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Case Number:

1:12-cr-00887

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Firms

  1. January 29, 2015

    Judge To Dismiss IBM Insider Trading Case At Feds' Request

    A New York federal judge said Thursday he would grant a request by U.S. prosecutors to drop insider trading charges against five men stemming from a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition, but allowed the government to reassert its charges if it successfully challenges a related Second Circuit ruling.

  2. January 22, 2015

    4 Insider Trading Guilty Pleas Vacated In Wake Of Newman

    A New York federal court signaled its intent Thursday to interpret the Second Circuit's landmark Newman decision broadly, throwing out the insider trading guilty pleas of four people in connection with a $1.2 billion acquisition by IBM Corp.

  3. January 16, 2015

    Newman Faces New Test As Bharara Eyes Carveout

    Manhattan top prosecutor Preet Bharara is seeking to blunt the impact of the Second Circuit's landmark insider trading decision in U.S. v. Newman by arguing it only applies to cases that involve tips by corporate insiders, setting up another high-stakes battle with the defense bar.

  4. January 13, 2015

    Feds Say Newman Doesn't Affect IBM Insider Trading Case

    New York federal prosecutors said Monday that the Second Circuit's recent landmark decision in U.S. v. Newman does not undermine the guilty pleas of four defendants in an insider trading case stemming from a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition.

  5. December 18, 2014

    Newman Ruling Jeopardizes IBM Insider Trading Pleas: Judge

    A New York federal judge said Thursday he was inclined to vacate the guilty pleas of four defendants in an insider trading case stemming from a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition, citing the Second Circuit's recent bombshell ruling in U.S. v. Newman.

  6. December 11, 2014

    Judge Asks For Newman's Effect On Insider Trading Pleas

    A New York federal judge on Thursday asked whether the Second Circuit's landmark insider trading ruling in U.S. v. Newman affected the guilty pleas of four former stockbrokers and analysts who admitted to an insider trading scheme involving a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition.

  7. November 18, 2014

    Judge OKs Guilty Plea In IBM Insider Trading Case

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday accepted a former stockbroker's guilty plea to an insider trading scheme involving a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition after initially raising questions about whether the admission was legally sufficient.

  8. November 06, 2014

    Judge Defers Ruling On Broker's Plea To IBM Insider Trading

    A former stockbroker pled guilty Thursday to an insider trading scheme involving IBM Corp.'s $1.2 billion acquisition of SPSS Inc., but a New York federal judge said he needed more time to decide whether to accept the plea.

  9. June 25, 2014

    Ex-Brokers Charged With Insider Trading On $1.2B IBM Deal

    Two former stockbrokers were arrested Wednesday and accused in both criminal and civil cases of taking part in a scheme to use insider tips to trade ahead of a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition, according to authorities.

  10. December 19, 2013

    Ex-Broker Admits To Insider Trading On $1.2B IBM Deal

    David J. Weishaus, a former broker accused of trading ahead of a $1.2 billion IBM Corp. acquisition using a tip from a law school pal, pled guilty Thursday, a month before he was slated to head to trial.

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