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Regulation FD

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Beyond Dirks: Gratuitous Tipping And Insider Trading, Donna M. Nagy Jan 2016

Beyond Dirks: Gratuitous Tipping And Insider Trading, Donna M. Nagy

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Did an investment banker who gratuitously shared material nonpublic information with his brother, with no expectation of receiving anything in return, commit securities fraud? And is the investment banker's brother-in-law jointly liable for trading securities on the basis of what he knew to be gratuitous tips? The Supreme Court is poised to answer those questions in Salman v. United States, after steering clear of insider trading law for nearly two decades. It has been even longer still since the Court last addressed securities fraud liability relating to stock trading tips-it articulated a "personal benefit" test for joint tipper-tippee liability in …


Selective Disclosure By Federal Officials And The Case For An Fgd (Fairer Government Disclosure) Regime, Donna M. Nagy, Richard W. Painter Jan 2012

Selective Disclosure By Federal Officials And The Case For An Fgd (Fairer Government Disclosure) Regime, Donna M. Nagy, Richard W. Painter

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This Article addresses a problem at the intersection of securities regulation and government ethics: the selective disclosure of market-moving information, by federal officials in the executive and legislative branches, to securities investors outside the government who use that information for trading. These privileged investors, often aided by political intelligence consultants, can profit substantially from their access to knowledgeable sources inside the government. In most instances, however, neither the disclosure nor the trading violates the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws (under which the insider trading prohibitions arise). This legally protected favoritism undermines investor confidence in the fairness and integrity …


Wall Street V. Main Street: The Sec's New Regulation Fd And Its Impact On Market Participants, D. Casey Kobi Jul 2002

Wall Street V. Main Street: The Sec's New Regulation Fd And Its Impact On Market Participants, D. Casey Kobi

Indiana Law Journal

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Regulation Fd's Effect On Fixed-Income Investors: Is The Public Protected Or Harmed?, Michael A. Harrison Jan 2002

Regulation Fd's Effect On Fixed-Income Investors: Is The Public Protected Or Harmed?, Michael A. Harrison

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.