U.S. judge says to likely vacate insider trading guilty pleas over IBM deal
December 18, 2014 at 15:14 PM EST
NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said Thursday he would likely vacate the guilty pleas of four men accused of engaging in an insider trading scheme ahead of an IBM Corp deal, as fallout continued from an appellate ruling curtailing authorities' abilities to pursue such cases.