l, nonpublic information in advance of the Sherwin-Williams Company's acquisition of the Valspar Corporation. Valspar is the brand sold by Lowe's. Pinto-Thomaz was convicted on April 26, following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who also imposed Monday's sentence. In summarizing the

l, nonpublic information in advance of the Sherwin-Williams Company's acquisition of the Valspar Corporation. Valspar is the brand sold by Lowe's. Pinto-Thomaz was convicted on April 26, following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who also imposed Monday's sentence. In summarizing the

tinuing investigations.'" United States v. Akhavan, No. S3 20-CR-188(JSR), 2020 WL 2555333, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. May 20, 2020) (quoting United States v. Pinto-Thomaz, 352 F. Supp. 3d 287, 303 (S.D.N.Y. 2018). The conspiracies charged are long-running, increasing the risk of surprise to the Defendant. See Akhava

e risk of surprise to them is substantially mitigated in light of the communications described above and produced in discovery. Moreover, unlike in Pinto-Thomaz, where the Government did not oppose the defendant's request for particulars on this point and did not proffer that its investigation was continuing