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In 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted the misappropriation theory of insider trading in United States v. O'Hagan, [79] 521 U.S. 642, 655 (1997). O'Hagan was a partner in a law firm representing Grand Metropolitan, while it was considering a tender offer for Pillsbury Company. O'Hagan used this inside information by buying call options on ...
The 2020 congressional insider trading scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving allegations that several members of the United States Senate violated the STOCK Act by selling stock at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and just before a stock market crash on February 20, 2020, using knowledge given to them at a closed Senate meeting.
Congresstrading.com is a commercial website that provides access to a database of financial disclosures of members of the United States Congress. [1] It also provides a forum to discuss Congress' stock trades, according to WXII 12, an NBC affiliate news station. [2]
Ivan Frederick Boesky (/ ˈ b oʊ s k i /; [1] March 6, 1937 – May 20, 2024) was an American stock trader known for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal in the mid-1980s. [2] He pleaded guilty, was fined a record $100 million, served three years in prison, and became a government informant.
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–105 (text), S. 2038, 126 Stat. 291, enacted April 4, 2012) is an Act of Congress designed to combat insider trading. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 4, 2012. The law prohibits the use of non-public information for private profit, including ...
Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish: [kɔˈstɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality.As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, focusing on home and hospitality, [1] she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce.
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Martin A. Siegel (born 1948) is an American former investment banker who was convicted, along with Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken, for insider trading during the 1980s. Biography [ edit ]