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Agency Problems and the Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading in SEC v. Panuwat
Ryan Fane
Ryan Fane is a J.D. candidate at the University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2023.

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This case raises some difficult theoretical questions about what harms insider trading laws are supposed to prevent and what benefits they are supposed to provide to the marketplace.

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A New Market-Based Approach to Securities Law
Kevin S. Haeberle
Associate Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School
M. Todd Henderson
Michael J. Marks Professor of Law and Mark Claster Mamolen Research Scholar, University of Chicago Law School

Many scholars have proposed market-based solutions to the well-known shortcomings of modern securities law.