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143707P.pdf 03/22/2016 U.S. Securities and Exchange v. Marlon Quan
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-3707
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Smith and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Securities Fraud. Jury verdicts finding defendant violated
Rule 10b-5 but did not violate Section 17(a)(1) of the securities Act or
aid and abet his securities firm in violating Rule 10(b)(5) were not
internally inconsistent, as the bar for finding liability under Section
17(a)(1) was higher and the jury could find that defendant made a false
statement or misleading statement (thus incurring Rule 10(b)(5) liability)
without concluding that he did enough beyond that (at least with scienter)
to rise to the level of employing a device, scheme or artifice to defraud
(as would be required for Section 17(a)(1) liability); nor, in light of
the evidence, was the verdict inconsistent in imposing personal liability
for the Rule 10(b)(5) violation but not aiding-and-abetting liability;
jury did not need to unanimously agree on a particular false statement or
omission to impose liability; the district court could order disgorgement
as a permissible equitable remedy.