U.S. v. GOYAL

No. 08-10436.

629 F.3d 912 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Prabhat GOYAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amber S. Rosen (argued), Brian Stretch , Elise Becker , Assistant United States Attorneys, San Jose, CA, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.

Seth P. Waxman (argued), Jonathan E. Nuechterlein , Carey Bollinger , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., and Mark C. Fleming , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for defendant-appellant Prabhat Goyal.

Donald M. Falk , Mayer Brown LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:

Prabhat Goyal, former chief financial officer of Network Associates, Inc. ("NAI"), appeals from his convictions on fifteen counts of securities fraud and making materially false statements to auditors. The government alleged that NAI, under Goyal's supervision, violated generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") by recognizing revenue from certain software sales earlier than it should have. Goyal was indicted for concealing...

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