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Rajaratnam and the “No One Has Gone to Prison” Myth
“The claim that nobody gets convicted of financial crimes is a lie.”
Five years later, Skilling’s sentence is still up in the air
Five years later, Jeffrey Skilling’s sentence remains uncertain.
EU chief wants law change to target rogue bankers
European Commission chief proposes the introduction into European law of “individual responsibility.”
Web Watch: Best of the Week Ending October 14
The week’s most interesting columns and blog posts from around the web.
Securities Docket News Wire for 2011-10-15
Something for (Almost) Everybody in Dodd-Frank: Racial, Gender, and Diversity Considerations… http://t.co/xCgWM6Tu # Insider trading: Tipping the scales http://t.co/pJNOJqyI # Rajaratnam prison term follows sentencing trends http://t.co/mABEwGF4 # Prison Time for Inside Trading Is Climbing http://t.co/yAFWRAY2 # The End of an Era for Stock Option Backdating Scandals http://t.co/r4m6A7JO # A Recent District Court Decision Undermines [...]
Something for (Almost) Everybody in Dodd-Frank: Racial, Gender, and Diversity Considerations in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The provisions of the [Dodd-Frank] Act that deal with race, gender, and diversity generally fall into two categories: those that ask financial regulators to take these considerations into account in addressing systemic financial risk and those that ask these regulators to take these considerations into account in their workforces, the workforces of thei contractors, and [...]
A Recent District Court Decision Undermines the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Janus
In a September 30 decision released by the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York in City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System v. EnergySolutions, the court seized on the Supreme Court’s phrase “ultimate control” to deny a motion to dismiss a complaint seeking to hold a parent corporation liable for alleged [...]
Insider trading: Tipping the scales
Countries beyond U.S. are getting tougher on insider trading, too.
Rajaratnam prison term follows sentencing trends
In insider trading cases, judges often find reasons to depart downward in sentencing.
Prison Time for Inside Trading Is Climbing
In recent years, defendants sent to prison on insider-trading charges in New York federal courts have received median sentence of about 2½ years.