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Old 11-24-2007, 07:05 PM
DesertCat DesertCat is offline
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Default Re: Is This Insider Trading?

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Martha Stewart is a good example of this -- they had IMO a perfectly winnable case of insider trading against her and Baconovic, but chose not to pursue it.

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I'm surprised you say this. I've been told that not only was her actions not insider trading in that she had no fiduciary obligations and didn't have any material non-public information, she just knew the CEO was selling (and that she was a former stockbroker who should have known this). So instead they went after her for blatantly lying to investigators. Why do you view it differently?
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