However, the Fifth Circuit rejected that counter-defense since Abraham lacked bad faith or any intent to confusingly deceive his purchasers.

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Picard need not show any bad faith or malicious intent, just that Wilpon bailed out of his Madoff fund because he sensed trouble, explains Columbia Law School professor John Coffee.

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