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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Takeaways for In-House Counsel from DOJ’s First Insider Trading Trial Involving a Rule 10b5-1 Plan

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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

“Shadow Trading” is Insider Trading: Jury Establishes Liability in Historic Shadow Trading Case

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Terran Peizer Insider Trading Case

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Second Circuit Nixes Theory of Insider Trading on Confidential Government Agency Information

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

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Questions Use of Criminal Insider-Trading Statute Without Proof of Receipt of Personal Benefit

The Second Circuit held yesterday that a government agency’s nonpublic, pre-decisional regulatory information does not constitute “property” for purposes of the federal insider-trading and wire-fraud statutes. The decision...more

Holland & Knight LLP

The Future's Best Predictor: What Can FY2021 Insider Trading Actions Tell Us About FY2022?

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Last month, Holland & Knight published an alert that broke down the SEC Division of Enforcement (Division) Annual Report for the fiscal year (FY) 2021...more

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