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Under federal securities laws governing insider trading, an individual who discloses material nonpublic information to a third party who subsequently trades on that information can be held liable as a tipper, even if the individual sharing the information did not execute any securities transactions personally.

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True. A person who conveys material nonpublic information to someone else who trades on it (a tipper) can be held liable for insider trading violations regardless of whether the tipper executed any trades personally.

Tipper liability under federal securities law applies to anyone who improperly passes material nonpublic information that results in a securities trade, regardless of whether the tipper personally traded.

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Identify the legal definitions of tipper and tippee under insider trading regulations.

Recognize that a tipper is someone who passes material nonpublic information, and a tippee is someone who receives and trades on it.

Federal securities regulations evaluate liability for both the party conveying information and the party acting on it.

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Evaluate whether personal trading by the tipper is a required element of an insider trading violation.

Determine that personal trading by the tipper is not required for liability.

The improper disclosure of material nonpublic information that leads to a transaction is itself a violation by the tipper.

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Insider Trading and Misuse of Material Nonpublic Information