Ethical Issues in Insider Trading Law: From Wall Street to Main Street

March 22, 2021

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University of Wyoming College of Law 1000 East University Avenue, Room 178 Laramie, WY 82070

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Ethical Issues in Insider Trading Law: From Wall Street to Main Street

March 22, 2021 2:45 PM-4:15 PM

What is insider trading? Why is it wrong? How should it be regulated? These are all questions that prosecutors, defense counsel, and traders have debated since insider trading was first recognized as illegal sixty years ago. This course looks to answer these questions by providing an introduction to the law of insider trading in the United States. Since insider trading has never been defined by federal statute or SEC rule, the law has developed principally through the common law. This common-law development has resulted in some vagueness and uncertainty concerning precisely when trading based on inside information is illegal. This uncertainty presents ethical challenges to prosecutors and defense counsel alike; it also raises notice concerns for traders from Wall Street to Main Street. As Congress considers proposed reforms, it is important that we consider why we think insider trading should be regulated. To this end, the course will share the results of a recent empirical study concerning public attitudes regarding the morality of insider trading. The moral-philosophical implications of insider trading are also considered.

Speakers

John Anderson

Professor John Anderson's scholarship focuses on securities enforcement, white-collar crime, and intersections of law and philosophy (e.g., business ethics, constitutionalism, problems of pluralism, and human rights). His recent articles address the law and ethics of insider trading, the problem of how to build a just and enduring constitutional order in the face of increasing religious and cultural pluralism, and the theoretical underpinnings of our international human rights regime.

He has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and in top law journals. Professor Anderson recently published a book with Cambridge University Press, Insider Trading: Law Ethics and Reform, and he is a frequent contributor to the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog.

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