Federal District Court Judge Jed Rakoff has approved the SEC’s settlement with Schottenfeld Group, a trading firm that once employed three traders charged in the Galleon insider trading case.

The settlement seemed shaky after Judge Jed requested more information from the SEC about how regulators came up with the $460,475.28 they say Schottenfeld needs to pay in disgorgement fees.

He also wanted details on how and when Schottenfeld planned to implement new compliance recommendations including the hiring of an outside consultant to watch over them. The SEC’s response seems to have satisfied Rakoff. In his order, issued yesterday, Rakoff said the disgorgement and penalty calculations were “reasonable” even though the “prophylactic measures appear somewhat superficial.”


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Comments (19)

  1. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    **** tumbleweed rolls by

  2. Posted by HeadlessHorseman | April 20, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    ….rickety saloon door shudders in the dry wind

  3. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 1:11 PM

    chirp, chirp. chirp, chirp.

  4. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    …meatflaps flapping….

  5. Posted by trojan | April 20, 2010 at 1:19 PM
  6. Posted by b2b MD | April 20, 2010 at 1:23 PM

    i thought a “disgorgement fee” is the cover charge the Romans had for the vomitorium…

    -Not the headslapper, but a fan of his work

  7. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    KOUWANUS!

  8. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM

    I thought a “disgorgement fee” was what you paid to use the pay toilets in Madison Square park when you need to drop a Kouwe?

  9. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    Sadam just invaded, KOUWANUS!

  10. Posted by 1,000,000 crickets | April 20, 2010 at 1:54 PM

    *chirp*

  11. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:05 PM

    *the sound of one hand fap’ing*

  12. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:10 PM

    Does Aunt Ginny have a barn? We can hold the trail there. I can sew the costumes. Maybe his Uncle Goober can be the judge.

  13. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:25 PM

    johnson deflating

  14. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:30 PM
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  16. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:46 PM

    What’d the prostitute say to the leper?

    “Thanks for the tip.”

  17. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    is this some sick joke?

  18. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 3:06 PM

    Whats better than two roses on your piano?

    Tulips on your organ.

  19. Posted by Anonymous | April 20, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    Most pointless post in Dealbreaker history

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