That figure includes 487 individual cases
of alleged insider trading, 365 for stock manipulation, 343 for violations of laws and rules related to financial disclosure, 196 for contempt of the regulatory agency, and another 94 for fraud against customers.
Not exact matches
At issue in Salman's appeal is whether the government in
insider trading cases must prove that an
alleged source
of corporate secrets like the brother - in - law received a tangible benefit like cash in exchange for any tips.
Interestingly, it comes despite ongoing investigations into Coinbase staff for
alleged insider trading, and the ongoing threat
of a class action lawsuit against the San Francisco - based company in the US.
In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is
alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part
of an
insider -
trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working for the Chinese military targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.
Some
of these suits are derivative actions
alleging insider trading.
Subsequently, in February 2017, Weil secured the affirmation by the Delaware Supreme Court
of the Delaware Court
of Chancery's dismissal
of a stockholder derivative action
alleging that lululemon's board
of directors failed to investigate
alleged insider trading by Dennis J. Wilson, the founder and then - chairman
of the board
of lululemon.
He has conducted a wide array
of internal investigations and company inquiries, including cases
alleging insider trading, stock options backdating, securities fraud, accounting irregularities, antitrust violations, public corruption, FCPA and other corporate and individual wrongdoing.
The OSC
alleges Bay Street lawyer Mitchell Finkelstein co-operated with Paul Azeff and Korin Bobrow while they worked at CIBC World Markets Inc. to «engage in an illegal
insider tipping and
trading scheme over the course
of a three - year period from November 2004 to August 2007.»
The Statement
of Allegations
alleges that legal assistant Donna Hutchinson tipped stock trader Cameron Cornish by providing him with confidential information about a series
of takeover offers between October 2011 and April 2016, all in contravention
of the
insider trading and tipping provisions in the Ontario Securities Act.
One
of our partners represented the former public company IDB Communications in U.S. Department
of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission investigations for
alleged financial accounting fraud and
insider trading by senior officers.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit by a class action lawsuit over
alleged insider trading during its launch
of bitcoin cash
trading.
Some
of the users have filed an official complaint which
allege that employees
of the exchange have been indulging in
insider trading of the altcoin Bitcoin Cash.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit by a class action lawsuit over
alleged insider trading during its launch
of bitcoin cash.
In addition to a class action lawsuit regarding violations
of California's Unclaimed Property Law, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the exchange for
alleged insider trading.
In parallel to a class action lawsuit concerning violations
of California Unclaimed Property Law, a class action lawsuit was filed against the exchange for
alleged insider trading.
Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver has defended US exchange Coinbase's
alleged insider trading, saying the practice is a «non-crime» and should not warrant increased regulation
of crypto exchanges.
Roger Ver tells CNBC that
alleged insider trading of BCH on Coinbase is a «non-crime» and could have actually decreased price volatility.
In defense
of the
alleged Coinbase
insider trading, he added that
trading of BCH with
insider information prior to the platform's addition
of the currency would have in fact helped tame volatility.
The extreme market turbulence came days after the
alleged insider trading at Coinbase, one
of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges.
Coinbase is currently willing to play it completely safe especially after the cryptocurrency exchange facing multiple lawsuits from its customers with
alleged charges
of insider trading by Coinbase during the surprise launch
of Bitcoin Cash on its platform on December 19, 2017.
Moreover, in another report, government officials
of South Korea have been
alleged the nefarious activity
of insider trading.
Cointelegraph Roger Ver tells CNBC that
alleged insider trading of BCH on Coinbase is a «non-crime» and could have actually decreased price volatility.
Max Keiser, host
of the Keiser Report, suggested that Coinbase has the backing
of Wall Street and any investigations into
alleged insider trading would amount to nothing.
SEC suspends
trading of The Crypto Co. until Jan. 3, 2018 due to
alleged insider trading and potential manipulation.
The first
of the two class actions launched against Coinbase came on Thursday courtesy
of lead plaintiff Jeffrey Berk, who, in an eighteen - page complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California,
alleged that Coinbase staff (and possibly others) partook in
insider trading with regards to its Bitcoin Cash (BCH) listing; forcing Coinbase users to forgo «any opportunity to buy at a fair price» across the three - day window spanning December 19 through December 21.