November 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal
'United States v. Blaszczak': Can the Government Circumvent 'Newman' Personal Benefit Test?'United States v. Blaszczak' marks the first time the Second Circuit will have the opportunity to address whether the government can criminally prosecute insider trading under Title 18 without proving personal benefit to the tipper since the element was imposed on Section 10(b) by the Supreme Court in 'Dirks'.
By Antonia Apps and Katherine Goldstein
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May 08, 2019 | New York Law Journal
'U.S. v. Connolly': The Consequences of Outsourcing Government Investigations to the Private Sectorn a sharp rebuke of the government that could result in meaningful changes to the way that prosecutors and defense attorneys approach internal investigations, the Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York held last Thursday that the DOJ had improperly outsourced its investigation of LIBOR manipulation at Deutsche Bank (the Bank) to the Bank and its outside law firm.
By James Cavoli, Antonia Apps and Tawfiq Rangwala
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