John Coffee
John Coffee
John R. Coffeewas an American planter and state militia general in Tennessee. He commanded troops under General Andrew Jackson during the Creek Warsand during the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812...
bar lose means thousands willing win
This means that they can win some of these cases, but they can also lose some. But there will be thousands of them the plaintiffs' bar will be willing to try.
bar lose means thousands willing win
This means that they can win some of these cases, but they can also lose some, ... But there will be thousands of them the plaintiffs' bar will be willing to try.
against future legal question rules
There were no legal rules against spinning. The only question is one of ethics. And there, the question is this: Did Goldman see him as a future dispenser of future business? There's no way to know.
act given gone successful wrong
It's Act 1, but I think it's been a very successful Act 1. Given what can go wrong in a trial, nothing has gone wrong so far.
assumes avoid explain litigation money rat simply throw willing
There has to be something that we don't know. To simply explain that they're doing this to avoid litigation assumes that they'd be willing to throw money down a rat hole.
bankruptcy books books-and-reading company confident cooked creditors deep looking pockets start trouble
The one thing we can be confident of is that the books are cooked. We don't need to know who cooked the books to know that there is deep trouble for this company ... Bankruptcy reorganization looms and that the creditors are going to start looking for deep pockets to sue.
depended firm jury knew longer reason roll survival viable
The partnership knew the firm was no longer viable so there was no reason not to roll the dice. If their survival depended on this jury they probably would have settled.
acted bank caught courts identify individual inside involved large occasions particular penalty position prior required trader
The particular bank involved here has on prior occasions been caught in the same position as the unwitting intermediary, ... and it has been required by American courts under penalty of very large fines to identify who the inside trader was, who it acted for and that individual was criminally prosecuted.
anderson arthur congress pass problem saw simpler
The prosecutors saw the problem they were having in Arthur Anderson and so they got Congress to pass a much simpler statute.
safe serve
I think it's safe to say they won't serve more than 10 to 12 years,
action actions both civil class criminal deal government guilty involving price product rush securities settle suspect
I suspect this rush to settle the civil antitrust actions and the securities class action are the product of both an approaching deal with the government involving a plea of guilty to criminal price fixing, and also the approaching shareholders meeting.
blushing committee management
There is no blushing when it comes to making these demands, as long as management is only negotiating with the compensation committee and not with shareholders.
ask certain dare kinds people votes
You don't dare ask for votes on certain kinds of packages. People do not ask for votes that they may not get.
accounting behind issue somewhat
I think the SEC had to get aboard this ship. Otherwise, they would look like they are lagging behind the parade. They have been somewhat embarrassed by being behind everyone on the issue of accounting reform.