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Zorluk: OrtaInsider Trading and Misuse of Material Nonpublic Information

A translator working for an independent language services firm is retained to translate a confidential financial filing regarding an unannounced corporate acquisition by a publicly traded firm. Prior to the public disclosure of the acquisition, the translator purchases shares of the target company and tells a family member, who also purchases shares. Which of the following statements correctly describes the insider trading liability of the parties involved?

  1. Both the translator and the family member can be held liable for insider trading violations under federal securities laws.Cevap
  2. B
    Only the translator is liable because non-employee family members receiving tips are exempt from federal insider trading regulations.
  3. C
    Neither party is liable because an independent contractor owes duties only to their direct employer, not to the publicly traded company.
  4. D
    The family member is liable for insider trading, but the translator avoids liability because the translator did not receive direct monetary compensation for providing the information.

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Both the translator and the family member can be held liable for insider trading violations under federal securities laws.
Under federal securities laws and the Insider Trading Sanctions Act, both the person who improperly passes material nonpublic information (tipper) and the person who trades on it (tippee) can be held liable. The translator misapplied confidential business information entrusted to them, violating a duty of confidentiality under the misappropriation theory. The family member acted as a tippee by trading on information they knew or should have known was material and nonpublic.

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1
Evaluate the nature of the information.
The upcoming corporate acquisition details are material (would influence an investor's decision) and nonpublic (not yet disseminated to the public market).
Insider trading prohibitions apply specifically to material nonpublic information.
2
Determine the tipper's status and duty.
The translator owed a duty of trust and confidentiality regarding the documents translated. Passing this information to a third party for trading constitutes a breach of duty under the misappropriation theory.
A person who misuses confidential information obtained through an employment or professional relationship is liable as a tipper.
3
Determine the tippee's status and liability.
The family member traded while knowing (or having reason to know) that the information was material, nonpublic, and derived from a breach of duty.
Tippees incur secondary liability when they trade on material nonpublic information obtained from a tipper who breached a fiduciary or confidentiality obligation.

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Tipper and Tippee Liability under Insider Trading Rules (Misappropriation Theory)
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Insider Trading and Misuse of Material Nonpublic Information