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Securities Enforcement Roundup – August 2025

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In this issue of our monthly Securities Enforcement Roundup, we highlight top securities enforcement developments from August 2025. ...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Fourth Circuit Reverses Mid-Trial Grant of Judgment Against SEC in Insider-Trading Case

On February 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a mid-trial grant of judgment as a matter of law against the Securities and Exchange Commission in a jury trial for insider trading. The decision in...more

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Insider Trading Case to Watch: The Second Circuit to Revisit Blaszczak

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This spring, the Second Circuit will revisit its highly consequential insider trading decision in United States v. Blaszczak. The case is one to watch, as it has the potential to impact how the government approaches...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Second Circuit’s Expansion of Criminal Insider Trading Liability

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On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more

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Prosecutors Not Required to Prove Tipper Received “Personal Benefit” to be Convicted Under Criminal Insider Trading Statute

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On December 30, 2019 the Second Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Blaszczak, finding that the government can criminally prosecute insider trading under 18 U.S.C. 1348 without proving personal benefit to the...more

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Insider Trading Law Alert: The Second Circuit Clears the Path for Insider Trading Convictions Absent a Dirks Personal Benefit

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On December 30, 2019, the Second Circuit issued a consequential insider trading decision in United States v. Blaszczak. In Blaszczak, the Second Circuit faced the question whether the “personal benefit” test set forth in...more

A&O Shearman

Second Circuit Re-Affirms Insider Trading Conviction Of Rajat Gupta

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On January 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed — for the second time — the insider trading conviction of Rajat Gupta. Gupta v. United States, No. 15-2707 (2d Cir. Jan. 7, 2019). In a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2018

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May 2018 and August 2018.... US Supreme Court - Supreme Court Holds That SEC Administrative Law Judges...more

Jones Day

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Expands Insider Trading Liability

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On August 23, 2017, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the insider trading conviction of Matthew Martoma, a former portfolio manager for SAC Capital Advisors LLP ("SAC Capital"). In doing so, the court overturned...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Left Swinging: Why Mickelson Went Uncharged For Insider Trading

In Depth - The Securities and Exchange Commission recently revealed details of an insider trading case against a gambler named William Walters, who allegedly engaged in insider trading based on information he obtained...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Sixth Circuit last week concluded that Morrison, which held that Section 10(b) does not have extraterritorial reach, is inapplicable to Advisers Act Section 10(b). The DC Circuit, on rehearing, reaffirmed its prior...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission chose to appeal the decision in Hill v. SEC in which the Court held that the manner in which SEC Administrative Law Judges are retained violates the Appointment Clause of the Constitution. While the Court...more

Brooks Pierce

Two Regulatory Crises

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It strikes me that two civil regulators are facing dire attacks on aspects of their enforcement programs – both in different U.S. Courts of Appeals – at the same time. Both of these attacks arise out of generalized statutes...more

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Second Circuit Limits Insider Trading Law for Remote Tippees

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Matt Levine is a big jerk. He just sits there at Bloomberg following events in finance and securities enforcement, and then writes interesting things about those events really quickly and with insight that no one else has...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Raj Rajaratnam Appeals $92 Million Civil Fine to Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Convicted investment fund founder Raj Rajaratnam filed an appeal of his Securities and Exchange Commission case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, arguing that the district court improperly sought...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside The Courts - May 2014 | Volume 6 | Issue 2

In This Issue: - AUDITOR LIABILITY: ..Athale v. Sinotech Energy Ltd., No. 11 Civ. 05831(AJN) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2014) - BYLAWS: ..ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund (German Tennis...more

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