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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. v. Martoma: The Second Circuit Reconsiders the Personal Benefit Rule in Insider Trading Cases and Announces the Partial...

• A divided 2nd Circuit holds that there is no requirement for a “meaningfully close personal relationship” between a tipper and tippee in order for the tipper to reap a personal benefit from the disclosure sufficient to give...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Second Circuit Holds That Tipper/Tippee Liability Can Arise from a Gift of Inside Information Even Without a Close Personal...

The Second Circuit ruled today that a “meaningfully close personal relationship” is not required for insider-trading liability where a tipper discloses inside information as a gift or in exchange for some other type of...more

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