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Judge Rakoff's Rejection of the SEC-Bank of America Settlement

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  • September 15, 2009 | 12:27 pm
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Bank of America and the SEC were blasted on Monday in a ruling issued by a Federal District Judge. The two parties had proposed a settlement deal over bonuses that had been paid to Merrill Lynch last year. The judge, Jed Rakoff, not only rejected it; he criticized the ethics of the proposal:

"the proposed Consent Judgement is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate. It is not fair, first and foremost, because it does not comport with the most elementary notions of justice and morality,"

The entire (shockingly bold) ruling has been posted below. It's worth reading:

Judge's Rejection of S.E.C.-Bank of America Settlement

COMMENTS (1)

09/15/2009 - 1:42pm EDT | tnmats

I'm glad to see all three branches of government weren't bought with campaign cash; well, at least below the Supreme Court. The judge showed what is lacking in the other two branches and the S/C, a moral compass.

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