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Judge Rakoff

Ben Hallman

Fewer Defendants Would Deny Guilt Under New SEC Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 01.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Sec Settlement, Sec Settlement Policy, Jed Rakoff, Citigroup Settlement, Sec, Judge Rakoff, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wachovia, Judge Jed Rakoff, Business News

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...

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SEC Wins Emergency Stop In Citi Fraud Case

Posted 12.27.2011 | Business
Read More: Video, Sec Settlement, Sec Citigroup Fraud Case, SEC Citigroup, Citigroup Settlement, Business News, Financial Crisis, Judge Rakoff, Business News

The Securities and Exchange Commission won a delay in its securities fraud lawsuit against Citigroup Inc, as the regulator tries to appeal a judge...

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Report: SEC Wants To Appeal Blocked Citi Settlement

Posted 12.15.2011 | Business
Read More: SEC Citigroup, Citigroup Settlement, Business News, Sec Citigroup Settlement, Video, Judge Rakoff, Appeal, Securities and Exchange Commission, Big Banks, Citigroup, Business News

Enforcement staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission may request the commissioners leading the agency that they appeal last month's reject...

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The Emperor Has No Clothes

Ted Kaufman | Posted 01.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Sec, Merscorp, Wells Fargo, Judge Rakoff, Mortgage Fraud, Fraud, Beau Biden, Bank of America, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Ted Kaufman

If we look back on the Fall of 2011 a few years from now, I suspect we may trace the beginnings of real reform from two events that occurred last week with little fanfare.

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Bank Settlements: Judges Take A Stand, Shift Focus To Individual Responsibility

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Barclays, Citigroup, Bank Settlements, Sec, Judge Rakoff, Bank Deals, Bank of America, Jed Rakoff, Emmet G. Sullivan, Judge Jed Rakoff, Ellen Segal Huvelle, Business News

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...

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Judge Rakoff Rejects Settlement Over Merrill Bonuses

New York Times | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Sec, Judge Rakoff, Securities and Exchange Commission, Judge Jed Rakoff, Merrill Bonuses, New York News

As President Obama traveled to Wall Street on Monday and chided bankers for their recklessness, across town a federal judge issued a far sharper rebuk...

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