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You Can’t Make Up CHUTZPAH Like This!
According to my records, Rod Blagojevich never received a Chutzpah of the Week award; but there is no doubt that, in a context that includes his trying to resolve the standoff between labor and management at Republic Windows and Doors by going after...
CHUTZPAH Will Come of CHUTZPAH
In the context of the positive chutzpah that earned Judge Jed Rakoff his Chutzpah of the Week award, this week’s award will go to Bank of America (one of the two targets for Rakoff’s chutzpah) for what can only be described as “retaliatory...
Judge Jed Rakoff Hangs Tough
When we last left U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, he had refused to approve a settlement between Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the form of a $33 million fine to be paid by Bank of America. When I last wrote about...
“A Plague O’ Both Your Houses!”
At the beginning of this month, I granted a Chutzpah of the Week award to Judge Jed Rakoff for his refusal to approve a settlement between Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the form of a $33 million fine to be paid by...
Taking a Stand Against the Rich And Mighty
Perhaps the most annoying thing about the rich and mighty in this economic crisis is the innovative approaches they take to remain rich and might, whatever may take place on the fields of regulation and prosecution. There is thus a special kind of chutzpah...
Technology Amok
We have the BBC NEWS Web site to thank this morning for the latest story of technology out on a rampage: A man in the United States popped out to his local petrol station to buy a pack of cigarettes – only to find his card charged $23,148,855,308,184,500. That...
