Thus, insider trading laws ignore many people who use non-public information in their investment decisions.
Moreover, insider trading laws imbalance markets by effectively regulating only one-half of the trading equation.
Laws against insider trading presume a world in which everyone can trade on perfect information.
Both men will remain in prison to face charges of insider trading filed earlier this week.
Enron's former chief executive is fighting 28 counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading.
Earlier this year Russia made insider trading a criminal offence for the first time.
Aguirre led the SEC's investigation into the suspicious trading by Pequot, including allegations of insider trading.
The act bans insider trading by members of Congress and many executive branch employees.
Mr Chen is currently facing 15 charges in Singapore, including insider trading and fraud.
And the SEC has been bringing more insider trading cases, filing 47 last year.
Chief executives understand that it is impossible to banish insider trading without crippling the markets themselves.
Prosecutors have called the case the "largest hedge fund insider trading case in history".
Moreover, if backdating occurs without the compensation committee's knowledge, illegal insider trading may also have occurred.
This is basic reason why there has been a flurry of insider trading cases.
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But there is no real need to delve into or pursue illegal insider trading.
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It was the beginning of an insider trading ring that would last 17 years.
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But insider trading is a murky area with a mixed track record of success for regulators.
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The system can identify front running, insider trading and other illegal behaviors, he added.
We have not heard the last of the insider trading case against Mark Cuban.
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Until recently, the world of insider trading has been almost solely a playground for men.
In 2000 Meyers was charged with violating regulations relating to front-running and insider trading.
This re-raises some fundamental questions: What is insider trading and Why is it illegal?
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That is, until May 1998, when an insider trading investigation into Aoki became public.
But perhaps the greatest advantage to "insider trading" is what it means for the economy overall.
Unfortunately for Skilling, the court left intact his other convictions for fraud and insider trading.
Another possible intent behind such an attack could be to gather information for insider trading.
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Regulators are actively pursuing companies to learn what they are doing to control insider trading.
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For starters, such oversight provides a first-line of defense with frontrunning or insider trading issues.
But amid allegations of insider trading in options in connection with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
The SEC, for example, created a map graphic for an insider trading case announced in 2009.
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