Dorsey & Whitney Terminates Partner Facing Insider Trading Charges

The Dorsey & Whitney partner facing charges of insider trading from the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority has been removed from the law firm's partnership. A statement from Dorsey has been released saying that the firm is co-operating fully with any requests for information made by the FSA and confirming that the U.K.-based Andrew Rimmington has been removed from its partnership. The statement describes Rimmington's position with the firm as "terminated," before adding that Dorsey has "no reason to believe that any other lawyer or staff members is implicated in these events."

Dorsey & Whitney Terminates Partner Facing Insider Trading Charges law.com Mon, May 25, 2009