Legal Opinion
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Lines
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 13, 2009No. 07 Civ. 11387(DLC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
DENISE COTE, District Judge:
Invoking Rule 4.2(a) of the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct, defendant Brian N. Lines (“Lines”) has moved for a protective order to avoid producing a tape recording of his conversation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) during its investigation of stock manipulation. For the following reasons, Lines’s motion is denied. Background
The SEC alleges that defendants in this case engaged in two separate but related fraudulent schemes to manipulate the stock prices of publicly-traded shell companies, Sedona…
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