*Doug Whitman convicted on Google, Marvell, Polycom trades. NEW YORK, Jan 24- California hedge fund manager Doug Whitman was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison, after he had become the first defendant in a broad U.S. crackdown on insider trading to take the stand to convince jurors of his innocence.
SAN DIEGO-- Federal prosecutors say they've charged a former San Diego executive in a $28 million stock fraud. Attorney Timothy Perry says the indictment charging Mark Anthony Lopez was unsealed Tuesday, accusing the former President and CEO of mining company Unico, Inc. of conspiracy and obstructing justice.
WASHINGTON, Jan 23- Fewer investors are taking corporate America to court for fraud. The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to a 6- year low in 2012, according to a study by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research released on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan 23- Fewer investors are taking corporate America to court for fraud. The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to a 7- year low in 2012, according to a study by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research released on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Jan 22- Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta are urging a federal appeals court to reverse his insider trading conviction, arguing that a judge shouldn't have allowed wiretaps to be heard at trial.