A hedge fund fraudster convicted on 23 counts — including criminal contempt after he went online against court orders, hiding the computer in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s ceiling — urged a California federal judge Wednesday to acquit him on three of the charges. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk asked a New York federal judge Thursday to grant a retrial or reverse his criminal wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Law360: acquitted

A former vacation rental firm executive convicted in a $ 300 million Ponzi scheme urged a Florida federal judge Monday to acquit him or grant him a new trial, saying prosecutors failed to support many of their charges and that jurors acted on insufficient evidence and poorly worded instructions. Law360: acquitted