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The Return to Business As Usual for Insider Trading Litigation

A federal appeals court, in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Christopher Clark, recently reversed a lower court’s decision and remanded the case for a jury trial on civil insider trading claims based on suspicious trading and circumstantial evidence, with no direct proof of wrongdoing by the defendant. With this new ruling, the Securities and…

Client Alerts | March 16, 2023 | Commercial and Corporate Litigation | Regulatory Defense | Risk Management

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans Are Not a Free Pass for Insider Trading Schemes

The U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently brought criminal charges and civil claims for insider trading against Terren S. Peizer (“Peizer”), the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company, despite Peizer’s use of a…

Client Alerts | March 14, 2023 | Commercial and Corporate Litigation | Regulatory Defense | Risk Management

A SCOTUS Win for the SEC on Disgorgement?

In a decision of consequence to securities industry participants, the U.S. Supreme Court just answered a long-unresolved question and ruled, in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission, that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could ask courts to order disgorgement of ill-gotten gains. In doing so, the Supreme Court affirmed and at the same time, to some…

Client Alerts | June 25, 2020 | Regulatory Defense | Investment Fund Litigation