OSHA Also Hates It When You Discourage Whistleblowers
Cady Bar the DoorFollowing up on our recent coverage of the SEC’s administrative orders in BlueLinx Holdings and Health Net , we now bring you the somewhat dated “news” of interim guidance issued by...
View ArticleSEC Opens up the Toolbox to File First Stand-alone Whistleblower Retaliation...
Cady Bar the DoorWelcome back to Whistleblower Week here at Cady Bar the Door . It is a glorious time. Today we discuss In re International Game Technology, Inc. , filed on September 29 th . While it...
View ArticleSpuds MacKenzie Runs into FCPA/Whistleblower Buzzsaw
Cady Bar the DoorHa. I’m just kidding. I don’t think Spuds MacKenzie has been a thing for years. But his former patron, Anheuser-Busch InBev, ran into some FCPA problems last month, and tacked on a...
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XI -- Multi-level Tipping
Cady Bar the DoorIn this Presidential transition season, we bring you a very special episode of the Insider Trading Cartoon Series.(read more)David Smyth
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. XII -- The Innocent Intermediary
Cady Bar the DoorJoin us as our heroine Jane gives away a little too much information to her husband Bob, who then seeks legal advice about what he's heard. Bob's lawyer Nikhil gives good advice by...
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 13 -- The Barry Switzer Story
Cady Bar the DoorLet's take a stroll back to 1981, when football coach Barry Switzer overheard some information that might have become very profitable. Or would it? It's important to remember that in...
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 14 -- United States v. Newman (Part 1)
Cady Bar the DoorThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit shook the insider trading world in 2014 when it issued United States v. Newman , 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. 2014). The court addressed the...
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 15 -- United States v. Newman (Part 2)
Cady Bar the DoorWelcome to the exciting conclusion to the United States v. Newman mini-series. Today we discuss Newman 's doomed personal benefit test. It would eventually be undone by Salman v....
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 16 -- Salman v. United States
Cady Bar the DoorSalman v. United States , 137 S. Ct. 420 (2016), was one of the most anticipated Supreme Court insider trading cases in almost twenty years. It ended up not being revolutionary, but in...
View ArticleThe Insider Trading Cartoon Series, Vol. 17 -- Regulation FD (Part 1)
Cady Bar the DoorIf you're an officer of a publicly traded company, you might want to discuss your company's material, nonpublic information with outsiders from time to time. But if you do,...
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