A federal judge in Manhattan denied both sides’ motions to preclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, allowing sophisticated statistical analyses of his...
United States of America et al v. Ameriland Nutrition Inc. et al
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that sophisticated statistical analyses of a former Western Asset Management trader’s allocation decisions are admissible, rejecting defense arguments that the methods were unreliable or invaded the...
United States Aviation Co. v. Star Jets International, LLC et al
A federal judge in Manhattan denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech, II, allowing both sides to present statistical analyses of his...
United States of America et al v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. et al
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony case against a former Western Asset executive, allowing both sides to present sophisticated statistical analyses of trade allocation to a jury.
United States of America et al v. Schwitzer et al
U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods denied all Daubert motions in the government’s securities and commodities fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, ruling that sophisticated statistical analyses...
United States of America et al v. Docusign Inc.
A Manhattan federal judge denied both sides' Daubert motions in full, allowing competing statistical analyses, a blind allocation exercise, and dueling regression models to go.
United States of America et al v. State Of New York et al
A federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude statistical expert testimony case against a former Western Asset Chief Investment Officer, allowing both sides’ financial analyses to proceed at trial.
United States of America v. Anthem, Inc.
A federal judge in Manhattan allowed both sides to present statistical expert testimony trial of a former Western Asset Management executive, while warning experts against opining on the defendant’s mental state.
United States of America et al v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
A Manhattan federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the securities fraud prosecution of former Western Asset Management Chief Investment Officer S. Kenneth Leech II, but ordered both sides to agree on trial...
The United States of America et al v. The Children's Village Inc.
A Manhattan federal judge denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in the securities and commodities fraud prosecution of S. Kenneth Leech II, ruling that none of the six proposed experts crossed the threshold for exclusion under...
United States of America v. Town of Beekman
A Manhattan federal judge has denied cross-motions to exclude six expert witnesses in the securities and commodities fraud prosecution of S. Kenneth Leech, II, the former Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset Management Company...
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. S. KENNETH LEECH, II, Defendant.
A Manhattan federal judge has denied cross-motions to exclude expert testimony in a complex financial fraud prosecution, allowing all six competing statistical experts—four from the government and two from the defense—to testify in a...
United States of America v. Zahabian et al