Walters Case Commands Tougher Cure For Gov't Misconduct

By Harry Sandick and Danielle Quinn (December 10, 2018, 2:24 PM EST) -- Last week in United States v. Walters, a Second Circuit panel — consisting of Circuit Judges Dennis Jacobs and Denny Chin and U.S. District Judge William F. Kuntz by designation — affirmed the conviction of professional gambler William T. Walters for securities fraud and related claims arising out of insider trading. On appeal, Walters argued that the indictment should be dismissed in light of repeated leaks of confidential grand jury information made by the FBI to reporters from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times in violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment....

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