Ex-Congressman Urges Judges to Undo Insider Trading Convictions

December 18, 2024, 7:04 PM UTC

Counsel for former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.) asked a panel of Second Circuit judges to reverse his convictions for insider trading on Wednesday.

The judges’ questions focused primarily on whether the admission of a forensic report of cellphone data generated by a computer program is testimonial for purposes of the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause.

They also pressed the parties on whether Buyer’s case would be a good vehicle for revisiting the court’s case law concerning venue in securities cases.

Buyer allegedly acquired the nonpublic information he traded on through his work as a consultant.

One of the two alleged schemes ...

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