D&O Diary writes:

Salman v. United States: Among the cases that this blog’s readers will be most interested to watch is the insider trading case, Salman v. United States. This case comes to the Supreme Court following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming the insider trading conviction of Bassam Yacoub Salman, who traded on tips from the brother of a former Citigroup investment banker. This case will be the U.S. Supreme Court’s first insider trading case since 1997. The case will consider the personal benefit doctrine, and in particular will decide whether a person who leaks inside information have to receive a pecuniary benefit for someone who trades on the tip to be liable for insider trading, or whether a gift or other social benefit is enough?

Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund: Another case that the Court has been asked to consider this term involves the question of whether or not plaintiffs retain the right to bring liability actions under the ’33 Act in state court, under the Act’s concurrent jurisdiction provisions, or whether SLUSA eliminated state court jurisdiction for class action lawsuits brought under the ’33 Act.