RE: Martha Stewart and her Merrill Lynch Broker

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 16:51:24 MDT

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    Lee Daniel Crocker wrote,

    > But of course this could be easily handled by contract law instead of
    > being imposed by fiat

    > And again, is clearly a matter for contract and tort law.

    > Again, all quite well handled by contract law.
    >
    > I see no compelling reason for legislation in this matter. If stock
    > markets that contractually restrict insider trading are better than
    > those that don't, then they'll succeed in the marketplace. If they
    > don't, then the legislation is counterproductive.

    Is there something specific about these types of crimes that you think
    should keep the government out? Or is this just a global statement that
    you want the government out of all crime prevention?

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    Harvey Newstrom, CISM, CISSP, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC
    Certified Security Manager, Professional, Assessor, Consultant, Technician
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