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U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit’s Expansion of Criminal Insider Trading Liability

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more

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Second Circuit Provides Easier Path for Criminal Insider Trading Cases

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in United States v. Blaszczak on December 30, 2019 that could significantly affect the prosecution of criminal insider trading cases. The Second Circuit...more

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House of Representatives Votes to Codify Insider Trading Laws

December 9th, 2019, the full House of Representatives approved H.R. 2534, otherwise known as the Insider Trading Prohibition Act. If passed by the Senate and signed by the President, this legislation would mark an important...more

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Will 2017 Be the Year of Insider Trading Reform?

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For several years running, insider trading has been among the most high-profile enforcement priorities for both DOJ and the SEC. Unlike most federal criminal law, insider trading remains undefined by statute, having instead...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - December 2016

Insider Trading: Supreme Court Affirms Salman - Why it matters: On December 6, 2016 the Supreme Court decided Salman v. U.S., in which it upheld the petitioner’s insider trading conviction. The Court found its 1983...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations and White Collar Defense - October 2016

Supreme Court: What Constitutes an Insider Trading “Personal Benefit” - Why it matters: On October 5, 2016, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Salman v. United States, where the central issue was what the...more

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Phil Mickelson is very glad United States v. Newman is the law in the Second Circuit.

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Phil Mickelson, whom the SEC describes as a “successful professional golfer,” was not charged with insider trading earlier today. I wasn’t either, and I’m glad about that. And you probably weren’t either! High fives all...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Getting By With a Little Help From Friends: United States Supreme Court to Clarify Insider Trading Liability in Tipping Cases

On January 19, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States v. Salman, in which the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the government may prove a “personal benefit” to a tipper of inside...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Insider Trading – An Update on Newman and Tippee Liability

You may recall that back in December 2014, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, in United States v. Newman, et al., significantly limited the circumstances under which tippees of inside information may be held liable for...more

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Insider Trading Post-Newman: The Supreme Court Implicitly Raises the Bar

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On October 5, 2015, the Supreme Court dealt the Department of Justice a rare defeat in its prosecution of insider trading cases by denying certiorari of the Second Circuit’s opinion inUnited States v. Newman. The DOJ, and in...more

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Post-Newman Reality: Investigations Involving Unwitting “Tips” to Close Friends and Relatives Will Continue

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Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the federal government’s appeal of the ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in U.S. v. Newman. This leaves intact the Second Circuit’s quid...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Yates Memo, refocusing DOJ criminal and civil corporate investigations, continues to be the critical topic of discussion this week. The Memo, discussed here, directs that individuals be the focus of the inquiry from the...more

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Supreme Court Called Upon to Review the Newman Case and Address Insider Trading Liability

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The Supreme Court is very likely to enter into the fray over the Second Circuit’s controversial Newman decision concerning insider-trading liability. The government has filed a petition for certiorari, and the stakes are...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - August 2015

Are the Circuits A-Splitting? The Ninth Circuit Declines to Follow the Second Circuit's Insider Trading Decision in U.S. v. Newman - Why it matters: On July 6, 2015, the Ninth Circuit in U.S. v. Salman declined to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Southern District Allows SEC Insider Trading Case to Proceed, Distinguishing Newman

A recent decision from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York allowing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) civil enforcement action to proceed against two former stockbrokers for...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Denies DOJ’s Request for En Banc Review of Newman; Leaves Landmark Insider Trading Decision in Place

The Second Circuit today denied the request by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York for panel or en banc rehearing of the landmark U.S. v. Newman decision, which overturned insider-trading...more

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