January 04, 2016
A New York federal judge has denied hedge-fund founder Doug Whitman's request for release from a halfway house pending a Second Circuit appeal, saying Whitman hasn't shown he will likely succeed in the appeal.
December 23, 2015
Hedge fund founder Doug Whitman belongs in the California halfway house where he is finishing his prison term, New York federal prosecutors said Tuesday, after the convicted securities fraudster asked for early release pending his appeal sounding in the Second Circuit's Newman decision.
July 23, 2015
A New York federal judge rejected jailed hedge fund founder Doug Whitman's motion to vacate his conviction Wednesday, noting the "chutzpah" in Whitman's attempt but saying he hasn't earned "a second bite at the appellate pomegranate."
April 23, 2015
Jailed hedge fund founder Doug Whitman insisted Thursday that the government doesn't disagree with his key reasons for wanting his conviction overturned in the wake of the Second Circuit's bar-raising Newman decision but is still trying to maintain the conviction on a technicality.
April 16, 2015
New York federal prosecutors on Wednesday fired back against jailed hedge fund founder Doug Whitman, slamming his attempt to set aside his insider trading conviction in the wake of the Second Circuit’s landmark Newman decision as “procedurally and substantively invalid.”
March 26, 2015
Imprisoned hedge fund founder Doug Whitman on Wednesday joined a growing chorus of insider trading defendants to challenge their convictions following the Second Circuit's Newman decision, arguing that his trial was tainted by faulty jury instructions regarding stock tippers' personal benefits.
January 24, 2013
Hedge fund founder Doug Whitman, who was convicted of trading on confidential information from insiders at Google Inc. and other companies, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.
August 20, 2012
California hedge fund founder Doug Whitman was found guilty Monday of insider trading for using information gleaned from corporate insiders at Google Inc. and other companies through intermediaries, despite his decision to take the stand in his defense.
August 17, 2012
California hedge fund founder Doug Whitman lied on the stand, prosecutors said Friday in closing arguments in the insider trading case against him, an effort to undercut the impact of his unusual decision to testify in his own defense.
August 16, 2012
Lawyers for hedge found founder Doug Whitman on Thursday attempted to tie his alleged insider trades to the fund's legitimate activities, capping off Whitman's defense before the criminal case goes to the jury.