Insider Trading, Board of Directors, Mergers

Recent Developments for UK PLCs - April 2025

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/2/2025

On 14 March 2025, the FCA published Primary Market Bulletin 54, which raised concerns around the leaking of inside information by individuals at a company or by its advisers on live M&A transactions. The FCA specifically...more

2023 IPO Report

WilmerHale on 4/7/2023

US Market Review and Outlook - Stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with geopolitical tensions and concerns about the global economic outlook,...more

Northern District of California Validates SEC’s “Shadow Trading” Theory of Insider Trading Liability

Goodwin on 1/27/2022

Northern District of California Validates SEC’s “Shadow Trading” Theory of Insider Trading Liability; Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Stockholder Derivative Suit Against Boeing Based on Forum-Selection Bylaw; Delaware...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/2/2019

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May and August 2019....more

SEC and DOJ Charge Board Member with Trading on Inside Information . . . During a Board Meeting

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes on 10/26/2016

On Friday, the SEC filed a complaint against James C. Cope, a former member of the Executive Committee of Pinnacle Financial Partners’ (“PFP”) board of directors, alleging that he engaged in insider trading. The same day,...more

Mergers & Acquisitions Glossary

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/19/2015

This Glossary contains many of the important terms and definitions used in the M&A world. The Glossary is not exhaustive, however. Like most areas of the law, M&A is a highly complex subject that involves several legal and...more