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Newman Appears to Narrowly Survive the Second Circuit’s Rehearing of Martoma | BakerHostetler

By Securities Docket on July 6, 2018, 8:59 am

As we indicated in our takeaways to our previous article, relationships will remain at the forefront of parties’ arguments and defenses. This remains true today because, as the dissent stated and the majority acquiesced, “Newman remains good law.” Yet whether such analysis will be undercut by the majority opinion in Martoma likely depends on whether […]

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In a Boon to Prosecutors, Insider Trading Ruling Is Reshaped – The New York Times

By Securities Docket on August 24, 2017, 3:04 pm

The decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan in United States v. Newman, which roiled the world of insider trading when it was announced in December 2014, seems to be relegated to little more than a footnote in the history of securities fraud with an opinion from the […]

Posted in Criminal, Top | Tagged Appellate, Insider Trading, Newman

Sean Stewart Jurors Were Hung Up on ‘What Did He Get Out of It?’ – Bloomberg

By Securities Docket on August 23, 2016, 5:09 pm

For much of five days of deliberations, a jury that ultimately convicted former Perella Weinberg Partners LP managing director Sean Stewart of insider trading was stuck on one important question. What did he get out of it? via Sean Stewart Jurors Were Hung Up on ‘What Did He Get Out of It?’ – Bloomberg

Posted in Criminal, Top | Tagged Insider Trading, Newman

Level Global Case Continues to Rewind | Compliance Week

By Securities Docket on January 26, 2016, 12:37 pm

Watching developments in the Level Global insider trading case — which fell apart after the Second Circuit’s landmark decision in Newman resulted in the conviction of its co-founder and another defendant being overturned — feels like watching a movie rewind. via Level Global Case Continues to Rewind | Compliance Week

Posted in Criminal, SEC, Top | Tagged Insider Trading, Newman

Bharara brushes off reports of insider trading ruling’s damage | POLITICO

By Securities Docket on October 30, 2015, 10:50 am

Bharara said news reports calling this a major setback amounted to modern “yellow journalism” and belied the nature of his office’s work in prosecuting cases based on the state of the law. “If Congress tomorrow adopted The Wall Street Journal editorial page’s view that insider trading is awesome — which appears to be their view […]

Posted in Criminal, Top | Tagged Newman

Making Insider Trading Legal – The New Yorker

By Securities Docket on October 28, 2015, 1:19 pm

… But the truth is that if you operate a hedge fund and care to structure your business around the gaping loopholes that the Supreme Court has implicitly endorsed, insider trading is now effectively legal in the United States. via Making Insider Trading Legal – The New Yorker

Posted in Criminal, SEC, Top | Tagged Insider Trading, Newman

Insider trading charges dropped against SAC’s Steinberg | New York Post

By Securities Docket on October 23, 2015, 7:52 am

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on Thursday dismissed all charges against Michael Steinberg, who was convicted by a federal court jury in December 2013 of five counts of insider trading. The move by Bharara was not unexpected, as similar verdicts against Anthony Chiasson and Todd Newman, traders at two other hedge funds, were overturned by […]

Posted in Criminal, SEC, Top | Tagged Insider Trading, Newman

Hillary Clinton Pledges to Redefine Insider Trading, Self-Fund SEC | Compliance Week

By Securities Docket on October 9, 2015, 9:51 am

The Supreme Court announced this week that it will let stand the Second Circuit’s landmark insider trading decision in U.S. v. Newman. Hillary Clinton, however, says that as President she would not do the same, and that she would propose legislation to “clarify” the law post-Newman. via Hillary Clinton Pledges to Redefine Insider Trading, Self-Fund […]

Posted in Criminal, SEC, Top | Tagged Insider Trading, Newman, Politics, Self-funding

Preet Bharara warns of insider trading ‘bonanza’ – FT.com

By Securities Docket on October 5, 2015, 6:14 pm

US attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara warned of a “bonanza” for friends and family of the rich after the Supreme Court declined to hear a Department of Justice request to reverse two overturned convictions on insider trading. via Preet Bharara warns of insider trading ‘bonanza’ – FT.com

Posted in Criminal, Top | Tagged Appellate, Newman

Game Over: Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Newman Case | Compliance Week

By Securities Docket on October 5, 2015, 10:24 am

Today, the the U.S. Supreme Court specifically included the landmark insider trading case of U.S. v. Newman on a lengthy list of cases in which the Court denied certiorari (will not hear on appeal). The Court’s refusal to hear the case means that Newman will continue to pose a major, often insurmountable obstacle to the […]

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Appellate, Newman

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