Northport Securities Law Blog

New Yorkers might be interested to learn that a big law partner at two major law firms in Washington, D.C., has agreed to a three-year suspension of his law license following his conviction for insider trading. The man previously worked as an intellectual property...

Insider trading occurs when a person learns of an event that is likely to affect a company’s stock price. The event may either have a positive or a negative impact on the stock's price. The individual must then make a trade based on information that is not available...