Karen Woody is one of the country’s top legal experts on the intricacies of insider trading laws. I recently had the chance to visit with her about a significant case which pushed the boundaries of ...

The concept of insider trading under the federal securities laws has evolved over the years, at times in unexpected ways. Current insider trading standards have developed through case law and ...

Wall Street is often viewed as a prototypical film about the excesses of the 1980s. Released in 1987, it stars Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox, a young stockbroker hoping to work with his idol, Gordon Gekko, ...

The SEC's long, successful campaign against insider trading has been legally predicated on two words—"deceptive device"—in Section 10(b) in the Securities Exchange Act. In terms of its legal authority ...