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Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update: Post-U.S. Government Shutdown
Podcast: Credit Funds: What Managers Need to Know and Practical Tips to Avoid Insider Trading Risks
WORD OF THE DAY® – Big Boy Letter
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
The government prosecutes insider trading against insiders who convey material nonpublic information (“tippers”) and outsiders who acquire material nonpublic information (“tippees”) through two avenues: civil proceedings...more
This month the SEC secured a jury trial victory in its much-discussed “shadow trading” case in SEC v. Panuwat. As we have described in a prior alert, the term “shadow trading” has been used to refer to trading in the...more
The SEC recently unveiled a novel "Shadow Trading" theory that expands insider trading liability. "Shadow Trading" describes when an insider with material, non-public information regarding their own company uses that...more
Northern District of California Validates SEC’s “Shadow Trading” Theory of Insider Trading Liability; Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Stockholder Derivative Suit Against Boeing Based on Forum-Selection Bylaw; Delaware...more
In Dirks v. SEC, 463 U.S. 646 (1983), the United States Supreme Court found that a tippee may be liable for trading on the basis of material, nonpublic information if he or she knows that the tipper disclosed inside...more
Former Theranos CEO Denied Attorney-Client Privilege Over Communications with Company Attorneys; District of Massachusetts Allows Putative Securities Class Action to Proceed Against OvaScience Investors; Delaware Chancery...more
In March 2020, I posted a blog reviewing the evolution of the legal analysis applied to a retirement plan’s holding of “employer securities” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)......more
A lot of ink has been spilled over the crime of insider trading, which – in the view of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff – “is a straightforward concept that some courts have managed to complicate.” In his recent decision in...more
Chapter 2: Insider Trading: Focus on Subtle and Complex Issues - Many hedge funds routinely face insider trading concerns as they trade equity or debt. Sometimes these issues are fairly obvious, such as where the fund...more
The world’s keeping a wary eye on Turkey’s economic well-being, especially given the precipitous drop in the value of the country’s currency (which has pushed up prices for consumers and corporations) and President Erdogan’s...more