Insider Trading: Law and Developments

Insider Trading, a collaboration by Morrison & Foerster LLP attorneys, provides timely, expert analysis of recent developments and emerging trends in insider trading enforcement. This single-volume treatise, intended for white collar defense practitioners as well as experts in the field, provides a comprehensive overview of the complex legal landscape of insider trading. Subjects covered in the book include:

• History of the development of insider trading law, including the statutory framework for insider trading and major case law on the subject;• Analysis of the costs and benefits of cooperating with investigations, including federal criminal sentencing data for all insider trading cases from 2010 to 2016;• Highlights of recent prominent insider trading prosecutions and SEC enforcement actions; • The “Perils of Pillow Talk” – insider trading investigations and prosecutions involving spouses, fiancees;• Analysis of the Supreme Court’s recent insider trading decision, Salman v. United States,and the Second Circuit’s decision in United States v. Newman; and• Compliance tools and guidance for preventing insider trading.