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Claiming Tipper Received No Benefit, Defendant Invokes Newman in Seeking to Dismiss Insider Trading Allegations

A defendant in an insider trading case who allegedly profited from his inside knowledge recently filed a motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island to drop him from a Securities and Exchange...more

California Brokers Plead Guilty to Insider Trading of Ardea Biosciences, Inc. Stock

On June 9, Chad Wiegand and Akis Eracleous, two San-Diego based brokers, pled guilty in California district court to trading in Ardea Biosciences, Inc. stock with inside information. Mr. Wiegand and Mr. Eracleous,...more

Second Circuit Refuses to Rehear Groundbreaking Insider Trading Case

On April 3, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the request of Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for an en banc hearing after the court issued a ruling in December that...more

Bharara Appeals Second Circuit’s Decision Vacating Insider Trading Convictions

Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for a rehearing en banc of last month’s landmark decision vacating multiple...more

Second Circuit Clarifies a Heightened Standard for Insider Trading Convictions

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that, in order to convict a tippee for insider trading under Section 10(b) of the Securities Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, the government must prove beyond a...more

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