A last-ditch effort by federal and state law enforcement authorities to hold Wall Street accountable for nearly bringing down the U.S. economy is unli...

U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff doesn't need an admission of guilt in order to approve a controversial Citigroup settlement with government regul...

By Sarah N. Lynch and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Senators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill on Mon...

A group affiliated with Occupy Wall Street has come to the defense of a federal judge who is on the ropes in his fight with the Securities and Exchang...

* John Wing to argue for voiding SEC-Citigroup settlement * Judge Rakoff rejected $285 mln accord in November * Rakoff a...

In a change of policy that comes after more than two years of public and embarrassing scoldings by a federal judge, the Securities and Exchange Commis...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission got a fresh dressing-down from the judge who rejected its $285 million settlement with Citigroup Inc, as h...

NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs chairman Lloyd Blankfein can be deposed in a civil case even before the April criminal trial of a former Goldman Sachs board...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has ordered a former Moody's Investors Service analyst to pay $34.5 million after he fled the country to avoid facing in...

Jed Rakoff has been called many things: a maverick, a prosecutor, a hero, and acerbic. As a judge on cases involving high finance, his rulings have of...

The economic crisis has brought out the populist in many politicians and others. Among the more unlikely ones may be a silver-bearded federal judge wh...