Investors want a piece of Silicon Valley's hot companies. Couple that trend with employees looking to diversify or sell shares and secondary market trading follows. How can private companies avoid potential abuses? Fenwick partner and securities enforcement co-chair Michael Dicke maps out the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's keen interest in secondary market trading and enforcement issues.​

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