SEC extracts fines, but not confessions

Federal judge scolds SEC for routinely letting businesses and executives settle civil lawsuits without admitting any guilt....

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"… ithout admitting or denying charges.Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in New York slammed the SEC for not being more muscular with defendants, i …"

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"… ant would be a mere formality. But not in the court of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who, much to the chagrin of SEC lawyers, was randomly assigned the case. …"