Most rank-and-file employees don't have material nonpublic information, though. Blackout periods are more of a CYA thing. Once you leave the company, you only

Most rank-and-file employees don't have material nonpublic information, though. Blackout periods are more of a CYA thing. Once you leave the company, you only have to follow the actual law, not the stricter rules that the company sets for its employees.