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So i'm wondering if the simple technique of buying or shorting one of these companies after the verdict is in would have worked in the past as a general rule.

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I'm not familiar with the case you mentioned, but the market often discounts news like this. Unless the verdict was a complete surprise, it would have already have been priced into the stock.

I feel a stock's reaction to new is a better indicator for longer-term investors than a specific short-term play.

Trading on news can be profitable for nimble currency traders, but for retail traders you're usually far too late to make any low-risk profits.

Having said that, you may have an edge if as in your case it is a small/micro-cap stock that you might have been obsessively following.