It is one of the so-called private investment in public equity, or PIPE, transactions regulators have been examining for illegal trading activity.

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One only has to think back to the scores of individuals sued by the Recording Industry Association of America several years ago for illegal music trading.

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Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) has criticized a recent Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to monitor chat rooms and Web sites for signs of illegal stock trading.

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While trading based on non-public business information has long been illegal for legislators, the insider trading rule does not apply to information gained through working in Congress.

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Some brokers say the stock exchange was overheated because of the effect of the illegal kerb market trading, and blame the government for failing to halt the illegal sharedealing.

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With Dodd-Frank, retail forex trading will become illegal for non-participants (traders) unless the CFTC finishes its new forex regulations in short order (Dodd-Frank Bill Section 742(c)).

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His lead lawyer, Gary Naftalis, told jurors the government engaged in "speculation" and "guesswork, " alluding to the fact that prosecutors have no recordings, unlike what they have had in other cases, of the calls in which Mr. Gupta allegedly provided illegal tips to Mr. Rajaratnam for trading.

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In 2002 the U.S. granted the country favored status as a trading partner, as a reward for cracking down on the illegal drug trade.

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