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Where’s the crime in insider trading? – The Orange County Register

By Securities Docket on March 3, 2014, 9:15 am

Objectively, the ban on insider trading makes no sense. It creates an arcane distinction between “non-public” and “public” information and treats them differently. It presumes that investors should possess equal information and never know any more than anyone else. The rule punishes traders for seeking to learn information already known by some people. It inhibits […]

Posted in SEC | Tagged Insider Trading, Web Watch

The SEC Speaks in 2014: Beware the Data Crunchers — King & Spalding

By Securities Docket on March 3, 2014, 9:13 am

Even more notable to securities practitioners than the attendance of Mark Cuban at this year’s SEC Speaks event (held in Washington, D.C. on February 21-22, 2014) was the start-to-finish focus of the Enforcement Division on data, data, data. Beginning with Chair Mary Jo White’s kick-off address, and extending throughout the two-day event, the Commission and […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Conferences, Data, Speeches