Eliminating subjectivity is a challenge, but individuals in higher positions of power with immense discretionary power are expected by law and reason to be judged objectively DNA - Published
The former top corporate lawyer at Apple Inc was criminally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday with insider trading ahead of six of the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings.. Reuters India - Published
According to Gizmodo.com, Gene Levoff, a former Vice President of Corporate Law at Apple, was charged with insider trading on Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Levoff, who was..
In the wake of the recent insider trading investigations, some Japanese politicians are calling for stronger corporate governance and clearer laws by country's financial regulators. Michiyo Nakamoto..
A former senior lawyer at Apple Inc was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday of insider trading ahead of the iPhone maker's quarterly earnings announcements. Reuters India - Published
The regulator will subsequently examine whether there was any violation of regulations relating to insider trading and disclosure norms. Zee News - Published
Late last week, former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager Mathew Martoma petitioned the Supreme Court to review his 2014 conviction for insider trading. Martoma's conviction stems Mondaq - Published
SEBI delivered on its commitment to bring transparency, objectivity and consistency to the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 2015 (Insider Trading Regulations) while implementing.. Mondaq - Published
The Frankfurt prosecutor's office has dropped an insider trading case against former Deutsche Boerse Chief Executive Carsten Kengeter in exchange for payments of almost 5 million euros ($5.68 million). Reuters India - Published
Regulator Sebi is planning to beef up its market surveillance system as well as its tool for speedy analysis of trade data, which identifies possible violations such as insider trading, share price.. DNA - Published
(Reuters) - The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) is examining accusations that an employee leaked information to a suspect for money, undermining a probe into a network of insider trading suspects in.. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
A Chinese court on Thursday jailed for life a former high-ranking secret police official for taking bribes, "coercive" business deals and insider trading, the court said. Reuters India - Published
A lot of ink has been spilled over the crime of insider trading, which – in the view of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff – "is a straightforward concept that some courts have managed to complicate." Mondaq - Published
In August 2017, Sun Pharmaceutical, Shanghvi and nine other entities settled an insider trading probe on payment of Rs 18 lakh towards settlement charges Firstpost - Published
Sebi may reopen an insider trading case against Sun Pharma and as well as probe alleged lapses by some of its promoters and other entities in raising funds overseas.. Firstpost - Published
In August 2017, Sun Pharma, Shanghvi and nine other entities settled an insider trading probe on payment of Rs 18 lakh towards settlement charges. Sources said SEBI is likely to reopen the case. Firstpost - Published
Pharma major Sun Pharma remained the worst loser in the Sensex pack for the second day in a row after a report that regulator Sebi may reopen the insider trading case against the company. Firstpost - Published
Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical tumbled over 10 percent on Monday as markets regulator SEBI may reopen an insider trading case against the firm and probe alleged lapses by some of its promoters Firstpost - Published
Markets regulator Sebi is likely to reopen an insider trading case against Sun Pharmaceutical Industries as well as probe alleged lapses by some of its promoters and other entities in raising funds.. IndiaTimes - Published
Trading in tokens is currently in the spotlight of the public's and the regulator's attention. Based on distributed ledgers-technology, blockchains are used to publicly issue tokens Mondaq - Published
Schultz "Jason" Chan, former director of biostatistics at Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKBA), was sentenced to three years in prison following his conviction for insider trading. Mondaq - Published
A divided federal appeals court on Monday overturned the insider trading conviction of a former Wall Street investment banker accused of passing tips about five mergers in the healthcare industry to.. Reuters India - Published
On 25 June 2018, a divided three-judge panel of the Second Circuit amended its decision in United States v. Martoma (covered previously in this newsletter) Mondaq - Published
India’s oldest and most trusted investment fortnightly *Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ)* has tied up with *Emmay Entertainment’s Baazaar*. ‘*Baazaar*’ which is set against the backdrop.. NewsVoir - Published
Former SDNY U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and SEC Commissioner Jackson recently announced, via NY Times op-ed, the creation of the Bharara Task Force on Insider Trading. Mondaq - Published
The amendments (which were more than 3 years in the making) introduce a number of key changes to the insider trading regime the most important of which are discussed below Mondaq - Published
A federal judge on Thursday set a Feb. 3, 2020 trial date for Christopher Collins, a Republican U.S. congressman from New York who was charged earlier this year with taking part in an insider trading.. Reuters India - Published
As there is almost never direct, ‘smoking gun' type evidence of insider trading, securities regulators often rely on circumstantial evidence in enforcement proceedings, from which they invite the.. Mondaq - Published
The CFTC has filed a new "insider trading" enforcement action involving the energy markets—the agency's third energy market insider trading case since 2015. Mondaq - Published
Authors Zhaoxin Lin, Travis R.A. Sapp, Jackie Rees Ulmer, and Rahul Parsa examine insider trading data in order to assess the significance of this issue. Mondaq - Published
India plans to tighten rules to curb mis-selling of securities, market manipulation and insider trading, its financial market regulator said on Tuesday after considering recommendations by a panel. Reuters India - Published
The Seattle Seahawks have signed linebacker Mychal Hendricks to a one-year deal a week after he pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading. Mondaq - Published
The founders of Diamondback Capital, one of a handful of hedge funds touched by the U.S. government's insider trading probe, have reunited and are working on a new investment project, people familiar.. Reuters India - Published
Two former partners of the hedge fund Deerfield Management were sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of taking part in what prosecutors have described as an insider.. Reuters India - Published
Capital markets watchdog Sebi is planning to hire as many as 120 officers to beef up its resources for faster and more effective execution of regulatory work.
At present, the regulator has nearly.. DNA - Published
US President Donald Trump on Monday launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing.. DNA - Published
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said a former senior executive at Qualys Inc will pay a $581,170 insider trading penalty for helping his brothers sell their.. Firstpost - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
Shara Roy and Constanza Pauchulo co-authored an article on Insider Trading in the April 2015 issue of the Advocates' Quarterly published by Canada Law Book, a Division of Thomson Reuters Canada.. Mondaq - Published
In August 2017, SEBI passed an interim order against eight persons, including Vaidyalingam, and also directed impounding the losses averted by them in the trading of MCX shares. Firstpost - Published
On August 8, 2018, Christopher Collins, a member of the US House of Representatives for New York's 27th congressional district, was arrested on insider trading charges Mondaq - Published