INTRODUCTION -

If you are reading this during the first half of 2020, you’re probably reading it from somewhere in your own home — and probably near the friends and loved ones with whom you’re living in close quarters during this time of remote work, quarantines, and social distancing.

Under these circumstances, we all struggle just to get things done, let alone to preserve business confidences from people in the next room. But protecting confidential information can be crucial to protecting your family and friends. We’re here to remind you of the danger of unwittingly becoming the source of material non-public information, tempting those under the same roof to illegally trade or to pass the information on for others to trade.