Many of the insider trading cases brought last year involved trading ahead of mergers. Others were based on trading before the announcement of some other significant corporate event. Regardless of the nature of the inside information involved however, there was …

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Key areas in which the SEC brought cases last year include, insider trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, financial fraud, hedge funds, options backdating and attorneys. In addition, the Enforcement Division created a subprime taskforce which is coordinating with other …

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