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Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted) )

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The nation’s securities watchdog asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday not to dismiss its civil fraud claims against a former Nomura trader acquitted earlier this year on related criminal charges of exploiting counterparty opacity to inflate Nomura’s take. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline on Friday affirmed its finding that Michael Sullivan, a former judge on the defunct Philadelphia Traffic Court, committed ethics violations for providing “special consideration” for friends, family and politically connected individuals. Law360: acquitted

The former chief financial officer of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP on Friday blasted opposition from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to his fight to escape a second criminal trial over accusations of defrauding the defunct firm’s financial backers, criticizing prosecutors’ silence on crucial issues and efforts to portray the executive as a rich hothead. Law360: acquitted

The Second Circuit won’t rehear the case of two former employees of the New York state attorney general’s office facing a $ 4.7 million judgment for submitting misleading evidence against a dentist accused of Medicaid fraud. Law360: acquitted

Joseph Nacchio, the former Qwest CEO convicted of insider trading, has found legal victories difficult to come by for the past decade, but he won a $14.17 million jury verdict in Morris County on Jan. 7. Following several weeks of trial before Superior Court Judge W. Hunt Dumont, a jury found in Nacchio’s favor in a suit claiming he was ...