A defense motion was denied in an insider case.

U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram denied the motion that accused prosecutors of improperly leaking secret grand jury information to the press. She said defense lawyers failed to prove that the U.S. attorney’s office violated a federal rule that generally forbids disclosure of matters before a grand jury. The case involves three Wall Street professionals who were indicted April 9 but who at present do not face criminal charges: Robert M. Freeman, a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Richard B. Wigton, a trader at Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Timothy L. Tabor, a former Kidder, Peabody trader.