
How to Reform Our Abysmal Insider Trading Framework
The U.S. insider trading framework is a mess. Principles apply that are inconsistent with one another and that treat similarly situated persons in a disparate manner. In my 2021 book and a forthcoming book chapter, I argue that, rather than piecemeal changes, the U.S. insider trading regimen should be revised to comport with concepts of fairness and to align with the framework of other developed markets.
The key undoing of the U.S. insider trading framework has been the Supreme Court’s rejection of the parity of information and access approaches embraced by lower federal courts, as exemplified by the Second Circuit’s … Read more