John Coffee Quotes

You have to show that he knowingly told a false statement, a statement that he did not believe to be true. - John Coffee

You don't dare ask for votes on certain kinds of packages. People do not ask for votes that they may not get. - John Coffee

To the extent that [Lay] is making a statement of opinion, the government has to show not only that that statement was false but that he knew it to be false... The problem with doing that is that Lay did make some significant purchases of Enron stock and held onto all of his Enron stock except for those shares he sold pursuant to margin calls. - John Coffee

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. - John Coffee

This is not a populist demand for reduced compensation. This is a demand for more accountable compensation that in effect allows investors to relate pay to performance. - John Coffee

This is not a classic setting where someone gets barred for conduct as a corporate officer. Everything Martha did was in her private capacity. - John Coffee

This is a pretty standard book-cooking case. - John Coffee

This is a positive, historic event. - John Coffee

This has worked out to benefit the NYSE, but totally by chance. - John Coffee

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. - John Coffee

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