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23 Jul 2015, 6:28 pm by Kevin LaCroix
District Court Judge Jed Rakoff remarked that the SEC had won 100% of the actions tried in its administrative courts, while its success rate in federal court for the same period of time was only 61%.[3] Given the significant disparity between the SEC’s success rate in its own administrative courts as compared to federal district courts, it is not surprising that SEC officials have publicly stated that the agency intends on bringing more of its cases as administrative… [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 7:42 pm by Michael Kline
    The Settlement Agreement, which would terminate all existing litigation between the Trustee and the Wilpons (the “Litigation”), is subject to the approval of Federal District Judge Jed S. [read post]
11 May 2020, 1:09 am by Schachtman
In the words of Judge Jed Rakoff, who served on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,[5] addressed the limited ability of cross-examination in the context of forensic evidence: “Although effective cross-examination may mitigate some of these dangers, the explicit premise of Daubert and Kumho Tire is that, when it comes to expert testimony, cross-examination is inherently handicapped by the jury’s own lack of background… [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:33 am by Kevin LaCroix
Interestingly, the Lehman executives’ settlement will come close to exhausting what is left of Lehman’s $250 million insurance tower. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 8:14 am by David Lat
After Terra Firma lost the case — in a big way, with Judge Jed Rakoff benchslapping Boies lawyers Christopher Duffy and Jonathan Sherman, reportedly “scream[ing]” at the two partners in open court — someone had to pay the price. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 2:30 am by David Oscar Markus
Rakoff in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Tuesday.Mr. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 11:46 am by Robert Loeb
  Interestingly, Judge Jed Rakoff—a judge on the Southern District of New York who was sitting by designation on the Ninth Circuit—authored an opinion distinguishing the relationship at issue in Salman from that in Newman, noting that it qualified as the sort of “meaningfully close relationship” identified by the Second Circuit. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 3:27 pm
District Judge Jed Rakoff pilloried the agency for being too lenient on Bank of America Corp over what it had not disclosed about its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 1:46 pm
Even better if you met at the London School of Economics for some bogus degree and Judge Jed Rakoff of S.D.N.Y., for whom you clerk, officiated at the wedding. [read post]
15 May 2012, 9:14 am by William McGrath
Judge Jed Rakoff denied a motion to compel by the two defendants, who were seeking an order that the SEC produce documents concerning settlement negotiations between the Commission and cooperating witnesses. [read post]
17 Jul 2013, 11:54 am by Michael Lowe
Their attitude is explained in a 1980 law review article in an often-cited quote by a former federal fraud prosecutor, Jed Rakoff: “To federal prosecutors of white collar crime, the mail fraud statute is our Stradivarius, our Colt .45, our Louisville Slugger, our Cuisinart–and our true love. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 2:40 pm by Jack Sharman
There has been considerable criticism of DOJ from politicians, editorialists and judges (see the Southern District of New York’s Judge Jed Rakoff here and a note here and here about Judge William H. [read post]
26 Mar 2017, 5:03 pm by Kevin LaCroix
In an August 2015 ruling (discussed here), Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff rejected this argument, ruling that the company as well as the individuals had benefited from the officials’ actions and misrepresentations. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 7:22 am by Schachtman
Supp. 2d 104, 113–14 (D.N.J. 2003) (rejecting criminal defendant’s objection to government’s failure to quantify laboratory error rate) Soldo v. [read post]