Legal Opinion
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Spivak
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 12, 2016No. Civil Action No. 15-13704-FDSPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*148MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS
SAYLOR, United States District Judge
This is a civil-enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Vlad Spivak and Shir-mila Doddi for insider trading in violation of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and Rule lob-5, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5. Based on the misappropriation theory of insider trading, the complaint alleges that Doddi, a financial analyst at a bank, tipped her romantic partner Spivak, a day trader, about a confidential pending acquisition of one of the bank’s…
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