By Mani Dabiri | Published December 9, 2016 | Posted in Federal and State Criminal Defense, Government Subpoenas and Investigations, Post-Conviction Defense and Appeals, White-Collar and Regulatory Defense | Tagged Tags: bankingandfinance, insidertrading, securitiesandcommodities |
Much Ado About Little
The U.S. Supreme Court decided its big insider-trading case of the term on Tuesday, and it turns out you still can’t toss a friend or family member a tip to trade on. Who knew? Here are the facts. The defendant’s brother-in-law was an investment banker who advised major healthcare companies on mergers and acquisitions. Over time, he shared inside information Read More
Read MoreSEC Reports Enforcement Results for 2016
As we wind down the calendar year, the Securities and Exchange Commission has already reported its enforcement results for the fiscal year that ended September 30. In case you missed it, here’s the press release. Naturally, there’s some self-patting on the back, but if the past predicts the future, the agency is looking to file cases. Its Read More
Read MoreThe CFTC’s First Ever Case of Insider Trading
Two months ago, for the first time, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission flexed its new anti-fraud powers under the Dodd-Frank Act to punish insider trading in the futures markets. How so? The agency filed and settled an enforcement action against an employee whose job was to trade energy futures for a large corporation. Allegedly, the employee used access to confidential information about Read More
Read MoreThe SEC Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
Speaking of whistleblowers, the Securities and Exchange Commission just published its annual report to Congress on its own program that it launched in 2011. And overall, it seems to be on the upswing. The SEC’s program authorizes monetary awards for volunteering original information that results in a successful enforcement action, including sanctions that exceed $1 million. It Read More
Read MoreSEC Announces Its 2013 Enforcement Results in the Financial Markets
Here is a link to the Securities & Exchange Commission’s press release reporting its enforcement numbers for fiscal year 2013, which ran from October through September. Over that period last year, the agency filed 686 public lawsuits in the name of our capital markets, and it obtained a record $3.4 billion in monetary sanctions, like disgorgement of profits, including $3 billion from 169 people Read More
Read MoreDon’t Mess With Texas, (Mark) Cubans, or the SEC When It Comes to Insider Trading
As you may have heard, Texan billionaire Mark Cuban was acquitted a couple weeks ago in an insider-trading trial that accused him of selling his stake in a Canadian search-engine company after learning from its CEO that it was planning a stock sale that would dilute his stake. Cuban’s conversation with the CEO took place in 2004, just months after he Read More
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