TIL the stock deal which took place at the end of Trading Places was legal until 2010. It was outlawed under the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, also known as "The Eddie Murphy Act".

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/07/19/201430727/what-actually-happens-at-the-end-of-trading-places



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 08:48AM by pdmcmahon http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/333cyr/til_the_stock_deal_which_took_place_at_the_end_of/