About this episode

This episode discusses the legal implications of informed trading in prediction markets with expert Joshua Mitts.

Prediction markets are surging in popularity, allowing users to bet on everything from elections and military action to awards and celebrity news. But when traders have information the rest of the market does not, where is the line separating useful forecasting from unlawful conduct? In this episode of Bite-Sized Business Law, we speak with Joshua Mitts, the David J. Greenwald Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, about the legal questions surrounding informed trading in prediction markets...

People in this episode

Guest: Joshua Mitts

Topics covered

• prediction markets
• law
• informed trading
• forecasting
• legal questions

Keywords

• prediction markets
• law
• informed trading
• forecasting
• legal questions
• Joshua Mitts
• Columbia Law School

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia Law School, The Corporate Law Center at Fordham University School of Law

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