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Harmonising the regulation of market abuse in Europe

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 21 2011

The European Commission has published its proposals for a Regulation on insider dealing and market manipulation ("the Regulation") and a Directive on criminal sanctions for intentional market abuse ("the Directive"

Market abuse: ECJ holds in Daimler case that steps preceding a decision may constitute inside information

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 29 2012

In its judgment in the case of Markus Geltl v Daimler AG C-1911 yesterday, the European Court of Justice provided clarification on the requirement that information must be "of a precise nature" to be "inside information"

Market abuse ECJ holds in Daimler case that steps preceding a decision may constitute inside information

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 28 2012

The European Court of Justice has today given judgment in the case of Markus Geltl v Daimler AG C-1911, holding that information about intermediate steps taken in the context of a protracted process leading towards a future event or circumstance can be precise, and therefore “inside information”; and a “reasonable expectation” that an event will occur means that there is a realistic prospect, not a high probability, that it will occur