Lawyers

• Amaya faces class-action lawsuit following CEO’s insider trading charges

  Amaya Inc is facing litigation from a law firm and its investors after the CEO was charged with insider trading.

• Former Harman International executive pleads guilty to insider trading

  A former executive of an audio-visual equipment company has pleaded guilty to insider trading. On Monday, a former executive of Harman International Industries has pleaded guilty to insider trading in the company's stock.

• Former HR consultant avoids prison in U.S. for insider trading

  A former HR consultant from Atlanta has been acquitted in serving prison time due to the good conduct he has provided for the government.

• Jury denies Ex-Euro Pacific Capital brokers' appeal over non-public information trading

  Payton and Durant were held liable by the federal jury despite of earlier concession on non-public information trading.

• Vatican must step up prosecutions of financial crimes: watchdog

  The Vatican should be much more aggressive in dealing with people suspected of financial crimes like money laundering and step up prosecutions and indictments, a European finance watchdog agency said on Tuesday.

• Supreme Court opens new term, with major cases brewing

  With cases over affirmative action, voting rights and other contentious issues waiting in the wings, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opened its new term as the nine justices took to the bench for the first time since a flurry of high-profile rulings in June.

• With next term looming, U.S. top court's justices mull new cases

  The U.S. Supreme Court's nine justices met behind closed doors on Monday ahead of the Oct. 5 beginning of their new term to consider cases to add to a calendar that already includes significant cases on affirmative action and labor unions.

• China prosecutor to intensify financial markets crackdown

  China's state prosecutor will intensify its crackdown on criminal activities in its stock and futures markets, following a series of high-profile cases involving one of the country's market regulators and securities firms.

• Ex-hedge fund manager sues U.S. officials over insider trading raid

  A former hedge fund manager on Thursday sued U.S. law enforcement officials, including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, claiming the government improperly raided his offices and destroyed his business as part of a widespread insider trading crackdown.

• Ex-Qualcomm executive pleads guilty to insider trading

  A former director of sales for U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) pleaded guilty in San Diego on Thursday to insider trading, officials said.

• Brazil police seize luxury cars, cash from fallen tycoon Batista

  Brazilian police said they seized seven cars, including a white Lamborghini, and $32,490 in cash, computers, watches and other items on Friday from embattled oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista, who is on trial for insider trading in Rio de Janeiro.

• NY insider trading ruling tests prosecutors beyond Wall Street

  A court ruling that sharply curtailed the ability of prosecutors including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to pursue insider trading cases is increasingly testing regulators' abilities across the country.

• U.S. seeks reversal of landmark insider trading ruling

  Federal prosecutors in New York on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to reconsider a landmark ruling that curtailed their ability to pursue insider trading cases and jeopardized several convictions.

• U.S. authorities face new fallout from insider trading ruling

  U.S. prosecutors, already smarting from a appeals court ruling that weakens their ability to crack down on future insider trading, on Thursday faced widening fallout from the decision as some existing cases threatened to unravel.

• Ex-Bank of New York Mellon employee pleads guilty to insider trading

  A former Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK.N) employee on Friday pleaded guilty to insider trading based on tips from a former Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) employee about potential pharmaceutical mergers.

• Former e-commerce executive gets 15 months prison in eBay insider trading case

  A former executive at GSI Commerce Inc was sentenced on Wednesday to 15 months in prison for insider trading related to the 2011 takeover of the e-commerce company by online retailer eBay Inc.

• Case on appeal in New York to cast long shadow on insider trading convictions

  A case on appeal would need to determine if there is a need to prove benefit redounding to tipper to be known by tippee in order to be convicted of insider trading.

• Insider Trading: Hedge Fund SAC Capital Advisors To Plead Guilty & Pay $1.8 Billion Penalty (Video)

  SAC Capital Advisors will plead guilty "to criminal fraud charges, stop investing money for others and 1.8 billion... to resolve criminal and civil claims against the hedge fund giant."

• Mark Cuban: Texas Jury Finds Billionaire Owner Not Liable In Insider Trading Trial

  A Texas jury found Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, not liable on Wednesday of insider trading for the sale of his stock in an Internet company in 2004, CNBC reported. Cuban had faced up to $2.5 million in fines if he had been found guilty.

• SAC Capital Arrest: Michael Steinberg Indicted on Insider Trading Charges (Video)

  The U.S. government's wide-ranging insider trading probe of SAC Capital Advisors put increased pressure on founder Steve Cohen Friday, arresting principal manager Michael Steinberg. A high-ranking portfolio manager who handled technology, media and telecommunications stocks at the firm, Steinberg was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, the authorities said. He is 41 years old.

• Rengan Rajaratnam, Brother of New York Hedge Fund Founder Pleads Not Guilty to Insider Trading

  The brother of a jailed one-time billionaire hedge fund boss has pleaded not guilty to federal charges Monday after rushing from his Brazil home to the U.S. He recently learned that he was was embroiled in a massive insider trading prosecution. He pleaded not guilty.