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The West Coast SEC enforcement and white-collar defense unit of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol  has won an insider trading case with boardroom ramifications ramifications nplAuswirkungen pl .

Fidelity National Financial Inc. director Tom Talbot learned in a board meeting that Learning Tree International Inc., one of the stocks in the company's portfolio, was facing a takeover. Based on that knowledge, Talbot purchased 10,000 shares of Learning Tree stock, which he sold two weeks later when the information was made public, earning $67,000.

A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  District court judge ruled that this was not a case of insider trading because Learning Tree had elected to communicate the information and did not request a confidentiality agreement.

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Title Annotation:LAW; Tom Talbot and Learning Tree International Inc. in insider trading lawsuit
Author:York, Emily Bryson
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 27, 2006
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