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Jed S. Rakoff
Jed S. Rakoff (born 1943) is a noteworthy United States District Court Judge.[1]
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Education[edit]
Rakoff attended Swarthmore College (BA 1964), Oxford (M. Phil 1966), Harvard (J.D. 1969).[1]
Career[edit]
Rakoff was in private practice from 1970 to 1972.[1] He was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1973 to 1980. He returned to private practice in 1980 before being appointed to the bench in 1995.
Recent notable cases[edit]
Worldcom[edit]
On July 7 2003 Rakoff approved a Securities and Exchange Commission judgement against telecoummunication firm Worldcom.[2]
Impath[edit]
Rakoff sentenced Anuradha D. Saad, former CEO of Impath, for fraud.[3]
Associated Press v. DoD[edit]
The Associated Press filed a request to force the US Department of Defense to reveal the identities of the Guantanamo Bay detainees.[4][5][6][7] Rakoff's January 24 2006]] ruling obliged the DoD to officially make the detainees' identities public. Rakoff's ruling resulted in the release of over 70 large portable document format files, containing over 600 transcripts from captives Combatant Status Review Tibunals and Administrative Review Board hearings.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
"Rakoff, Jed Saul". US Department of Justice. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1957. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
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- ↑ "The Honorable Jed Rakoff Approves Settlement of SEC'S Claim for a Civil Penalty Against Worldcom". US Department of Justice. July 7 2003. http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-81.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-26. </li>
- ↑ "Impath CEO Sentenced For Fraud". North Country Gazette. January 23 2006. http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/012306ImpathFraud.html. Retrieved 2007-10-10. </li>
- ↑ Will Dunham (March 4 2006). "Partial list of Guantanamo detainees released". Indendent Online (South Africa). http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=iol1141464818568G535. Retrieved 2007-10-10. </li>
- ↑ "Timeline of Guantanamo Detainee Documents Lawsuit". Fox News. Friday, March 3, 2006. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186812,00.html. Retrieved 2007-10-10. </li>
- ↑ "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-releases-Guantanamo-files/2006/04/04/1143916500334.html. Retrieved 2008-03-15. </li>
- ↑ Army Sgt. Sarah Stannard (October 29 2007). "OARDEC provides recommendations to Deputy Secretary of Defense". JTF Guantanamo Public Affairs. http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/07octstories/102907-2-oardec.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26. </li>
- ↑ OARDEC. Index for testimony. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2007-09-29.
- ↑ OARDEC. Index of Transcripts and Certain Documents from ARB Round One. United States Department of Defense. URL accessed on 2007-09-29.
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- ↑ "The Honorable Jed Rakoff Approves Settlement of SEC'S Claim for a Civil Penalty Against Worldcom". US Department of Justice. July 7 2003. http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2003-81.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-26. </li>
