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))

As Hurricane Irma barrels her way toward Florida, it could not derail a trial in Orlando against a Miami woman accused of bank fraud that ended Thursday afternoon with an acquittal, just before the state shut down to prepare for the coming storm. 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))

An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday he won’t acquit a Chicago doctor convicted of steering dozens of his elderly patients to one hospital in exchange for free labor from hospital staff, rejecting the doctor’s argument that the arrangement falls within an exemption to the Medicare/Medicaid anti-kickback statute. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

After expressing open skepticism at trial about the strength of the government’s case, a Pennsylvania federal judge heard arguments Thursday urging him to acquit the leaders of the now-defunct NOVA Bank after their conviction in April for allegedly deceiving regulators into making an investment under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. 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))

Texas attorney Mikal Watts, who was acquitted last week of all fraud charges related to Deepwater Horizon settlement funds, asked a federal court Tuesday to lift a stay on BP PLC’s civil suit against him that has been on hold since February 2014. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

The federal government told an Indiana federal judge Friday that a former biofuel company executive convicted of hiding a $ 56 million fraud scheme should not be acquitted, saying there was more than enough evidence to prove the charges against him. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Texas federal jury on Monday found that the CEO and two other top executives of a chain of physical therapy clinics focused on treating federal government employees committed health care fraud and money laundering, but acquitted a chiropractor who was allegedly in on the scheme. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))

A Texas federal jury on Monday found that the CEO and two other top executives of a chain of physical therapy clinics focused on treating federal government employees committed health care fraud and money laundering, but acquitted a chiropractor who was allegedly in on the scheme. Law360: (headline:(acquitted) OR summary:(acquitted))