Judges play a crucial role during securities-fraud cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Look at Judge in Bear Case:] Reference

It had a difficult time proving its securities-fraud cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Specialist guilty] Reference

Roughly 99% of securities-fraud cases are either settled or dismissed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bart Schwartz Becomes] Reference

Even if it is tougher to win, securities-fraud suits will be bountiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Lawyers, No Shortage of Work] Reference

The securities-fraud conviction carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Ex-Managers] Reference

Soon he was waking to news that his friend faced securities-fraud charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breakout Act] Reference

One such middleman already has pleaded guilty to securities-fraud charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [N.Y. Takes Aim at Pension Agents] Reference

Gene Cauley Gene Cauley specialized in filing securities-fraud class actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [High-Profile Lawyer Close to a Guilty Plea] Reference

The Supreme Court limits investors 'ability to sue in securities-fraud cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [SOS -- 'Save Our Stocks'] Reference

Mr. Cauley, 41 years old, specializes in filing securities-fraud class actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [High-Profile Lawyer Close to a Guilty Plea] Reference

Attorney's Office who worked on insider-trading cases in its securities-fraud unit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cuomo Blazes Own Trail as Wall Street Cop] Reference

But the government had a difficult time proving its securities-fraud cases at trial.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYSE Bars Floor Specialist for Life] Reference

At the time, the settlement was the eighth-largest in a securities-fraud case in U.S. history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fannie Suit Vexes Regulator, May Pay Shareholders] Reference

This article didn't specify that the statistic referred only to federal securities-fraud suits.    From Wordnik.com.  [JDS Wins Investor Lawsuit, Bucking a Trend] Reference

An article Monday didn't specify that the statistic referred only to federal securities-fraud suits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrections & Amplifications] Reference

The securities-fraud charge in the criminal complaint carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Examiners at SEC Sift Through Years of Records] Reference

His testimony came at the securities-fraud trial of a once close friend, John A. Mulheren Jr., a stock trader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boesky Washes His Dirty Linen In Public] Reference

Prosecutors on Friday dropped securities-fraud and other criminal charges against former Collins & Aikman Corp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stockman Is Cleared in Securities-Fraud Case] Reference

According to RiskMetrics Group, the agreement represents the third-largest securities-fraud settlement of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [GM Reaches Settlement] Reference

Mr. Torkelsen once was one of the top damages experts in the securities-fraud field, according to securities lawyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Filing Shines Light] Reference

U.S. - Bulgaria Extradition It's unclear whether Bulgaria could extradite a defendant in a U.S. securities-fraud case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broker Goes Missing] Reference

He hired a prosecutor from the Justice Department's fraud section to lead the Eastern District's securities-fraud unit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Youz Indictin' Who? A Rivalry Grows] Reference

The Manhattan office said the securities-fraud numbers provided by TRAC significantly understate the number of prosecutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Youz Indictin' Who? A Rivalry Grows] Reference

The majority of securities-fraud cases settle in advance of trial as many companies don't want to risk the large jury verdicts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Verdict Against Apollo Group Overturned] Reference

The 21-month sentence -- relatively light for a large securities-fraud case -- was a good sign for defendants, said Jan Handzlik.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brocade Ex-CEO Gets 21 Months in Prison] Reference

"The more things change, the more they stay the same," he said in remarks at an American Bar Association securities-fraud conference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Familiar Abuses Seen in Latest Finance Crisis] Reference

Credit Crisis Probes View a sortable chart explaining ongoing criminal securities-fraud investigations of financial firms and lenders.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Agencies Investigate WaMu Failure] Reference

Last week federal prosecutors in New York opened a criminal investigation into possible securities-fraud charges against Philip Morris.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Whiff Of Smoking Guns] Reference

An Aug. 28 article about the indictment of Quogue's mayor on securities-fraud charges incorrectly said the village is near the Hamptons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrections & Amplifications] Reference

Court Rarity While securities-fraud class-action lawsuits are a dime a dozen, those that actually go to trial are about as rare as a pygmy marmoset.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bart Schwartz Becomes] Reference

A previous version of this article about the indictment of Quogue's mayor on securities-fraud charges incorrectly said the village is near the Hamptons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mayor Is Indicted] Reference

Circuit Court of Appeals in California removed him from a securities-fraud case, concluding he had entered "biased evidentiary rulings" in favor of prosecutors.    From Wordnik.com.  [For 'Maverick' Federal Judges,] Reference

The JDS case is one of only four of 2,105 shareholder securities-fraud suits filed since 1995 to be tried to a verdict, according to Stanford University Law School.    From Wordnik.com.  [JDS Wins Investor Lawsuit, Bucking a Trend] Reference

Coca-Cola Co. is trying to use the impending guilty plea of attorney William Lerach to scuttle a seven-year-old securities-fraud lawsuit against the beverage giant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coke Tries New Defense] Reference

Milberg Weiss used Mr. Torkelsen, as did other firms, to provide expert testimony in support of the damages allegedly suffered by shareholders in securities-fraud cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Milberg Witness] Reference

But Congress, which was hardly shy about creating new causes of action in Sarbox, again declined to give private parties the right to sue third parties in securities-fraud cases.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Class-Action Scheme] Reference