Maverick’s Mark Cuban off the Hook, SEC Compliant Dismissed

Wall Street Journal is reporting that a federal judge is dismissing an insider trading complaint by the Securities and Exchange Commission. From the Wall Street Journal’s Law Blog:

Cuban denied the allegations and played hard ball with the agency, both in statements on his blog and in court. Cuban even had support from five big-wig law professors, who filed an amicus brief in the case that argued Cuban did no wrong.

The SEC originally filed a complaint stating Cuban sold his shares of mama.com upon hearing from the CEO that they would be issuing low-priced shares, a move that would have hurt the value of Cuban’s stock.  While this looks like a textbook insider trading case, it didn’t help that Cuban had amicus briefs filed on his behalf by eminent law professors, Allan Bromburg, Allen Ferrill, Jonathan Macey, Todd Henderson and Stephen Bainbridge.  All of them argued for Cuban stating he did nothing wrong.

A Copy of the SEC Complaint

Leave of Absence

Hi, I have the bar exam in two weeks, so I am taking a leave from writing on this blog. There will be more interesting articles in August. I look forward to writing more soon!

Update: So I wrote another post.   It was just too important on a topic I have been covering.  I am going back to studying.