Bloomberg Law
Oct. 25, 2016, 3:33 PM UTC

Insider-Trading Stories in ’Toon Town

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Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg News

Many of us have had their afternoons ruined by dry compliance seminars packed with legalese about insider trading.

David Smyth, a North Carolina lawyer and a former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer, offers guidance in a different way.

Inspired by a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Smyth has created “The Insider Trading Cartoon Series,” available on YouTube.

With the help of computer animation software, he’s made about a dozen shorts to explain the thicket of insider-trading laws, although without the dry legalities of the high court case. There are workplace scenarios about potential traps, ...

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