Gibbons v. Malone et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:10-cv-08640

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Judge:

Barbara S. Jones

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  1. January 07, 2013

    Discovery Exec's Insider Trading Suit Tossed By 2nd Circ.

    The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a shareholder's insider trading suit alleging a former director of Discovery Communications Inc. violated a federal rule governing ill-gotten securities gains within a six-month period.

  2. September 21, 2011

    How They Won It: Baker Botts Clears Discovery Exec In Trading Suit

    When Baker Botts LLP picked up the defense of a Discovery Communications Inc. executive accused of making more than $300,000 in short-swing trades of his company stock, attorneys Seth Taube and Frederick McGrath knew they were in uncharted territory.

  3. August 09, 2011

    Discovery Communications Exec Beats Insider-Trading Suit

    A federal judge in New York on Monday dismissed a shareholder's insider-trading suit against a former director of Discovery Communications Inc., finding no merit to the novel theory of short-swing liability under the Securities Exchange Act.

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