Raymond Dirks - [Equity Funding Scandal] - 2023 12 - NYT - Raymond Dirks, Whose Tipster Case Redefined Insider Trading, Dies at 89. In a far-reaching decision, the Supreme Court restored him from censured analyst to whistle-blower in a major corporate fraud. - [link]
“As a result of the Dirks case, perhaps analysts will no longer be viewed as gnomes with graphs and charts full of stale numbers and wavy curves,” Mr. Dirks wrote in the Business section of The Times.
“Perhaps now the analyst will be seen for what he really is — the investigative reporter of the marketplace, an essential conduit of information to the investment community.”