Month: April 2015

The SEC brought its first enforcement action centered on corporate restrictions which could impact employee whistleblowers, deterring them from reporting to the agency. Specifically, the Commission alleged that a policy at KBR, Inc. which precluded the disclosure of information by …

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The Second Circuit rejected a petition for rehearing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Newman case. There the Court reversed and dismissed the insider trading actions against two traders based on the failure of the court to provide the …

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