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“Shadow Trading” Becomes Insider Trading

Reynolds Holding

District Court in San Francisco denied a motion to dismiss charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under an expansive new theory of insider trading liability. On January 14, 2022, the U.S. In a matter of first impression, the court ruled in SEC v. The SEC’s “Shadow Trading” Claim. an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company.

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John C. Coffee, Jr.: The Indicting of Trump and How to Avoid the Pitfalls

Reynolds Holding

New York will be first, but Special Counsel Jack Smart in Washington and the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, (Fani Willis) could follow shortly. This post will consider only the New York district attorney’s likely charges and those that the special counsel might assert in federal court. Section 175.05

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Davis Polk Discusses Antitrust Law and ESG Initiatives

Reynolds Holding

Federal antitrust agency leaders have noted correctly that there are no antitrust exemptions for “socially desirable” activity, including ESG initiatives, but they have provided little further guidance. In the U.S., In the EU and the U.K., competition authorities have issued guidance to support industry-wide ESG initiatives. In the U.S.,

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Antitrust 2017: Trends and Developments to Watch

Cooley M&A

President-elect Donald Trump’s DOJ and FTC transition team appointments and public short list of candidates to run the agencies indicate that antitrust enforcement in the Trump Administration will most likely mirror recent Republican administrations, which have tended to be less interventionist than Democratic administrations.