March 15, 2017
A former Hunton & Williams LLP patent attorney on Wednesday was convicted by a Brooklyn federal jury of insider trading charges for tipping off his friend and investment adviser about Pfizer Inc.'s plans to acquire his client.
March 13, 2017
Attorneys for a former Hunton & Williams LLP patent litigator accused of passing on inside information about Pfizer's plans to acquire his client told a jury Monday that the tip was really an ambiguous statement that wasn't enough to trade on.
March 09, 2017
A former Hunton & Williams LLP patent litigator broke down in tears Thursday when a federal judge in Brooklyn refused to dismiss charges that he shared insider knowledge of Pfizer Inc.'s plan to take over his then-client King Pharmaceuticals.
March 08, 2017
A former Ameriprise Financial Inc. adviser who traded on a hot inside tip about a drugmaker's 2010 acquisition by Pfizer Inc., which prosecutors say came from a former Hunton & Williams LLP partner, on Wednesday told a Brooklyn federal jury that he lied to his employer in a desperate bid to cover up his crime.
March 07, 2017
The trial of a former Hunton & Williams patent partner who allegedly leaked inside information about a Pfizer deal continued Tuesday as a cooperating witness who pled guilty to trading on the intel told jurors the details about how the tip ended up in his hands — and how it was eventually discovered.
March 06, 2017
A former Hunton & Williams LLP patent lawyer told a Brooklyn jury Monday that he earned more than $1 million and had $4 million in assets in 2010, the year he is accused of conspiring with his finance guru to turn a personal $15,000 profit from insider knowledge of Pfizer's plan to take over his then-client King Pharmaceuticals.
August 10, 2016
A wine-guzzling former partner at Hunton & Williams LLP and the investment adviser he allegedly tipped off about a client's merger with Pfizer Inc. were charged with securities fraud and securities fraud conspiracy in an indictment unsealed Wednesday, authorities said.