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Schulte Lawyers Author 2018 Edition of Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book
January 2018
Schulte lawyers have collaborated to update and expand Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book 2018, a book published by Practising Law Institute. This easy-to-use, comprehensive treatise offers an explanation of both the basics and complexities of insider trading laws.
Written in a clear, succinct question-and-answer format, this new edition fully integrates recent litigation and regulatory changes and provides a step-by-step understanding of the legal requirements imposed upon all investors. Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book 2018 walks readers through the elements of an insider trading claim, what is legitimate company research that can be freely acted upon, what is material, nonpublic information obtained in breach of a duty of trust or confidence that may not be acted upon or shared with others, when acting on a “tip” or “tipping” others can incur legal liability, and the framework of penalties when insider trading has been successfully proved.
Insider Trading Law and Compliance Answer Book 2018 serves as a reference for investors, corporate insiders, professional traders, investment advisers, broker-dealers and other participants in the securities industry, as well as for the lawyers who advise and represent them. In today’s financial markets, a claim of insider trading often hits the newspapers, and this timely and practical treatise is a concise road map to help readers safely navigate the major legal regulatory requirements related to insider trading.
Litigation partner Harry S. Davis served as editor and authored several chapters of the book. Additional chapter authors include litigation partners Eric Bensky, Charles J. Clark, Howard O. Godnick, William H. Gussman, Jr., Marcy Ressler Harris, Taleah E. Jennings, David K. Momborquette, Martin L. Perschetz, Howard Schiffman, Gary Stein, Michael E. Swartz, Robert J. Ward and Peter H. White, lawyer Betty Santangelo and special counsels Michael G. Cutini and Jeffrey F. Robertson; investment management and regulatory and compliance partners Marc E. Elovitz and Anna Maleva-Otto; mergers and acquisitions and securities partners Eleazer Klein and Marc Weingarten; business reorganization partner Adam C. Harris; and former Schulte lawyer Alan R. Glickman.
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