On December 14th, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, which provides affirmative defenses to trading based on material, nonpublic data within insider trading cases. The SEC first adopted Rule 10b5-1 in
August 2000 to address instances when insider trading liability arises in connection with a traders use or knowing possession of material nonpublic information.
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