USA v. Decinces et al

  1. March 29, 2016

    Feds Fight Bid To Stay Ex-CEO's Insider Trading Trial

    The government urged a California federal court Monday to block an attempt by the former head of a medical device company to stay a trial over allegations that he passed insider information to former Baltimore Orioles player Doug DeCinces, saying the impact of a pending appeal is overstated.

  2. February 29, 2016

    Atty Pal Of Ex-Orioles Star Gets Trading Charges Dropped

    A California federal judge has dismissed criminal charges against a real estate lawyer accused of trading on inside information passed to him by former Baltimore Orioles player Doug DeCinces.

  3. September 01, 2015

    Feds Tells 9th Circ. Ex-Oriole Can't Block Trading Evidence

    Federal prosecutors on Tuesday urged the Ninth Circuit to let them support their insider trading charges against former Baltimore Oriole Doug DeCinces with evidence of trades DeCinces made shortly before his alleged crime, arguing the earlier trades were the "beginning of the scheme" the ballplayer set up.

  4. July 22, 2015

    Judge Won't DQ Skadden In Ex-Oriole Insider Trading Case

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP can continue representing a former medical device company's CEO in an insider trading case alleging he fed private information about a pending Abbott Laboratories acquisition to former Baltimore Orioles player Doug DeCinces, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  5. July 01, 2015

    Skadden Not Conflicted In Insider Trading Case, Court Told

    A former medical supply company CEO accused of providing inside information to former Baltimore Orioles player Doug DeCinces asked a California federal judge to deny the government's motion to disqualify his counsel, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, arguing there is no justifying conflict of interest.

  6. February 23, 2015

    Ex-Oriole Says Feds Hiding Evidence In Insider Trading Case

    Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces has accused federal prosecutors of withholding evidence that would clear him of insider trading allegations and urged a California federal judge to drop his indictment due to what he describes as an unfair delay in trial, according to recently filed court documents.

  7. December 23, 2014

    Ex-Orioles Player Says Newman Strikes Out Insider Charges

    Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces has asked a California federal judge to dismiss insider trading charges against him in the wake of the Second Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Newman, which raised the bar for prosecutors to show that a tipster received a personal benefit.

  8. November 04, 2014

    Ex-Orioles Player Calls Insider Trading Charges 'Stale'

    Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces told a California federal court Monday that certain insider trading charges in his indictment should be dropped because they are merely an attempt to shore up an "already speculative" case against him and are time-barred.

  9. October 09, 2014

    Feds Challenge Ex-Orioles Player's Personal Benefit Defense

    U.S. Attorneys argued Wednesday in California federal court that ex-Baltimore Orioles player and accused insider trader Doug DeCinces did not need to know about the personal benefits bestowed on his alleged tipper under insider trading laws because the rest of the allegations in his indictment made that clear.

  10. October 06, 2014

    Ex-Oriole Calls Feds' Insider Trading Indictment Flawed

    Former Baltimore Orioles player Doug DeCinces on Friday urged a California federal court to cut 19 insider trading charges from the former third baseman's indictment, saying the government's case fails to allege a key element of the charge.