Jed Rakoff
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I'm more troubled, not withstanding Judge Kaplan's opinion, by the affecting argument
You don’t have any other evidence, other than the contracts?
having for more than three years issued empty threats to seek a halt to the attorney general's suit, has lost his right to complain ... The trustee unreasonably and inexcusably slept on his rights.More quotes »
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U.S. judge revives Dexia's mortgage lawsuit versus JPMorgan
a recent federal appeals court decision involving American International Group Inc and Bank of America Corp, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said he had lacked jurisdiction when he decided on April 2 to throw out much of Dexia's lawsuit against from Reuters.co.uk Read more »
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It's alive! Dexia's $775 mln MBS case vs JPMorgan back from the dead
is how U.S. Senior District Judge Jed Rakoff led off his blockbuster ruling Friday in Dexia's mortgage-backed securities case against Bear Stearns successor JPMorgan Chase: "Those who don't believe in ghosts have never been in court, where legal claims are from Thomson Reuters News & Insight Read more »
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U.S. judge questions fraud statute's use against Bank of America
Bank of America Corp over the sale of toxic mortgages to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff marked a challenge of the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to bring fraud lawsuits against Wall Street banks under a powerful from Reuters Read more »
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Judge Appears Poised to Toss Booksellers’ Suit
with a paucity of evidence, Federal Judge Jed Rakoff yesterday appeared poised to dismiss a lawsuit filed by independent booksellers against Amazon and the big six publishers over Amazon’s use of proprietary DRM in the Kindle e-reading platform. With plaintiff from Publishers Weekly Read more »
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Porter on the Sentencing Guidelines
scrapped in their entirety." I, like other academics and (former) federal practitioners, agree in part. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York has offered an important voice on a wide range of issues in federal practice, typically from CrimProf Blog Read more »
