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Appellate Panel Blocks SEC Bid for Wiretap Evidence in Galleon Insider-Trading Case
In the SEC's civil case against Galleon, the Second Circuit vacated an order forcing the Galleon defendants to hand over roughly 18,000 wiretapped conversations from the goverment's parallel criminal prosecution.

SEC's Insider Trading Litigation Against Galleon
SEC v. Galleon Management, LP, et al., 09-CV-8811 (SDNY) (JSR), was filed by the SEC on October 16, 2009, against Raj Rajaratnam, Galleon Management, LP, and others, alleging a widespread and repeated insider trading scheme involving hedge funds, industry professionals,...

Two Torpedoes in the Water: The Galleon Insider Trading Case
Yesterday, a federal jury in Manhattan returned a guilty conviction on 14 counts of insider trading against Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire and founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund...

Two More Galleon Defendants Plead Guilty
Two more defendants connected to the Galleon Group hedge fund pled guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal district court, admitting their role in a massive insider trading ring and handing federal prosecutors more ammunition as they prepare for next month's trial of Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam...

The SEC Setback in Galleon
The SEC, initially with Judge Jed Rakoff's agreement, has pushed its civil case against Galleon to occur before the criminal...

Galleon Investigation Touches Goldman Sachs
Just how far will the Galleon Group insider-trading investigation go? That's the question we're asking Thursday after reading the front-page news that prosecutors are looking at whether a Goldman Sachs board member passed along insider information about the firm to Galleon hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam during the height of the financial crisis.

Institutionalized Medicaid Recipients
Sue For Right To Choose Where They Live

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.