Georgakopoulos, Nicholas L.2021-01-252021-01-25199028 American Business Law Journal 109https://hdl.handle.net/1805/24951In recent years there has been intense enforcement and scrutiny of the insider trading laws. It is still advisable, however, to examine the insider trading rules for their coherence and consistency. This article only explores the insider trading rules as they apply to trading by traditional insiders-the management team and its tem- porary members from the professional ranks such as bankers, law- yers, and accountants-all of whom owe fiduciary duties to the employer corporation and its shareholders. The purpose of this article is to uncover an inconsistency in the reasoning behind insider trading regulation of this traditional group.en-USClassical and Cross Insider Trading: Variations on the Theme of Rule 10b-5Article