More recently, there have been other notable judges, of course, including Jed Rakoff, also of the Southern District, who, in 2011, threw out a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Citigroup because it didn't contain any admission of wrongdoing on behalf of the big bank — this despite the fact that the bank stood accused of defrauding investors in a mortgage-bond offering.
Notable judges from last year's Battlefield included Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), Sonali De Rycker (Accel), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital) and Carlos Eduardo Espinal (SeedCamp), and you can be sure that this year's crop will possess equally impressive bonafides.
You'll have six minutes to pitch and demo your product in front of both a large, live audience and a panel of notable judges — and to answer their questions.
The commission was to be composed of "impartial jurists" and the British and Canadians duly appointed notable judges.
The decision was also notable because Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, a prominent conservative judge who had served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, joined the majority in upholding the law.
There was one notable guest: Judge Lance A. Ito, who presided over O. J. Simpson's murder trial in 1995, sat briefly in the gallery last week.
In his most notable ruling, Judge Robinson handed down the severest sentence possible, life in prison, to Jonathan Jay Pollard for spying on Israel's behalf.
There are a few notable Supreme Court judges that used virtually the same arguments as civil rights foes of the past to gut the Voting Rights Act, and any other civil rights strengthening measure that has been on the court docket.
And engage in sophisticated chit chat with the Master, his wife, Lowell House professors and various notable guests (judges, lawyers, academics, diplomats), who dropped in to share with us their world-weary experience.
There was a second notable aspect to Judge Reinhardt's approach.
