Former Major League Baseball player Doug DeCinces asked a California federal court Wednesday to acquit him of insider trading charges, saying the government has provided no proof, before trial or during, that he profited from nonpublic merger tips about a friend’s medical device company. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Four former JPMorgan Chase & Co. executives were acquitted Tuesday in Italian court of fraudulent bankruptcy charges connected to Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA’s 2003 collapse amid a massive accounting scandal, according to media reports. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Massachusetts federal jury acquitted two top former Acclarent executives Wednesday of a slew of felony fraud charges related to the company’s promotion of a medical device off-label, but convicted the pair of 10 misdemeanor counts of introducing a misbranded and adulterated device into interstate commerce. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Massachusetts federal jury acquitted two top former Acclarent executives Wednesday of a slew of felony fraud charges related to the company’s promotion of a medical device off-label, but convicted the pair of 10 misdemeanor counts of introducing a misbranded and adulterated device into interstate commerce. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Deutsche Bank AG co-CEO Juergen Fitschen and two of his predecessors have been acquitted of attempted fraud in German court in a trial stemming from the bank’s lengthy legal battle with heirs to the bankrupt Kirch Media Group, German media reported Monday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The Second Circuit’s rare decision to back a federal court ruling ordering a new trial panned out for a construction company owner who was previously found to have willfully filed false tax returns when a New York federal jury acquitted him on all charges Tuesday. 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

A New York judge on Friday threw out charges of grand larceny against two former top executives of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, but declined to nix fraud and conspiracy counts, setting the stage for a slimmed-down second trial over allegations they defrauded the law firm’s financial backers prior to its collapse. Law360: acquitted