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Banking - October, 2008
229 articles
- UBS Hit With €1.5M Fine In Parmalat Case
- Lenders Liable For Waste In Foreclosures: Calif.
- DOJ Probes AmEx Merchant Agreement Policies
- Jury Convicts Former National Century CEO Of Fraud
- Obama Presidency Will Mean More Regulation
- Rival Bidders Stalk Lehman Asset Management Unit
- Lehman Brothers Looks To Rehire 480 Employees
- JPMorgan, FDIC Fight With WaMu Over Tax Breaks
- LCM Settles Improper Gift Charges With SEC For $3M
- Judge Denies Hexion Bid To Extend Banks' Pledge
- Banks Have Billions In Executive IOUs
- UK Greenlights Lloyds-HBOS Merger
- Wells Fargo Loses Another Dismissal Bid In FLSA Suit
- Business Method Patents Down But Not Out: Experts
- Buffets Fee Letter To Remain Under Wraps — For Now
- NC Agencies Battle Over Role In Freddie Mac Suit
- Antitrust Suit Over Fanny, Freddie's 'G-Fees' Survives
- Insurers Invoke Filed Rate Doctrine In Antitrust Battle
- Sempra Wins $48.5M Over Bad Investment Advice
- Scrutiny Sparks New Questions For TARP Participants
- Hexion Sues Credit Suisse Over Failed Merger
- Underwriter Not Owed $5M In Liability Ins.: Court
- Lehman Eyes $6M Land Deal And Extension
- Cuomo Demands Information On Bank Bonuses
- Securities Suit Drives Brooke Corp. To Ch. 11
- Bank Of America Sues Bear Stearns, Fund Managers
- Lawyer Sues Citigroup Over Airport Financing
- Morgan Stanley Feud Complicates Discover's Payout
- Wachovia Sues Former Brokers For Stealing Clients
- Class Certified In Case Alleging $50M Ponzi Scheme
- Deloitte Claims Stand In Fraud Scheme Suit
- Gibson Dunn Snags 3 Partners From Kramer Levin
- Discover, Morgan Stanley Spar On Settlement Payout
- KeyBank Didn't Overcharge Interactive: 7th Circ.
- Ex-Bayou Boss' Hearing Postponed Again
- Feb. 2010 Trial Date Set in Merrill Consolidated Suits
- Banks Get Time To Negotiate Deal In IPO Litigation
- Banks Refuse To Fund Hexion-Huntsman Deal
- Auditors Make For Likely Targets In Tough Time
- Fred Leighton Jewelry Battle Turns Familial
- Business Method Inventors Await Decision In Bilski
- Banks Lose Appeal In Huntsman-Hexion Merger Case
- Calif. Cities Ask For Bailout Of Troubled Assets
- Merrill Lynch Wins Injunction Against Ex-Adviser
- Blanket Stay Denied In Ex-Bear Managers' Civil Suit
- 8 Thacher Lawyers Defect To Greenberg Traurig
- Treasury Funds 'Going Out The Door' To First 9 Banks
- Lehman Creditors Committee Enlists Help
- JPMorgan Sues Recruiter For Wooing Execs To Rival
- Economic Woes May Boost Climate Change Sector
- PNC Uses Treasury Plan In $5.6B National City Buy
- Lead Counsel Named In JPMorgan ARS Suit
- BAS Withheld Poor Credit Details, Investors Say
- Discover Bids To Toss Credit Card Arbitration Suit
- HomeSide Fraud Suit On Wrong Turf: 2nd Circ.
