Mealey's ( August 16, 2023, 2:46 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A hedge fund manager who was found by a jury to be liable for false statements he made about a biotechnology company after an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a petition for a writ of certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the statements he made were protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that the trial court and appeals court made decisions that run counter to the First Amendment....