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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSEC Targets Lose Defense to Data-Based Insider Trading Probes
An appeals court decision reviving an SEC insider trading case short-circuits what targets of agency probes based on data analysis and other circumstantial evidence hoped was a strike against such moves. A Virginia federal district court had abruptly ended the trial of Christopher Clark, a mortgage broker accused of trading on illicit tips ahead of […]
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Rob Cohen Discusses SEC’s Analysis and Detection Center | Cady Bar the Door
And, Cohen said last Friday, the Market Abuse Unit has filed five insider trading cases generated from the Center over the last year. This is noteworthy. Here is one of the cases, and here is another one. Lexis doesn’t tell me about the other two. But what I want to know is, what data do […]
SEC chief hails ‘big data’ in insider trading bust | TheHill
Ceresney said it’s been a “banner time” for the agency as comprehensive data capabilities are “increasing by the day.” “We have access to data that we just didn’t have access to five or ten years ago,” he said. “[We’re] finding patterns of traders who are trading in unison and then working backward” to see where […]
The SEC Speaks in 2014: Beware the Data Crunchers — King & Spalding
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 […]
SEC Uses Data from Defendants’ MetroCards to Build Insider Trading Case – Compliance Week
Add “trackable mass transit” to the list of pitfalls that insider traders must avoid to stay out of trouble. In a case filed yesterday, the SEC relied on detailed information gleaned from defendants’ use of their subway MetroCards to help build its case. via SEC Uses Data from Defendants’ MetroCards to Build Insider Trading Case […]