- UBS To Pay $100M To Settle HealthSouth Claims
- $16M Morgan Stanley Race Bias Settlement Approved
- Investors Try To Undo Dismissal Of MBIA Fraud Suit
- Fed Says AIG Owes US $90B
- Two More Cos. Sue Lehman Seeking Assets
- Court Tosses UBS Investor Class Action
- Final Settlement OK'd In Aetna Eating Disorders Suit
- Managing Expectations For US Adoption Of IFRS
- The Economic Crisis And The SEC: Moving Forward
- Credit Suisse Will Offer $200M Structured CO2 Deal
- Delta Financial Disclosure Statement Gets Judge's OK
- HSBC Objects To Boscov's Sale Of Credit Card Deal
- Subprime Suit Against Credit Suisse Still On
- Lehman Professional Fees Could Total $1.4B: Expert
- Post-Financial Meltdown Securities Litigation
- MetLife Counters Claims In Paycheck Deduction Spat
- BP Plan Sues Northern Trust For Securities Lending
- Grassley Probes SEC, JPMorgan Contact In Bear Deal
- Brokers Ask To Notify Class In TD Bank FLSA Suit
- Wells Fargo's Bid To Dismiss Collective Action Nixed
- KPMG Tossed From Merge Tech Suit, Again
- Travelers Appeal Nixed In Refinery Fire Benefits Case
- SEC, FASB Propose GAAP Changes To Treasury
- AIG To Freeze Payout To Ex-CEO Amid Cuomo Probe
- Analysts, Firms Subpoenaed In Lehman Probes
- AmEx Can't Compel Arbitration In Price-Fixing Case
- Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $7M Swindle
- Class Cert Grant Prompts Mediation For Capital One
- Disney Seeks Examiner To Probe Lehman's Transfers
- Optionable Shareholder Suit Dead In The Water
- Solar Panel Maker Sues Lehman, Barclays
- K&L Gates Adds NY Litigator And 2 From Dallas
- FDIC May Yet File Claims Against Washington Mutual
- As Mandated, FDIC Takes Center Stage Amid Crisis
- Sens. Ask If Banks Are 'Hoarding' Bailout Billions
- AAI Urges Govt. Vigilance Of Bank M&As
- Treasury Describes Details Of Capital Purchase Plan
- FHFA Steps Into Fannie Mae Litigation
- PCAOB Unveils New Risk Assessment Standards
- Private Equity Investment: Navigating The Mine Fields
- No Payday For Insurance Co. In 9/11 Case: 2nd Circ.
- ARS Suits Against JPMorgan Consolidated
- Hedge Fund Analyst Settles Insider Trading Suit
- Skinner Ch 11. Case Still OK To Proceed: 3rd Circ.
- AIG Halts Lobbying Against Mortgage Reforms
- Insurers Beat Indemnification Claims In High Court
- FINRA Uneasy Over Stock Closing-Price Swings
- Cuomo, Garcia Investigating CDS Markets
- Lehman's $3.4B Property Fund To Seek New Sponsor
- BofA Looks To Settle One 'Keep the Change' Suit
- Citigroup Wins $364M Verdict Against Parmalat
- Title Insurers Face Another Antitrust Class Action
- Bank Tie-Ups Spur Debate Over Competition Impact
- Axed Employee Can't Hide Behind FMLA: Judge
- AIG Works With NY AG To Recover Bonuses
- Morgan Stanley Seeks $50M Deal With Advisers
- MedCap Settles SEC 'Portfolio Pumping' Action
- McCreevy Calls For Scrutiny Of Derivatives Market
- WaMu Trustee Names Creditors Committee
- 2nd Circ. Revives Houlihan Lokey's $16M Fee Bid
- Lehman Brothers Targeted In Three Grand Jury Probes
- SEC Extends Short-Sale Reporting Rules Until Aug. '09
- US Launches Wide-Ranging Probe Of WaMu
- Jurors Reveal Prejudices On Housing Crisis In Survey
- Simpson Thatcher Payday For Bailout Work: $300K
- EU Aims To Revamp Postwar Financial System
- Business Financial Seeks OK For $17M Settlement
- Crisis Likely To Spark New Strategies In ERISA Actions
- SEC Agrees To Securities Classification Change
- Emergency Act Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
- Congress Seeks 'Broad Reform' After Bailout
- Judge Taps Lead Plaintiff, Counsel In Wachovia Case
- Cuomo Exhorts AIG To Take Action On Exec Bonuses
- Congress Eyes CDS Regulations Amid Market Turmoil
- Heller Closeout Guru Heading For Jones Day
- FINRA Fines SunTrust Over Fee-Based Accounts
- Lawyer Sanctions Denied In HSBC Overtime Case
- Securities Class Actions Against Financial Institutions
- Judge Rejects Invalidity Bid In Online Payment Suit
- Ex-SEC Chief Calls For Stricter Market Regulation
- H&R Block Sued Over Broker's Role in Ponzi Scheme
- Lehman Seeks To Stanch Loss By Restricting Trades
- Bank In Pacific Northwest Settles Securities Action
- Davis Polk, Wachtell Rebuff Treasury's Advances
- Fremont General In War Over Exclusivity Extension
- Judge Orders Banks To Honor Hexion-Huntsman Deal
- Italian Antitrust Officials To Probe Barclays Bank
- MDL Panel Denies ARS Consolidation Request
- Insurance Co. Sales Leaders Are Employees: 5th Circ.
