FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2009 file photo, former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi enters Brooklyn federal court in New York. The swift acquittal of Cioffi and executive Matthew Tannin in the government's criminal case tied to the financial meltdown likely will force prosecutors to rethink the evidence they planned to present in a raft of cases that have yet to go to trial, legal experts say.
(AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, file)