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Rakoff sentenced Anuradha D. Saad, former CEO of Impath, for fraud.<ref name= | Rakoff sentenced Anuradha D. Saad, former CEO of Impath, for fraud.<ref name=Fraud> | ||
[https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-sdny/legacy/2012/04/16/saadsentencing%20PR.pdf FORMER CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF IMPATH | |||
SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN JAil ON SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES] press release from the United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Jan. 17, 2006. Last access 4/31/2024. | |||
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===Associated Press v. DoD=== | ===Associated Press v. DoD=== | ||
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Jed Saul Rakoff (1943-) is a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was nominated by Bill Clinton and went onto the bench on January 4, 1996. Previously, he had been in private law practice for 15 years, then in the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as Assistant United States Attorney from 1973 to 1980, and then Chief, Business and Securities Fraud Prosecutions, 1978-1980. Prior to that, he was in private practice for two years.
Cases
Worldcom
On July 7 2003, Rakoff approved a Securities and Exchange Commission judgement against telecoummunication firm Worldcom.[1]
Impath
Rakoff sentenced Anuradha D. Saad, former CEO of Impath, for fraud.[2]
Associated Press v. DoD
The Associated Press filed a request to force the U.S. Department of Defense to reveal the identities of the List of Guantanamo Bay detainees|Guantanamo Bay detainees.[3]
Education
His undergraduate education was from Swarthmore College (1966); he received a M.Phil from Balliol College of Oxford University (1966); his law degree was from Harvard in 1969, followed by clerking for Judge Abraham Freedman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1969-1970.
References
- ↑ The Honorable Jed Rakoff Approves Settlement of SEC'S Claim for a Civil Penalty Against Worldcom, U.S. Department of Justice, July 7 2003. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ↑ [https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-sdny/legacy/2012/04/16/saadsentencing%20PR.pdf FORMER CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF IMPATH SENTENCED TO THREE MONTHS IN JAil ON SECURITIES FRAUD CHARGES] press release from the United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Jan. 17, 2006. Last access 4/31/2024.
- ↑ Will Dunham. Partial list of Guantanamo detainees released, Indendent Online (South Africa), March 4 2006. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.