- Visa, MasterCard Settle Discover's $6B Antitrust Suit
- Wells Fargo Fights To Stave Off Citigroup Damages
- The SEC's Bid To Save Fair Value Accounting
- Barclays Files Plan In LandSource Ch. 11
- MasterCard's Scheme Fees Draw EU Review: Report
- Plaintiffs Push $43M Deal In Iridium Securities Suit
- Overstock, Gradient Analytics Reach Settlement
- Wave Of Subprime Suits Worries Finance Sector
- Aussie Regulator Sues KPMG Over Collapse
- WaMu's List Of Unsecured Creditors Grows Longer
- OIG Slams SEC For Lapse In Regulating Bear Stearns
- Wachovia to Pay Over $178M To Settle RICO Suit
- Fidelity Ex-Execs Reach SEC Deal Over Misconduct
- Lawyers' Role In Bailout Becoming Clearer
- Tangled In $3B Fraud Suit, Petters Files For Ch. 11
- Clearinghouse Needed to Regulate CDS: Experts
- AIG Reaches $70B Mark In Federal Reserve Loan
- Ex-General Re Lawyer Faces Life Behind Bars
- Girard Gibbs Takes Helm In Deutsche Bank ARS Suit
- Bankrupt Jeweler Ordered To Cough Up Information
- Execs Can Testify In Discover Antitrust Suit: Judge
- Wachovia Slams Levitt & Sons' Exclusivity Bid
- Jury Awards $31.8M Against KPMG In Negligence Suit
- Wells Fargo Wins Wachovia, But Legal Woes Continue
- Lehman Credit Default Payout Could Set Record
- White House Says Govt. May Buy Into Private Banks
- Lehman Sheds Another Asset
- Lehman Seeks To Pay Weil Up To $950 Per Hour
- Bailout's Executive Pay Curbs Still Raise Questions
- Class Counsel Gets $7.3M In Fees For AIG ERISA Case
- The Show Business Of Litigation
- Fed Gives AIG Another $37.8B
- How To Cut Risk Of Dealing With A Defaulting Lender
- Citi, Wells Fargo OK Another Wachovia Cease-Fire
- BoA Settles Some ARS Claims For $4.7B
- Cox Urges Congress To Regulate Credit Default Swaps
- Royal Bank Of Canada To Buy Back $800M In ARS
- Court Affirms Precedent To Spare Countrywide Board
- Judge To Review Nixed Delphi Fraud Claim
- Pickens Sues Lehman For $59.9M
- EC To Issue Financial Rescue Guidelines
- Judge Nixes Wells Fargo's Bid To Toss FLSA Suit
- SEC Report Questions Impartiality Of Pequot Probe
- New Recovery Laws: TARP Covers Exec Compensation
- Ex-UBS Counsel Settles Cuomo's ARS Claims
- Lehman Cuts Off Severance For Ex-Employees
- Court Pinches Claims In Amaranth Futures Suit
- Citigroup, Wells Fargo Agree To Cease-Fire
- Treasury Dept. Lays Groundwork For Bailout Plan
- Lead Optionable Plaintiff Begs Court For Access
- Crisis A Boon For Distressed Debt Buyers: Survey
- House Oversight Committee Grills Lehman CEO
- PwC Agrees To Cough Up $97.5M In AIG Case
- Citigroup Sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo For $60B
- Opinions Of Counsel: Their Utility As A Defense
- High Court Wants Input On Filing Deadline Case
- Goldman Sachs Faces More ARS Flak
- BofA Tackles Countrywide Cases With $8.4B Plan
- Judge Faults Questionnaire In Discover Antitrust Suit
- Judge Bars Wells Fargo Takeover Of Wachovia
- As Court Clears WaMu's Motions, $5B Question Looms
- Heads May Roll In Wake Of Financial Collapse
- Pace of AIG's Borrowing Shocks Experts
- Merrill, Fred Leighton Spar Over Jewels
- Capital One Settles U.S. Trustee Suit Over Bad Claims
- Crisis Prompts Employees To Review The Fine Print
- Lehman Creditors Question JPMorgan's Role
- The Credit Crunch: International Regulatory Response
- Senator's 'Bankrupt' Comment Spooks Insurers
- Visa's Reconsideration Bid Granted In Discover Suit
- Mark-To-Market Shift Could Raise Lehman's Value
- DOJ Eyes Criminal Claims In ARS Market Probe
- Creditors Fret As WaMu Evaluates Its Total Assets
- Judge Keeps ERISA Suit Against State Street Alive
- SEC Sues Two Men For Alleged Investment Scheme
- Lehman Moves To Sell Off Energy Co. For $230M
- The Financial Crisis Is About Fear, Not Greed
- Short-Sell Ban Extended As Capitol Hill Eyes Bill
- Bank Wants Funds From $18.5M Lehman Account
- Layoffs Likely To Spark Legal Wrangles
- 'Basic' Standard Applies To Analyst Reports: 2nd Circ.
- Facing Losses, Farmer Mac Raises Capital
- Bailout Still In Doubt As Spotlight Shifts To House
- Audit Firms Warn Against Suspending Mark-To-Market
- SEC Mum On Possible Extension Of Short-Selling Ban