INSIDER TRADING

The former boss of Dean Foods admitted the action while entering a guilty plea in an insider trading case that also involved pro golfer Phil Mickelson.

While the PGA star faces no criminal charges, a former Dean Foods executive and a Las Vegas gambler have been accused of wrongdoing.

Among the law firms affected were Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, which represent Wall Street banks and Fortune 500 companies, according to a report.

A federal jury in Manhattan found former Euro Pacific Capital brokers Daryl Payton and Benjamin Durant liable for engaging in insider trading.

Steven A. Cohen, whose former fund, SAC Capital, was the target of a long-running insider trading case, cannot trade again until 2018.

The proposed settlement of a class-action suit centered on insider trading was disclosed in papers filed with a federal court in New York.

The nine executives bought $43.1 million worth of shares before the completion of the all-stock deal between Cheil Industries Inc. and Samsung C&T Corp.

The top American bank was among several institutions targeted by a hacking and stock-manipulation scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Even as an insider betting scandal continues to boil, the daily fantasy football site is holding on to some costly commercial spots.

Two companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, face allegations that employees abused insider information.   

Prosecutors said that Scott Stammers was involved in scheme to transport nearly-pure methamphetamine from North Korea on two different occasions, in 2012 and 2013.

Lawyers for once-powerful former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge to throw out federal corruption charges because a top prosecutor made "prejudicial" public statements.

Derek Cohen, former director of sales at Qualcomm, admitted that he netted about $200,000 through insider trading.

Questionable trades of BlackBerry stock took place just hours before Reuters reported a possible Samsung takeover.

A federal prosecutor is reportedly looking into Dean Skelos’ ties to the real estate industry and his sources of outside income.

American prosecutors have asked a federal judge to sentence Abu Hamza al-Masri to life in prison for terrorism charges.

The ruling threatens to challenge a broad insider trading crackdown underway since 2009 under Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

As part of the agreement, Rajaratnam, 43, also agreed to be barred from the securities industry, the SEC said.

The biggest insider trading case in history isn’t the only legal trouble for Raj Rajaratnam.

Mathew Martoma is being sentenced, but the man prosecutors want even more is the founder of the hedge fund where Martoma worked.

Brian Jorgenson, in his capacity as a Microsoft corporate-finance manager, provided confidential information to a day trader.