Year: 2015

The Second Circuit’s decision in U.S. v. Newman, Nos. 13-1837-cr. 13-1917-cr (2nd Cir. Dec. 10, 2014) continues to be the key focus in insider trading cases. There the Court held that remote tippees must not only know that the information …

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The SEC named ratings giant Standard & Poor’s in three actions this week and one of its senior executives in another. The firm settled all three actions, admitting to a series of facts but not violations of the law in …

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