All Newman articles
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Plan B? Feds Pursue Insider Trading Charges Under SOX
An unusual insider trading prosecution brought under a provision of SOX (rather than Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act) suggests that prosecutors are seeking a "Plan B" in the wake of the Second Circuit's disruptive decision in U.S. v. Newman.
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U.S. Asks Supreme Court to Review 'Erroneous' Newman Decision
Facing an August 3 deadline to appeal the Second Circuit's Newman decision, the United States today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S Supreme Court. The U.S. argued that the Second Circuit's decision "erroneously departed" from the Supreme Court’s decision in Dirks v. SEC.
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Decades Later, the Law of Insider Trading Remains Elusive and Undefined
Over a decade ago, in August 2004, I watched the high-profile Martha Stewart insider trading matter play out as federal prosecutors decided not to charge Stewart with the crime of insider trading, the SEC did pursue a civil lawsuit against her, and the rest of the U.S. seemed to scratch ...