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The US Second Circuit this Wednesday narrowed the scope of "tippee" liability for insider trading, rejecting the "doctrinal novelty" of recent government prosecution theories. In United State v. Newman, Nos. 13-1837-cr c/w 13-1917-cr (2nd Cir. Dec. 10, 2014), the Court reversed the insider-trading and conspiracy convictions of two portfolio managers. They were downstream tippees, who traded on information passed along from corporate insiders to securities analysts and, ultimately, Newman and Chaisson. The Court of Appeals reversed, because the jury instructions had ...
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