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...“It was fully my intent that he live out the rest of his life in prison,” Denny Chin wrote....
...As he handed down Madoff’s sentence in 2009, Judge Denny Chin saw it otherwise. He described Madoff’s crimes as “extraordinarily evil . . . Not merely a bloodless financial crime . . ....
...Judge Denny Chin, the New York federal court judge who has presided over the case since it was launched eight years ago, ruled that Google’s display of snippets from books was protected under “fair use”...
...The sentencing judge, Denny Chin, later said in an interview that “the benefits of giving [Madoff] hope were far outweighed by all of the other considerations”....
...In a ruling delivered in federal court on Thursday, however, Judge Denny Chin ruled that Google’s approach, which involved it using some of the same formats as Java rather than copying the actual code, was...
...But on Tuesday, in an opinion issued in Federal court in Manhattan, Judge Denny Chin said even the new deal would have left Google with too much power....
...The DoJ’s influential opinion was filed in a New York federal court, where Judge Denny Chin will hold a hearing about the settlement on February 18....
...A visibly emotional Mr Kumar, appearing before Judge Denny Chin, “profusely” apologised to his colleagues and friends for the “shame and embarrassment they suffered”....
...As luck would have it, the judge handling the case, Denny Chin, has experience of people trying it on for colossal sums – he was responsible for sentencing Bernard Madoff....
...The arbiter is a junior judge, Denny Chin....
...Judge Denny Chin delayed a hearing to consider the case from a month ago to allow time to revise controversial parts of the deal....
...The documents, filed Friday night, asked US District Judge Denny Chin to delay a decision on restitution by three months, to enable prosecutors to determine an approximate amount for restitution....
...But Judge Sullivan may well have been mindful for the outrage that greeted Judge Denny Chin’s initial decision, later reversed, to allow Mr Madoff to remain out of jail after his arrest....
...It remains, however, to be seen whether the French decision on fair use will lead to a modification or rejection of the American settlement when it comes before Judge Denny Chin in the Southern District...
...In a letter to Judge Denny Chin, who is due to sentence Mr Madoff, 71, on Monday, prosecutors said a “reasonable’’ sentence would be 150 years, the maximum possible under federal sentencing guidelines, or...
...Mr Madoff would “speak to the shame he has felt and to the pain he has caused” at sentencing, wrote Ira Sorkin, his attorney, in a letter to Judge Denny Chin this week....
...Yet Judge Denny Chin on Monday ignored the plea of Bernard Madoff’s lawyer to give him a shorter term on the grounds that, at 71, his life expectancy is about a dozen years and instead threw the sentencing...
...District Judge Denny Chin....
...But Judge Denny Chin opted for the statutory maximum for the 11 charges to which Mr Madoff pleaded guilty....
...No matter what prison term Judge Denny Chin hands down on Monday to Bernard Madoff, the disgraced former broker will be receiving in effect a life sentence....
...Mr Madoff’s victims, though, have urged Denny Chin, the judge, to give the former broker, 71, the harshest sentence possible....
...The agreement was approved by Judge Denny Chin on Friday night and came as Mr Madoff forfeited rights to assets totalling $170bn, the amount of money that prosecutors said flowed through the principal account...
...The argument that Mr Madoff had co-operated with the authorities was ”less than compelling,’’ said Judge Denny Chin as he handed down his sentence on Monday....
...Norma Hill broke down in tears in the courtroom on Monday when Judge Denny Chin recounted the letter that she had sent to him, vividly describing how Bernard Madoff put his arm around her 21 years ago and...
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