Securities and Exchange Commission v. Schvacho

  1. April 04, 2014

    How They Won It: Morris Manning Turns SEC's Case Against It

    In defeating insider trading allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lodged against a retired Cisco Systems Inc. engineer, Morris Manning & Martin LLP turned the agency's reliance on the central witness in the case to its own advantage by targeting the commission's efforts to selectively exploit his testimony.

  2. January 10, 2014

    SEC Loses Insider Trading Case Against Cisco Retiree

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insider trading case against a former Cisco Systems Inc. employee, accusing the agency of interpreting circumstantial evidence in an "overreaching, self-serving" manner.