{"id":24111,"date":"2011-11-28T13:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T20:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/denied-consent.html"},"modified":"2011-11-28T13:50:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T20:50:42","slug":"denied-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/28\/denied-consent.html","title":{"rendered":"Denied consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quoth the judge: <i>&quot;The SEC&#39;s longstanding policy\u2014hallowed by history, but not by reason\u2014of allowing defendants to enter into consent judgments without admitting or denying the underlying allegations, deprives the court of even the most minimal assurance that the substantial injunctive relief it is being asked to impose has any basis in fact.&quot;<\/i><br \/>I&#39;m glad to see at least one judge is questioning these quick, negotiated, secretive SEC agreements. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fextras.mnginteractive.com%2Flive%2Fmedia%2Fsite333%2F2011%2F1128%2F20111128__USSECCitigroup%7E1_VIEWER.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/business\/ci_19425412'>SEC defends rejected $285M SEC-Citigroup agreement &#8211; 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