Milbank Litigation and White Collar partner Antonia Apps recently spoke a panel titled “What Is Insider Trading Law and Recent Enforcement Focus” at Practising Law Institute’s Insider Trading Law 2020 program, which was held virtually on October 28, 2020.
Panelists discussed the following topics:
- What is insider trading and how has the law developed?
- A sequence of insider trading decisions: Newman through Salman
- Martoma and rolling back the “personal benefit” test?
- Title 15 versus Title 18 securities fraud charges: the Blaszczak decision
- Political intelligence and recent high-profile enforcement actions
- Congressional proposals: a legislative fix?
The program covered the current state of insider trading law, enforcement priorities in this area, and how clients can avoid the government’s crosshairs.
