Exercising right to silence “easier” for individuals after ECJ insider trading ruling

Lawyers across the EU have welcomed a European court ruling that clarifies an individual’s right to silence in regulatory market abuse investigations. Defence practitioners in France and Italy told GIR that a 2 February ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has limited the ways that market regulators in EU countries can use their powers to compel evidence during probes into insider trading and other kinds of market abuse.

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