The past year seems likely to be one for the record books for lawyers caught trading on inside information. Five U.S. lawyers and one Canadian lawyer from large firms were either charged or sentenced in insider trading schemes in 2011.
The news should come as no surprise: A year ago, like a warning shot over the bow, Manhattan’s U.S. attorney Preet Bharara announced that his office was going to crack down on the crime, noting in a speech that insider trading “is rampant, and may even be on the rise.”
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