Editor’s Note: Recently, both the DOJ and the SEC brought, for the first time ever, criminal and civil insider trading charges against a corporate executive for his alleged fraudulent misuse of a 10b5-1 trading plan, which typically allows corporate insiders to pre-schedule sales of company shares to avoid accusations of insider trading. In this post, several former federal prosecutors and white collar defense attorneys provide their reactions to this case and its implications for future insider trading cases.
Top row from left to right: Brian Jacobs, Gina Parlovecchio, Rachel Maimin, and Kathleen McGee.
Bottom row from left to right: Robert Johnston, Marc Rein, and Katherine Goldstein. (photos courtesy of authors’ respective firms)