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Second Circuit Overturns District Court’s Rejection of SEC-Citigroup Fraud Settlement

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In a closely-watched decision involving judicial review of agency settlements, the Unites States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated United States District Court Judge Jed Rakoff’s 2011 order rejecting a proposed...more

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Second Circuit Overturns Lower Court's Refusal to Approve SEC Settlement With Citigroup

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In an eagerly anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the 2011 decision of Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, rejecting a proposed...more

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Second Circuit Reverses SDNY In SEC-Citigroup Settlement Case

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On June 4, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a November 28, 2011 order from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York refusing to approve a...more

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Second Circuit Says Wall Street Can Play “Truth or Settle”

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On June 4, 2014, a three-judge Second Circuit panel reversed and remanded Judge Rakoff’s 2011 order that rejected an S.E.C. settlement with Citigroup. The proposed settlement resolved the S.E.C.’s securities fraud case...more

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Second Circuit’s Citigroup Decision Protects SEC’s Discretion in Settling Enforcement Cases

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Wednesday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the Citigroup case is significant because it clarifies the standards for judicial review of consent decrees in SEC enforcement proceedings and...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (Week ending June 6, 2014)

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The SEC had mixed results in court this week. A Manhattan jury returned a verdict against the agency in a high profile and long-running insider trading case where the agency had previously obtained favorable rulings from the...more

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Trials Are About Truth; Consent Decrees Are About Pragmatism

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I recently wrote about Judge Rakoff’s refusal to enter the SEC’s proposed consent decree in SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 827 F. Supp. 2d 328 (SDNY 2011) – and the shift in SEC enforcement policy that it prompted. ...more

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Judge Rakoff Reversed by Second Circuit on SEC-Citi case, Still Sort of Wins

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You’d be forgiven if you’d forgotten at this point, but way back in Obama’s first term, the SEC once investigated and sued Citigroup for its involvement in a collateralized debt obligation deal. As the SEC said in its...more

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Judge Rakoff Overturned: SEC-Citigroup Settlement Sent Back for Reconsideration

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In a long-awaited decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today overturned Judge Rakoff's highly controversial decision which refused to approve a $285-million settlement between the United States...more

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Second Circuit Says District Court Erred In Blocking SEC/Citigroup Settlement

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit yesterday vacated a closely-watched 2011 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff rejecting a $285 million fraud settlement between Citigroup Inc. and the U.S....more

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Consent Decrees, the District Court and the SEC: The Citigroup Decision

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The Second Circuit handed down its long awaited opinion in SEC v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Nos. 11-5227-cv, 11-5375-cv and 11-5242-cv (2nd Cir. June 4, 2014). The decision arises out of the refusal of the District...more

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