"pork bellies..." This is famously the Eddie Murphy rule - it was a crime to steal the briefcase, but not to trade on the knowledge gained from the contents of

"pork bellies..." This is famously the Eddie Murphy rule - it was a crime to steal the briefcase, but not to trade on the knowledge gained from the contents of said briefcase. iirc 'Trading Places' is on netflix, and Planet Money[0] did an entertaining episode about this. [0] https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/07/09/200401407/episode-471-the-eddie-murphy-rule https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/07/09/200401407/epis...