"Companies do not commit crimes; only their agents……" — Jed S. Rakoff
"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 inevitably punish, directly or indirectly, the many employees and shareholders who were totally innocent."
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Jed S. Rakoff
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If you prosecute a CEO or other senior executive and send him or her to jail for committing a crime,…
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Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the…
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I have a past of making a fool of myself.
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One of the many things I like about baseball is how it combines individual talent and teamsmanship.
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In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time,…
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I admired Truman, among many other things, because he integrated the Army. I admired JFK because the very first civil…
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Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have…
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In my experience, most federal prosecutors, at every level, are seeking to make a name for themselves, and the best…
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Why should the court impose a judgment in a case in which the SEC alleges a serious securities fraud, but…
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The price of being a nice guy is too high - much too high - in terms of the system…
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An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous. If…
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If, in the name of combating terrorism, we so restrict our own freedom, have we not thereby lost part of…
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