Despite Commissioners' 'Dissent' in WSJ, SEC Argues For Fair Fund in SAC Case
As I discussed here last week, the SEC recently stated its intention to create a Fair Fund to distribute the funds from its $602 million insider trading settlement with SAC Capital to the people who were on the losing side of certain trades with SAC. This week, that decision was ...
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