Month: January 2015

In U.S. v. Newman, Nos. 13-1837-cr, 13-1917, 2014 WL 6911278 (2nd Cir. Decided Dec. 10, 2014) the Second Circuit handed prosecutors perhaps the only defeat they have suffered in recent years in an insider trading cases. After noting that not …

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Criminal insider trading charges were filed against the former managing clerk of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Steven Metro. U.S. v. Metro (D. N.J. Jan. 15, 2015). Mr. Metro was indicted by a grand jury on one count of conspiracy to …

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