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July 24, 2019
Ex-BigLaw Atty's Insider Trading Partner Can't End Probation
A Florida businessman who pled guilty to insider trading last year must continue his three-year probation sentence after failing to provide a good enough reason for early termination beyond his compliance with the terms, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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April 17, 2018
Atty's Ex-Buddy Who Decoded Insider-Trade Texts Ducks Jail
Andrew M. Berke, a wealthy former friend of ex-Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little who traded on Little's illicit stock tips, avoided prison Tuesday after a prosecutor cited Berke's work to recover damning text messages and help the government decipher them.
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April 11, 2018
Feds Seek Leniency For BigLaw Atty's Insider Trading Partner
Prosecutors told a New York federal court Wednesday that they plan to ask the court to go easy on a futures trader who pled guilty to conspiring with a BigLaw attorney in an insider trading scheme, saying that the co-conspirator cooperated fully with the investigation and provided key evidence against former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little.
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April 04, 2018
Man Tipped On Stocks By Ex-BigLaw Atty Angles For No Jail
A neighbor who took inside stock tips from former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little on Tuesday urged a Manhattan federal judge not to put him behind bars, touting his cooperation and comparing himself to other tippees who avoided jail time.
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February 22, 2018
Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Gets Prison For Insider Trading
Former Foley & Lardner LLP real estate partner Walter "Chet" Little was sentenced on Thursday to over two years in prison for insider trading, following his admission that he cashed in on confidential merger information about the law firm's clients.
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February 15, 2018
Ex-Foley & Lardner Atty Should Get Prison Time, Feds Say
Prosecutors on Thursday urged a New York federal judge to ignore a request from former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little that he be sentenced to community service and time served after pleading guilty to an insider trading scheme using the firm's client information.
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November 09, 2017
Ex-Foley & Lardner Atty Cops To Securities Fraud Conspiracy
Former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little pled guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday to a charge of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and could see jail time over claims that he used confidential information about the law firm's clients to make $327,000 in illicit trading profits.
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August 22, 2017
Ex-BigLaw Atty's Associate Wants Insider Trading Trial In NY
A business associate of former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little on Monday opposed Little's bid to move their insider trading case from New York to Florida, where he says media coverage of the charges will taint the jury pool and prevent them from receiving a fair trial.
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August 17, 2017
Ex-Foley & Lardner Partner Denies Insider Trading Charges
Former Foley & Lardner LLP partner Walter "Chet" Little and a business associate on Thursday denied charges of insider trading, in which they are accused of using confidential merger information about the law firm's clients to make about $1 million in illicit trading profits.
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May 23, 2017
Ex-BigLaw Atty Accused Of Insider Trading Out On Bail
A former Florida real estate partner charged with pilfering secret Foley & Lardner LLP computer files and making $1 million in illegal trading profits from the information along with a buddy was released on bail by a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday.