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Before reading these two articles, I knew very little about insider trading, besides the fact that it was trading on inside details that were not released to the public, which is considered illegal. The article entitled “Former SEC Attorney, James Kidney, Speaks out on Court’s Insider Trading Bombshell” provided an overlook of one case United […]

In this day and age, it’s not uncommon to hear individuals taking unethical means to get ahead in life, especially within business. Such is the case with insider trading, where someone in the firm releases private information that is not available yet to the public to someone(s), and proceeds to get a benefit from the […]

It is without a doubt that when we discuss corruption on Wall Street, insider trading is one of the most heavily guarded topics. Insider trading, as defined, usually occurs in the most standard scenario when a corporate insider gives non-public information to a trader in exchange for rewards which include but are not limited to […]

Insider trading is a problem in the corporate world of America. At first I thought that this made no sense. People share secrets all the time. But when this information could mean millions or billions of dollars, then it’s a big deal. It’s especially so when the money doesn’t belong to those individuals sharing private […]

Insider trading is defined as the trading of a public company’s stock or other securities by individuals with access to nonpublic information about the company. The definition sounds simple enough but in reality, insider trading is much more complex. Under restrictions and laws, insider trading has become much more difficult to determine. No more is it just between […]

Prior to reading the these two articles on insider trading, I had not heard of this trial before and although I knew insider trading was a controversial topic, I did not realize the issue ran this deep. The case of the Unites States of America v. Todd Newman, Anthony Chiasson was clearly a landmark decision […]

The articles today focused on insider trading, using information not disclosed publicly to gain some sort of advantage. It is illegal in the United States but the articles attack the insider trading laws. The main criticisms include focusing too much on minor issues and shying away from major cases as well using antiquated laws. The […]

When the world finds out about insider trading, it is like a secret has been exposed. The social media breaks out in frenzy about how a certain individual or group of individuals gets caught gaining significant amounts of money because these people had insider knowledge. What I thought was most interesting in the Martens article […]

These readings were a lot more technical than others we have read. I like how detailed they were and, especially in the New Yorker, there was so much detail from all different sides of the spectrum. I have felt for a while that the USSC has been extremely too political and partisan for the purpose […]

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