When I worked at a law firm, all of my market trades of individual stocks had to go through clearance, regardless of size, even though I never had access to pri

When I worked at a law firm, all of my market trades of individual stocks had to go through clearance, regardless of size, even though I never had access to privileged information. Never had a trade anywhere near $15,000 in value but everything still had to go through clearance first. I was never denied a trade but one of my co-workers had a couple of his trades delayed a few weeks.