Richard L. Cassin Publisher and Editor
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Julie DiMauro Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox Contributing Editor
Marc Alain Bohn Contributing Editor
Bill Waite Contributing Editor
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Richard L. Cassin | Friday, March 2, 2018 at 9:28AM 
A former Merck & Co. executive bought shares in a company Merck was acquiring 14 minutes after a Merck lawyer warned him not to trade in the stock.
Insider Trading, Merck |
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 9:08AM 
Britain's market regulator charged a former UBS Group AG compliance officer with five counts of insider trading.
Financial Conduct Authority, Insider Trading, UBS AG |
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, March 21, 2016 at 8:02AM 
A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. compliance employee settled an SEC complaint Wednesday that accused him of using confidential data from emails for trades in at least four takeover targets.
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 11:08AM 
A former senior information systems officer at a leading Silicon Valley-based law firm was jailed Wednesday for two years for insider trading.
Dmitry Braverman, Insider Trading, Wilson Sonsini |
Richard L. Cassin | Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 10:28AM 
Jing Wang, the former president of global business operations for Qualcomm Inc., was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and fined $500,000 for his role in a three-year insider trading scheme and cover up.
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 10:08AM 
Image courtesy of New England Law | BostonLaw-related employment for grads from American law schools isn't exactly robust. In 2013, the ABA Journal said, only 57 percent of the that year's JDs had full-time bar-passage-required jobs. At the same time, the world seems to have an insatiable appetite for compliance officers. That sounds like an opportunity.
Julie DiMauro | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 7:08AM 
Sam Wyly, courtesy of genconnectofficial on YouTubeThe Securities and Exchange Commission said in a court filing Friday that Texas billionaire Sam Wyly and the estate of his late brother Charles should pay $1.41 billion in damages for hidding trades in companies they controlled using offshore trusts.
Marc Alain Bohn | Friday, March 1, 2013 at 1:10PM 
In what is thought to be the first FCPA-related enforcement action ever taken against a China-based company, the SEC entered into a joint settlement yesterday with Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. and its former CFO, Aichun Li, over alleged violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions of the FCPA, and anti-fraud and reporting provisions of other federal securities laws.