPI”) about a different company. The...more
Insider trading is a concept that most people are generally familiar with. In its simplest form, it involves a corporate insider trading in securities of his or her corporation on the basis of material nonpublic information...more
In November 2023, in Issue Lines Drawn in SEC Shadow Trading Case, we revisited the case Securities and Exchange Commission v. Panuwat, the SEC’s first enforcement action brought on the theory of “shadow trading.”...more
On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with a registered investment adviser, OEP Capital Advisors, L.P. (OEP). The settlement found that OEP had failed (a) to maintain...more
On November 20, 2023, the Northern District of California denied summary judgment for the defendant in SEC v. Panuwat, an enforcement action being brought under a novel theory of insider trading law that is being referred to...more
This memorandum is for our Capital Markets clients in anticipation of the upcoming annual reporting and shareholder meeting season for 2024. Below you will find key filing deadlines, new disclosure requirements, and general...more
The SEC defeated a motion for summary judgment brought by a defendant whom the SEC accused of engaging in insider trading based on news about a not-yet-public corporate acquisition when he purchased securities of a company...more
On May 24, 2023, Edward A. Imperatore, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White-Collar Defense group and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, moderated a panel, entitled “Market...more
The DOJ and SEC have made no secret of their interest in combatting potential insider trading by high-level executives misusing Rule 10b5-1 plans. Those plans provide a potential safe harbor for executives trading their...more
Key Points - On March 1, 2023, the SEC and DOJ filed insider trading charges against a public company executive alleging he traded pursuant to 10b5-1 trading plans he adopted while he was in possession of material...more
On March 1, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the insider-trading indictment of Terren Peizer, Chairman and former CEO of health-care provider Ontrak. DOJ called this indictment “groundbreaking,” in that it is...more
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought insider trading charges against Terren S. Peizer, the founder, Executive Chairman, and Chairman of the Board of...more
On December 27, 2022, in United States v. Blaszczak (“Blaszczak II”), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit called into question what constitutes “property” in cases of securities fraud, wire fraud and theft of...more
In late 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments to certain rules and reporting requirements concerning insider trading arrangements, including Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities...more
The SEC seeks to regulate trading through internal compliance processes. The SEC settled insider trading charges in relation to misuse of a Rule 10b5-1 plan established in the name of a British Virgin Islands entity owned...more
Affected individuals should review their 10b5-1 plans and Section 16(a) Reporting practices to ensure they comply with the new regulations. Directors, officers and other persons (other than issuers) cannot maintain more...more
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 (Rule 10b5-1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) that provides an affirmative defense to...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently intensified their scrutiny of insider trading under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The emerging trend of enforcement investigations...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important SEC enforcement developments from the past month, which was an active one as the SEC...more
On September 21, 2022, the Securities & Exchange Commission announced a settled enforcement action against two executives of China-based mobile internet company Cheetah Mobile, Inc. The SEC alleged that Sheng Fu, Cheetah...more