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7 May 2024, 7:43 am by centerforartlaw
”[31] A few months later, in June 2023, Judge Rakoff followed up the jury’s decision by issuing a permanent injunction blocking Rothschild from promoting and profiting from the MetaBirkin NFTs.[32] In the opinion, Judge Rakoff also denied Rothschild’s motion for a judgment as a matter of law and dismissed Rothschild’s request for a retrial. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 9:05 pm by renholding
  Recognition of this may, perhaps, have led a Trump appointee to give a “major questions” argument the back of his hand in a footnote en route to upholding the Department of Labor’s revision to what factors pension fiduciaries could consider.[7]  A much narrower approach to “major questions” was also taken in a securities law decision by Judge Jed Rakoff in the Southern District of New York, where he rejected the idea that the size… [read post]
5 Jan 2024, 3:30 am by Liz Dunshee
The company’s defense turned on whether the tokens were “securities” – and the case is going to a civil trial after US District Judge Jed Rakoff issued this 71-page opinion in late December. [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 8:50 am by admin
Thomas D.Albright, David Baltimore, Anne-MarieMazza, Jennifer Mnookin, and David S. [read post]
1 Oct 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
Judge Jed Rakoff once praised courtroom trials as “nearly the only place where the entire criminal justice system is put to the test of truth,” adding that, “A system of justice that chiefly operates behind closed doors will sooner or later be a system that leads to abuse. [read post]
23 Aug 2023, 3:30 am by David Lynn
In its letter to Judge Torres, the SEC noted that another judge in the Second Circuit—Jed Rakoff, ruling in a separate case earlier this month—questioned the idea that one asset could be either a security or a non-security depending on the purchaser. [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 3:30 am by Meredith Ervine
This Mayer Brown alert describes the decision: Judge Jed Rakoff ruled this week in favor of the SEC on a motion to dismiss, finding the SEC’s amended complaint adequately pled that the crypto assets sold by Terraform Labs and its founder and Chief Executive Officer Do Keyong Kwon qualify as “investment contracts” under the Howey precedent. [read post]
13 Aug 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
District Judge Jed Rakoff in New York decided a case with significant implications for how and even whether the Securities and Exchange Commission can regulate cryptocurrencies as a security. [read post]
2 Aug 2023, 5:36 am by Scott H. Kimpel
In finding that the coins at issue were securities under the Howey test, on motion to dismiss Judge Jed S. [read post]
9 Jul 2023, 9:30 pm by ernst
  Speakers at the first session were Touro Law Dean Elena Langan, Judge Jed Rakoff; John Q. [read post]
16 May 2023, 6:18 am by Dan Bressler
District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the firm WilmerHale did not have a conflict of interest because it once represented an anti-sex trafficking group that supported Courtney Wild, one of Epstein’s accusers. [read post]
4 May 2023, 6:27 am by David Priess
Among the works mentioned in this episode: The book Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It by Louis Brandeis The book Plunder: Private Equity's Plan To Pillage America by Brendan Ballou The movie This Is Spinal Tap The book Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free by Jed Rakoff The movie Alien Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. [read post]
23 Mar 2023, 3:30 am by SHG
In a decision issued without explanation, Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff denied the defendant banks motion to dismiss suits by putative victims of Jeffrey Epstein. [read post]