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THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES THE SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICESTHE SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE(PDF of transcript)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 9:30 A.M.?INDEX EVENT PAGE PANEL I 20 THE HONORABLE DAVID VITTER 20 PANEL II 28 MR. STEPHEN HARBECK 28 MS....

Petition for Rehearing En Banc

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE SECOND CIRCUITPETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANCPRELIMINARY STATEMENT Petitioner, Lawrence R. Velvel, is a customer and victim of Bernard Madoff. Velvel was an appellant in the above-referenced appeal and seeks a rehearing of the Court’s August 16, 2011 decision,...

Amicus Curiae Brief of the Network For Investor Action and Protection

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF THE NETWORK FOR INVESTOR ACTION AND PROTECTION STATEMENT The Network For Investor Action And Protection (“NIAP”) is a two year old organization with about 1,200 members which arose because of the Madoff debacle and seeks to protect against frauds that victimize...

Comments on the Second Circuit's Decision on Net Equity

COMMENTS ON THE SECOND CIRCUIT’S DECISION ON NET EQUITY August 23, 2011 I have been asked to state my views on the Second Circuit’s decision on net equity in the Madoff case. Some of the matters I shall discuss are relevant to a request for rehearing en banc to the Second Circuit and/or a...

AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF LAWRENCE R. VELVEL ON THE APPLICATION HERE OF THE SUPREME COURT CASES --FROM TUMEY v. OHIO TO CAPERTON v. MASSEY COAL -- THAT BAR GOVERNMENTAL LEGAL DECISIONS FROM BEING MADE BY PERSONS WITH A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE DECISIONS.STATEMENT Lawrence R. Velvel is a victim of...

Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011. Part 5.

April 4, 2011Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011.PART 5 Next up was Helen Chaitman for rebuttal. Before detailing her argument, let me describe some events that preceded the oral argument. As said at the beginning of this essay, the...

Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011. Part 4

April 1, 2011Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011.PART 4 The final opponent to argue was Michael Conley of the SEC. At inception Judge Jacobs asked him to distinguish the SEC’s position, to the extent it is distinguishable, from the...

Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011. Part 3

March 31, 2011Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011.PART 3 The next to argue for our opponents was the Trustee’s Counsel, David Sheehan, who has made himself the bête noire of many victims by what they consider his pit bull attitudes,...

Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011. Part 2

March 30, 2011Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011.PART 2 As readers know, I had originally intended to do this essay in two parts. But it is proving so long and difficult to do that I shall divide it into more parts, and shall post...

Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011. Part 1

March 24, 2011Discursive Comments On The Oral Argument In The Court of Appeals In The Madoff Case On March 3, 2011.PART 1 I was in Florida on March 3rd, when the oral argument was held in the Second Circuit, in the Madoff case, on the question of how to determine net equity. So I did not see the...