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WilmerHale

Insider Trading Law Alert: Better The Devil You Know? Tipping Liability, Martoma and the Rise of 18 U.S.C. § 1348

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Insider trading has frequently been splashed across headlines in recent months, with a congressman, an NFL player, a comedy writer, and a Silicon Valley executive all facing charges. In the background of these headlines are...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Wine, Steak, and Massage Parlors Are Personal Benefits for Insider Trading

On May 26, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that friends’ gifts of wine, steak dinners, and other luxury items can constitute the types of personal benefit needed to establish a breach of duty in...more

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation

United States Supreme Court Poised to Address Standard for Insider Trading Following Second Circuit’s Decision in United States...

On July 31, the Solicitor General filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in United States v. Newman, 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. 2014), asking the United States Supreme Court to address the standard for insider trading in a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Claiming Tipper Received No Benefit, Defendant Invokes Newman in Seeking to Dismiss Insider Trading Allegations

A defendant in an insider trading case who allegedly profited from his inside knowledge recently filed a motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island to drop him from a Securities and Exchange...more

Foley Hoag LLP

The First, First Circuit Court to Opine on a Newman Challenge

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And the Insider Trading Charges Stick - On May 12, 2015, in United States v. Douglas Parigian, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper became the first judge in the First Circuit to opine on a challenge to insider...more

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