ddog
09-14-2009, 02:35 PM
Federal District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected a proposed $33 million settlement of allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that Bank of America Corp. "materially lied" in shareholder communications about bonuses to employees of Merrill Lynch & Co.
Instead, Judge Rakoff set a Feb. 1 trial date on the allegations in his New York courtroom.
The SEC and Bank of America had sought the judge's approval of a consent decree to resolve charges that the bank concealed an agreement to pay up to $5.8 billion in bonuses to Merrill executives.
In an order issued Monday, Judge Rakoff acknowledged the public interest in settling disputes rather than having them go to trial. Nonetheless, he wrote, "even upon applying the most deferential standard of review," he was "forced to conclude that the proposed consent judgment is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate" to protect the public interest.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125294493976909051.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Now if the judge can make it to the trial date in one piece!
Burn these ba*&$rds at the stake.
Then go back for some more.
Instead, Judge Rakoff set a Feb. 1 trial date on the allegations in his New York courtroom.
The SEC and Bank of America had sought the judge's approval of a consent decree to resolve charges that the bank concealed an agreement to pay up to $5.8 billion in bonuses to Merrill executives.
In an order issued Monday, Judge Rakoff acknowledged the public interest in settling disputes rather than having them go to trial. Nonetheless, he wrote, "even upon applying the most deferential standard of review," he was "forced to conclude that the proposed consent judgment is neither fair, nor reasonable, nor adequate" to protect the public interest.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125294493976909051.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Now if the judge can make it to the trial date in one piece!
Burn these ba*&$rds at the stake.
Then go back for some more.