Jed Saul Rakoff (born August 1, 1943) is a United States District Judge on senior status for the Southern District of New York. Read full biography of Jed S. Rakoff →
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.
When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.
Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights in the... →
Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents do. And while a company might get the benefit of some such crimes, prosecuting the company would... →
I've never been impressed with bureaucratic tradition. I don't like it when the parties come to me and say, 'This is the way that... →
If crimes are committed, they are committed by people; they are not committed by some free-floating entity. These companies and other entities... →
In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best way to do that is by prosecuting... →
Once I really got into securities fraud prosecutions, I came to realize how central they were to the maintenance of a free market and how, in many... →
Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but the defendant neither admits nor denies... →
Jed Saul Rakoff (born August 1, 1943) is a United States District Judge on senior status for the Southern District of New York.