September 16, 2015
Two investors from the United Arab Emirates scored a victory on Tuesday when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to drop a $3.7 million suit in New York federal court accusing them of insider trading in a pharmaceutical company's stock.
June 09, 2015
A New York federal judge Monday refused to toss an insider trading case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against two United Arab Emirates investors, saying the Second Circuit's Newman decision does not alter the standard for pleading a "plausible" insider trading claim.
December 19, 2014
In the latest fallout from the Second Circuit's decision in U.S. v. Newman, two Dubai investors claim they can't be sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over an alleged $3.7 million insider trading scheme involving Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. stock because they didn't know about benefits given to the alleged tipster.
November 06, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it may seek to depose a journalist at the Financial Post in Canada who reported a possible $10 billion takeover of Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 2013, as the agency investigates alleged insider trades in Onyx stock around the same time.
September 29, 2014
A New York federal judge on Monday refused to toss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit alleging two United Arab Emirates investors reaped $3.7 million through insider trading in Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Life Technologies Corp., finding it sufficiently states a claim.