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A New Haven federal jury on Wednesday acquitted a former UBS trader accused of scheming to manipulate the precious metals futures market with “spoofing,” a trading tactic that involves the use of allegedly deceptive bids or offers to feign the appearance of supply or demand. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Two lawyers and a housekeeper who secretly videotaped herself engaging in a sex act with Waffle House Inc. Chairman Joe Rogers Jr. were acquitted in a criminal trial in Georgia, with the jury finding that they were not guilty of unlawful surveillance. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday tossed the corruption case against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and a Florida eye doctor after prosecutors opted to dismiss the remaining charges in the wake of a ruling acquitting the two men of charges that they exchanged political donations as bribes. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday acquitted U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., of charges he received political donations as bribes from a Florida eye doctor while upholding charges that the senator accepted private jet rides and other gifts in exchange for his official actions. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The former president of the Peruvian soccer federation who was acquitted by a New York federal jury on a racketeering count in the U.S. government’s wide-ranging FIFA corruption probe last month will face the remaining charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP executive director Stephen DiCarmine, who was acquitted of criminal charges in May, has been unable to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud claims after months of trying and is due in Manhattan federal court Friday. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The former president of the Peruvian soccer federation was acquitted by a Brooklyn federal jury of racketeering conspiracy Tuesday, clearing him of the sole charge he faced in the U.S. government’s wide-ranging FIFA corruption case just days after two other defendants were convicted in the investigation’s first trial. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))