It happens all the time: a public company employee seeks career advice from a mentor, spouse, or friend with whom they have a longstanding relationship of trust and confidence. It could be part of a regular check-in, or it...more
A federal jury in California agreed with the SEC that a corporate official engaged in insider trading when he purchased securities of a company based on material nonpublic information (“MNPI”) about a different company. The...more
On January 14, 2022, a federal court in the Northern District of California endorsed the SEC's novel "shadow trading" theory of insider trading. In SEC v. Panuwat, No. 3:21-cv-06322-WHO (N.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 2022), the Court...more