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The second time isn’t a charm for Sean Stewart. The former managing director of Perella Weinberg Partners was convicted of insider trading for leaking information to his father, on Monday. The trial was the second time Stewart’s case has been heard in court, and the second time he’s been found guilty. The jurors deliberated for […]
Today, jurors in Atlanta federal court returned a verdict finding New Jersey securities broker Raymond J. Pirrello, Jr. liable for insider trading in advance of three merger and acquisition transactions. via SEC Wins Jury Trial Against Broker Charged with Insider Trading.
The Securities and Exchange Commission lost its second insider-trading trial in the space of seven days, when a federal jury on Friday cleared a former chief executive of a California chip maker via SEC Loses Second Insider-Trading Case in Seven Days – Law Blog – WSJ.
Five former employees of Bernie Madoff were found guilty on Monday of helping the imprisoned Ponzi schemer perpetrate the largest financial fraud in history. The defendants — two trading managers, two computer programmers and his firm’s director of operations — were found guilty of securities fraud and of conspiracy to defraud investors. via All Five Madoff […]
Five men found to have engaged in illegal insider trading in shares of Eveready Inc.
Rajaratnam found guilty of all 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy.
SEC loses battle against defendants but gains a crucial jurisdictional victory in derivatives area.
Lower court had previously thrown out jury verdict in 2008.
Florida appeals court rules trial was improperly split into three phases.
BDO Siedman’s appeal of massive verdict heard in Banco Espirito Santo case.