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Do Trades Made Pursuant To 10b5-1 Plans Still Offer A Defense To Insider Trading?

Rule 10b5-1, enacted in August 2000, codified the SEC’s position that trading while in possession of material non-public information is sufficient to establish liability for insider trading....more

6/14/2013 - CII Insider Trading Rule 10b-5 SEC

Recent Study Finds Cybersecurity Disclosures May Fail To Meet SEC Guidelines

Hackers aren’t the only ones after company information. Earlier this week, Wills Fortune 500, a unit of Wills Group Holdings, a global insurance broker providing insurance and risk management services, made available its own...more

6/13/2013 - Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements SEC

Say Hello To My Imaginary Friend! Judge Posner, Seventh Circuit Issue Stern Warning To Plaintiffs’ Firms For Again Citing Bogus...

Plaintiffs’ counsel beware: to avoid Rule 11 sanctions you might actually have to talk to “confidential witnesses” yourself and corroborate their statements before citing them in a securities fraud complaint....more

4/2/2013 - Confidential Witnesses Discovery Pleadings Rule 11 Securities Fraud Witness Statements

Inside Out: NASDAQ Proposes Rule To Require Internal Auditing

The NASDAQ Stock Market recently submitted a proposed rule change that would require all companies listed on the NASDAQ to maintain an internal audit function. The function would “provide management and the audit committee...more

3/19/2013 - Audits Internal Audit Functions Nasdaq Risk Management

Consenting Adults: D.C. Circuit Tells Press To Stay Out Of SEC-AIG Relationship

What happens between a mature multinational insurance corporation and its regulator is nobody’s business, or so says the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which issued an opinion in SEC v. AIG on February...more

2/12/2013 - Adjudicatory Process AIG Appeals Decision-Making Process Journalists Judicial Records Right of Access SEC SEC v AIG

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