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Second Circuit Holds That Primary Securities Fraud Violations Require Deception Attributable To the Defendant


by Mayer Brown LLP View Firm Credentials
Chicago Office

August 9, 2008

Previously published on July 24, 2008

In a recent decision addressing the meaning of deception under the federal securities laws, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the acquittal of David Finnerty, a former specialist on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange who had been charged with criminal securities fraud (United States v. Finnerty).


 

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