Bonus! Election links and other stories
Added 2020-10-26 00:15:15 +0000 UTCThese are some of the stories we researched that didn't make it on the show.
Comments
More generally if information from government officials preferentially disclosed to one group yields insider trading liability wouldn't this lead to exceptionally broad liability, eg, suppose government scientists working with company A on COVID vaccines reveal some pre-publication scientific result that affects their decision about whether to purchase some company with a canidate vaccine would they then be liable for insider trading? It might be unfair but I worry about potentially hamstringing the ability of the government to work with private industry.
Peter Gerdes
2020-10-26 02:38:57 +0000 UTCOhh dear God the more of that I read the more depressed I get.
Peter Gerdes
2020-10-26 00:25:17 +0000 UTCSo I don't understand what the DOJ would investigate re: insider trading. I mean sure, it's awful but surely the donors didn't owe a fiduciary duty to the companies they traded or did they write executive branch officials directly into the law. I mean it obviously should be illegal but I’m wondering if someone who knows what they are talking about can tell me if it is.
Peter Gerdes
2020-10-26 00:24:10 +0000 UTC
