In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of various federal criminal fraud statutes. For example, in McDonnell v. United States, the Court overturned the honest services fraud conviction of the former...more
12/23/2022
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For the first time since the Supreme Court’s 1983 decision in Dirks v. SEC, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed an insider trading conviction without proof of a personal benefit to the insider...more