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A commercial printing technician reviewing confidential financial documents reads about an unannounced merger involving a publicly traded corporation. The technician informs a neighbor about the upcoming merger, and the neighbor buys shares of the target company before the public announcement. Which of the following statements correctly describes the insider trading liability in this scenario?

  1. Both the technician (as tipper) and the neighbor (as tippee) can be held liable for insider trading.Cevap
  2. B
    Only the technician can be held liable because the neighbor is not an employee or corporate insider of the issuer.
  3. C
    Only the neighbor can be held liable because the technician did not personally execute any securities trades.
  4. D
    Neither party can be held liable because the technician was employed by an outside vendor rather than the issuing corporation.

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Both the technician (as tipper) and the neighbor (as tippee) can be held liable for insider trading.
Under federal securities laws and the Insider Trading Sanctions rules, insider trading liability extends to both the person who discloses material nonpublic information in breach of a duty (the tipper) and the person who receives and trades on that information (the tippee). The tipper does not need to trade personally, and the tippee does not need to be a corporate employee to be held liable.

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1
Analyze the status of the information.
The upcoming merger details represent material nonpublic information (MNPI).
Information is material if a reasonable investor would consider it important when making an investment decision, and nonpublic because it has not been broadly disseminated to the public.
2
Evaluate the technician's actions (Tipper Liability).
The technician breached a duty of trust/confidentiality by passing MNPI.
Passing MNPI to an outside party constitutes a breach of duty, establishing tipper liability regardless of whether the tipper personally trades.
3
Evaluate the neighbor's actions (Tippee Liability).
The neighbor traded securities based on received MNPI.
A tippee who knows or should know that the information was provided in breach of a duty becomes liable upon executing trades using that information.

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Tipper and Tippee Liability under Insider Trading Law
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Insider Trading and Misuse of Material Nonpublic Information