The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") won at trial in its first "shadow trading" case, holding a corporate official liable for insider trading for using nonpublic information about his company's acquisition to trade...more
4/19/2024
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Enforcement Actions ,
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Pharmaceutical Industry ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
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Third-Party
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The Situation: The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that supplemental disclosures must be "material" to warrant mootness fees in litigation challenging the disclosures for M&A transactions. Anderson v....more