insider trading

Just like Julius Caesar was stabbed in the back in 44 BC by conspirators in the Roman Senate, so too are we being taken advantage of by our elected officials. You may have heard of the STOCK Act which received Senate approval February 2nd and cleared the House February 9th. STOCK is an acronym...

The government's sprawling insider trading case netted another fish yesterday afternoon as the FBI took John Kinnucan into custody at his Portland, Oregon home. Kinnucan, the founder of expert network firm Broadband Research LLC, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud,...

  Insiders have sharply reduced both their purchases and sales in January 2012.  On the purchase side, insiders reduced their share purchases in their own companies from 161 million shares in December 2011 to 91 million shares in January 2012.  For all of 2011, insiders had averaged out about...

This morning, as the greater equity markets are moving higher on positive comments from European leaders, the technology sector is swarming with activity. Various financial transactions have been announced, including amicable contracts, debt and equity offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. One...

In a fairer world, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson would spend the next 10 to 12 years in federal prison. In case you missed it, we now have proof that, at the height of the housing crisis and just a few weeks before the public learned that Freddie and Fannie were completely underwater,...

FOX Business Network (FBN) Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino reports that “lawyers who work for some of the people under scrutiny” for insider trading are “bracing for another round charges.” Gasparino went on to say the charges are “likely to be criminal because the U.S. Attorney for the...

With stock markets gyrating violently over the past few weeks, investors around the world have moved quickly to alleviate exposure to the wild swings. Some have jumped into gold for safety, others into U.S. Treasuries for reliability. A few astute investors, however, are closely watching the...

Bloomberg has been at the front of today's news of the Rajaratnam guilty verdict across all of its news and multimedia platforms, from Bloomberg News breaking the verdict, to Bloomberg Law's legal analysis to Bloomberg Television's commitment to providing in depth coverage throughout the day. We...

The SEC has brought charges against a Silicon Valley lawyer, a New York proprietary trader, and an unnamed Long Beach, NY co-conspirator of engaging in a multi-decade insider trading scheme that netted at least $32 million in illicit profits. Matthew Kluger, an attorney who most recently worked at...

Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and the Securities and Exchange Commissions are heading a federal investigation on insider trading that could lead to arrests by Christmas. According to a NY Post report, "the probe could result in arrests by Christmas and would likely target hedge funds, mutual...