Securities and Exchange Commission v. Adondakis et al

  1. February 02, 2016

    Diamondback Gets $9M SEC Judgment Nixed After Newman

    Shuttered hedge fund firm Diamondback Capital Management LLC is on track to recoup $9 million it paid the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to end an insider trading probe after a New York federal judge agreed to vacate the judgment in light of the Second Circuit's landmark Newman decision, a former official at the firm said Tuesday.

  2. January 25, 2016

    SEC Set To Return $21.5M To Level Global Post-Newman

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it does not oppose the return of a $21.5 million settlement paid by inoperative hedge fund Level Global Investors LP, the latest reversal in the fallout from the Second Circuit's landmark Newman decision.

  3. October 21, 2015

    SEC's Insider Trading Suit Against Newman Draws To Close

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday ended the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's insider-trading civil suit against Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson, after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Second Circuit's landmark reversal of their criminal convictions and the SEC conceded defeat.

  4. October 16, 2015

    SEC Concedes Defeat In Newman Insider Trading Civil Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it won't oppose Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson's bid to end its insider trading suit after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Second Circuit's landmark reversal of their criminal convictions.

  5. October 14, 2015

    Newman, Chiasson Say High Court Pass Should End SEC Suit

    Hedge fund managers Todd Newman and Anthony Chiasson told a New York federal judge Tuesday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's insider trading suit against them can't go forward after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Second Circuit's decision overturning their criminal convictions.

  6. February 02, 2015

    SEC's Suit Against Newman, Chiasson Placed On Hold

    Two hedge fund managers fighting insider trading charges bought time in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil suit against them, persuading a New York federal judge on Monday to stay the suit pending the government's appeal of the Second Circuit's reversal of their convictions.

  7. June 14, 2012

    Attys Divided Over Start Of $62M Dell Insider Trading Suit

    As the criminal counterpart to the federal government's $62 million case over insider trading of Dell Inc. information explodes, attorneys in the civil securities fraud suit debated over how far back to push their own pretrial schedule while in conference Thursday.

  8. January 23, 2012

    Diamondback To Pay $9M, Help Feds' Insider Trading Cases

    Diamondback Capital Management LLC will pay $9 million to settle insider trading claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and will cooperate in civil and criminal insider trading cases against two of its former employees, the SEC said Monday.

  9. January 18, 2012

    Feds Charge 7 In $62M Insider Trading Plot

    U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday charged seven people in connection with an insider trading scheme that racked up approximately $62 million in trades on shares of computer maker Dell Inc.