Launching the Insider Trading Revolution: SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau
Research Handbook on Insider Trading, Stephen Bainbridge, ed., 2013
35 Pages Posted: 1 May 2012 Last revised: 23 Jul 2013
Date Written: May 1, 2012
Abstract
This paper examines the Supreme Court's decision in SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau and its effect on the development of the law of insider trading. Capital Gains broke ground both in its approach to interpreting the federal securities laws, as well as its willingness to incorporate fiduciary principles into the law of insider trading. The opinion's influence was short-lived, however, as the Supreme Court reverted to a more textualist approach in securities cases only a decade after Capital Gains was decided.
Keywords: Insider trading, statutory interpretation, Supreme Court
JEL Classification: K22
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