A federal appeals court ruling that makes it harder to obtain insider-trading convictions was called “dramatically” wrong in the U.S. government’s first formal response to the sweeping decision.
The criticism of last month’s decision was made in a separate case and may indicate the Justice Department’s intention to challenge it. The opinion by a panel of three judges dealt a blow to a multiyear insider-trading probe that netted more than 85 convictions, imperiling a handful of them.
via Landmark Ruling Restricting Insider Trading Prosecutions Is Dead Wrong, U.S. Says – Businessweek
