Civil Litigation,
Government,
Criminal
Dec. 10, 2018
Criminal insider trading charges dropped after a series of impromptu hearings
Two federal judges presented a united front as attorneys resolved the 10-year criminal and civil saga involving charges against executive James Mazzo.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter signed a settlement in an insider trading case with the Securities and Exchange Commission 90 minutes after another judge dismissed the criminal charges against James Mazzo.
SANTA ANA -- In a surprise hearing ordered by a judge in a related civil case, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss a criminal insider trading case against an ophthalmology executive, ending a 10-year saga that included a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion and two hung juries.
U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford's dismissal of the 20-count criminal indictment...
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