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Former CEO Sentenced in Historic Insider Trading Case Under Rule 10b5-1

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On June 23, 2025, U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer of the Central District of California sentenced a former Chairman and CEO of a behavioral healthcare company to 42 months in federal prison. This conviction represents the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Takeaways for In-House Counsel from DOJ’s First Insider Trading Trial Involving a Rule 10b5-1 Plan

On June 21, 2024, a jury in California federal court found a former chief executive officer of a publicly traded healthcare company guilty of insider trading in United States v. Peizer, the first criminal insider-trading case...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

DOJ Updates Monitor Selection Policy

Key Takeaways- •On March 1, 2023, the Assistant Attorney General (“AAG”) for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., issued a revised memorandum on the imposition and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Rise of Rule 10b5-1 Enforcement and How Companies Can Mitigate Risk of DOJ and SEC Actions

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have recently intensified their scrutiny of insider trading under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The emerging trend of enforcement investigations...more

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