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What Is the Difference Between Criminal Cases and Civil Cases

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What is the difference between criminal cases and civil cases? Why do these differences exist? Should these differences exist? Why or why not?


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Insider Trading

The buying or selling of a publicly-traded company's stock by someone who has non-public, material information about that stock.

Securities and Exchange Commission

A federal agency responsible for regulating the securities industry, enforcing federal securities laws, and overseeing the stock and options exchanges in the United States.

Prospectus

A document that companies issue to potential investors, detailing the financial performance and risks involved in an investment offering.

Securities

Financial instruments that represent an ownership position in a publicly-traded corporation (stock), a creditor relationship with a governmental body or a corporation (bond), or rights to ownership as represented by an option.

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