Canadian and American securities market regulators have differing approaches to enforcement. In this article, we present the results of an empirical study comparing a highly salient aspect of securities enforcement—insider trading—in Canada and the United States. We reach a number of...

This paper examines the Supreme Court's decision in SEC v. Capital Gains Research Bureau and its effect on the development of the law of insider trading. Capital Gains broke ground both in its approach to interpreting the federal securities laws, as well as its willingness to incorporate...