Inside Edge Episode 1: The Lithium Insider

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of insider trading laws and the challenges faced by regulators in enforcing them.

In our two-part series, Inside Edge, we go behind the scenes of the corporate regulator's high-stakes war on insider trading. We trace the thin line between a "great piece of gossip" and a federal crime, revealing why this is the easiest law to break-and the hardest to prove. As a massive new crackdown looms, ASIC boss Joe Longo reveals his growing frustration with the courts: "The sentences aren't as strong as we would like." Find out if you're closer to the edge than you think. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Longo

Topics covered

• insider trading
• corporate regulation
• law enforcement
• gossip
• legal consequences

Keywords

• insider trading
• ASIC
• Joe Longo
• corporate regulator
• law
• gossip
• federal crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ASIC

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