Law Profs Side with Rakoff
And in this corner, sitting all by himself, alone in his chair, U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff. But wait. Here comes court appointed attorney John "Rusty" Wing, a partner at Lanker Siffert & Wohl.www.corporatecrimereporter.com
Rakoff to Second Circuit: You Don't Get It
In March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit got stern with Judge Jed Rakoff over his decision to reject a $285 million civil settlement between the SEC and Citigroup.blogs.wsj.com
Law Professors Jump in Rakoff's Corner
A friend-of-the-court brief from a group of law professors says U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff was well within his power to reject the now-infamous proposed settlement between the SEC and Citigroup.blogs.wsj.com
Judge preserves part of law student's suit over court phone seizure
NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday kept alive a civil lawsuit brought by a law student who claimed federal prosecutors and the U.S.newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com
Judge Rakoff still fighting SEC-Citigroup deal
Judge Jed Rakoff earned a lot of public attention--much of it high-praise--back in November, when he rejected Citigroup's $285 million settlement with the SEC as inadequate, questioning specifically the SEC's practice of allowing targets to settle ...www.fiercefinance.com
US Judge dismisses Indian-American's lawsuit against Bharara
... Tarlow, Department of Justice and the US Marshals Service "for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted.www.deccanherald.com
Is Judge William Pauley the SEC's most diligent auditor?
Next month, in one of the most hotly anticipated arguments of the fall, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup assert that U.S.newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com
Rajat Gupta's sentencing date preponed by a day to Oct 17
US District Judge Jed Rakoff had set as October 18 the date for sentencing Gupta after the ex-McKinsey head was found guilty by a jury here of passing confidential company information to Rajaratnam.zeenews.india.com
Too Big To Jail: Wall Street Executives Unlikely To Face Criminal Charges ...
The SEC has won $2.2 billion in penalties stemming from financial crisis-related cases, though it has been dogged by complaints -- most notably from federal judge Jed Rakoff -- that its fines are too small and that it doesn't target individuals often ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Proceedings | Highlights from the Law Blog
The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering whether U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff acted appropriately when he rejected the now-infamous proposed settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup .online.wsj.com
Insider trading language gets workout at NY trial
Doug Whitman's testimony over several days last week even raised questions from U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff when Whitman described where he drew the line between illegal inside information and legitimate research at the West Coast hedge fund firm ...www.chron.com
Refco Trustee Dismisses Last Claim Against Grant Thornton
The parties agreed yesterday to drop the one remaining claim, that Grant Thornton aided Refco in the fraud, after U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled the claim would be decided at trial. No details of any settlement between the parties were available ...www.bloomberg.com
Lawsky, Standard Chartered, and the case of the missing billions
Somewhat in contrast, while Lawsky was breaking down doors and banging heads, in a courtroom across town a lawyer on behalf of Jed Rakoff, the US district judge for the Southern District of New York, filed a brief stating that closed-door deals just ...www.efinancialnews.com
Insider trading language gets workout at NY trial
Doug Whitman's testimony over several days last week even raised questions from U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff when Whitman described where he drew the line between illegal inside information and legitimate research at the West Coast hedge fund firm ...www.google.com
Can the SEC ever improve?
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has been a vocal critic of this approach. In November, he refused to approve an SEC settlement with Citigroup that allowed the bank to "neither admit nor deny" wrongdoing.blogs.reuters.com
Google, FTC Settlement Can Face Consumer Group Challenge
Last year, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan rejected a proposed stipulated order between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup Inc. because the bank didn't admit or deny of the allegations in the complaint.www.businessweek.com
Citigroup Seeks Dismissal of Swap-Linked Madoff Trustee Claims
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff took the Citigroup case out of bankruptcy court, along with hundreds of other Madoff suits, to decide what trustee Irving Picard is permitted to do under safe-harbor law.www.bloomberg.com
Federal Investigators Punt On Goldman Sachs Prosecutions
The regulator won about $2 billion in penalties since 2008 in financial crisis-related cases, including a record $67.5 million from Mozillo.www.huffingtonpost.com
Paulson Resorts, ATP, Madoff, Slavery Museum: Bankruptcy
The case will turn on the interpretation given by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff to a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision called Morrison v. National Australia Bank.www.businessweek.com
Church Implores 9th Circuit to Lift Sanction
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, sitting on the 9th Circuit by designation from the Sourthern District of New York, asked what made the request "non-speculative.www.courthousenews.com
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