The Galleon insider trading cases have drawn considerable attention for their use of techniques not typically seen in white collar crime cases. Those include the use of wire taps and informants wearing wires. These techniques permitted the government to witness …

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The D.C. Circuit reversed a Commission ruling upholding an order requiring a broker to pay restitution in a “trading away” case. The court concluded that “the SEC decision borders on whimsical or rests on notions of strict liability.” The case …

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