SEC is Pushing Boundaries in Insider Trading Enforcement
- Elizabeth Mitchell, Brett Atanasio
- 2.9.2022
This article was first published as a client alert.
In an article published in Law360, Mark Cahn, Elizabeth Mitchell, Theresa Titolo and Brett Atanasio review SEC insider trading enforcement highlights from 2021.
Excerpt: The US Securities and Exchange Commission's actions in 2021 demonstrated that insider trading remains a key enforcement priority.
While the absolute number of insider trading enforcement actions brought by the SEC has declined in recent years, the actions brought last year demonstrate the SEC's interest in pursuing new categories of actors and novel theories that push the boundaries of insider trading jurisprudence.
