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United States v. Blaszczak Continues to Reshape Insider Trading Law

Harvard Corporate Governance

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Insider Trading via the Corporation (discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M. Blaszczak (“Blaszczak II”), this time delivering a victory to defendants accused of insider trading based on non-public predecisional government information. [1] more…)

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SEC Adopts Final Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosure

Harvard Corporate Governance

The guidance addressed disclosure obligations under existing laws and regulations, cybersecurity policies and procedures, disclosure controls and procedures, insider trading prohibitions and Reg FD and selective disclosure prohibitions in the context of cybersecurity.

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What the SEC’s “Shadow Insider Trading” Trial Means for In-House Counsel

Reynolds Holding

On April 5, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former corporate executive liable for insider trading in SEC v. Panuwat , a novel enforcement action involving a theory known as “shadow trading.” The SEC now requires annual disclosure of an issuer’s insider trading policies and procedures.

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Know Your Customer: Informed Trading by Banks

Harvard Corporate Governance

Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Insider Trading Via the Corporation (discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M. In particular, universal banks could use borrowers’ confidential information when selling securities to investors or trading in capital markets.

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Using ETFs to Conceal Insider Trading

Reynolds Holding

On August 17, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed the first lawsuit charging insider trading in an economically related stock. A former employee of Medivation (MDVN, a mid-sized biopharmaceutical company) was charged for trading on confidential information about the acquisition of MDVN at a significant premium.

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Regulate Congressional Trading Through Registration Under the  Securities Laws

Reynolds Holding

Illegal insider trading is the weird Barbie of securities regulation, a concept that, like the movie-version of the doll, has been pushed and pulled and misshapen over time. 1] It was subsequently limited to those traders who also had a duty to the shareholders of the entity whose securities were being traded. [2]

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Shadow Trading, Corporate Investments, and Macroeconomic Risk

Reynolds Holding

Corporate insiders engage in “shadow trading” when they use private information about their own firm to trade in the shares of economically connected companies such as suppliers, customers, or competitors. While legal scholars have long recognized that shadow trading can be profitable, SEC v.