
Be Careful of Unintended ConsequencesThe United States securities laws prohibit the trading of securities on material inside information. To that end, most public companies have created and require all employees to adhere to the company’s insider trading policy and confidentiality agreements. Generally, these policies require an employee (1) to not trade while in possession of material inside information of the

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have updated the