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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInDefendant Rationalized Insider Trading Was OK Because ‘Members of Congress Can Do It’ – Compliance Week
I have heard countless rationales through the years for why people engage in insider trading, but here is a new one courtesy of today’s case filed by the SEC against a Microsoft employee: “‘I told myself, ‘Members of Congress can do it.’” via Defendant Rationalized Insider Trading Was OK Because ‘Members of Congress Can Do […]
Traders Seek an Edge With High-Tech Snooping – WSJ.com
Genscape is at the vanguard of a growing industry that employs sophisticated surveillance and data-crunching technology to supply traders with nonpublic information about topics including oil supplies, electric-power production, retail traffic and crop yields. via Traders Seek an Edge With High-Tech Snooping – WSJ.com
Securities Docket News Wire for December 18, 2013
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for December 18, 2013.
Therese Pritchard Named Next Chair of Bryan Cave LLP
Law firm Bryan Cave LLP announced yesterday that Therese D. Pritchard will be the the next Chair of the firm beginning on October 1, 2014. Pritchard will be the first woman to hold the position in Bryan Cave’s 140-year history. Pritchard is currently the leader of the firm’s White Collar, Securities Enforcement and Litigation Client Service […]
Q&A: Diana Henriques—How to Interview Bernie Madoff — Pursuit Magazine
Award-winning financial writer Diana Henriques was the first journalist to interview Madoff after his incarceration. She chronicled the unfolding scandal for the NYTimes and has written a masterful account of Madoff’s fraud and its global repercussions…. In part one of our Q&A, Henriques describes her strategies for interviewing a singularly accomplished liar like Madoff — […]
Preet Bharara Remains Undefeated for Insider Trading Trials – MoneyBeat – WSJ
Following a jury’s conviction of SAC Capital’s Michael Steinberg Wednesday, Preet Bharara remains undefeated in prosecuting insider trading. Since taking over as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in August 2009, Mr. Bharara is 77 for 77 in convicting defendants in insider trading cases. Eighteen of those defendants pled guilty, and […]
SAC Capital’s Michael Steinberg Convicted in Insider-Trading Case – WSJ.com
A jury found a senior employee of SAC Capital Advisors LP guilty of insider trading, a verdict that deals another blow to the giant hedge fund and its billionaire founder, Steven A. Cohen. The guilty verdict for Michael Steinberg came after roughly ten hours of deliberation over two days and could send him to prison. […]