Insider Trading Suit to Proceed
Two men who were spared criminal insider trading charges under the Second Circuit's 2014 ruling in 'United States v. Newman' will face a civil enforcement action after a federal judge found a lower level of intent, recklessness, was enough to sustain charges by the SEC.
April 08, 2015 at 06:36 AM
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Two men who were spared criminal insider trading charges under the Second Circuit's 2014 ruling in United States v. Newman will face a civil enforcement action after a federal judge found a lower level of intent, recklessness, was enough to sustain charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Daryl Payton and Benjamin Durant, accused of trading inside information on an IBM acquisition in 2009, had criminal charges against them dismissed in February because of the circuit's ruling in Newman (NYLJ, Dec. 11, 2014; Jan. 26, 2015).
On the civil side, Payton and Durant cited Newman when asking Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff to dismiss a parallel SEC civil enforcement action.
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