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Banking - March, 2012
345 articles
- BNY Seeks To Duck Suit Over $1B Lyondell-Basell Losses
- BofA Units Misled Buyers Over $980M RMBS, Suits Say
- Reserve Pins Hopes For SEC Defeat On Lehman Chaos
- Consumer Wants High Court Review Of JPMorgan FCRA Row
- German Bank Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Goldman Fraud Suit
- Perkins Coie Draws In 4 Corporate Trust Pros From Pryor
- MasterCard, Visa Warn Card Users After Data Breach
- SEC Told To Seek Wells Fargo MBS Docs Outside Court
- M&T Bank Unit Escapes Fraud Action Over Loan Claims
- Locke Lord Snags 2 More High-Profile Partners For London
- Applying Past Lessons To Present, Future FDIC Suits
- Investors Target Deutsche Bank Again Over $250M MBS Loss
- Reserve Can't Dodge SEC Suit Over Fund Deception
- Senate Confirms FDIC Board, Other Key Financial Posts
- Volcker Rule Could Clobber Energy Industry, Report Warns
- New House Bill Aims To Extend Ex-Im Bank To 2015
- Investors Seek More Protections In Wake Of MF Global
- BofA Triumphs In Suit Over Handling Of $1B In MBS
- UK Agency Says Banks Need Stricter Bribery Safeguards
- Thornburg's $35M MBS Underpayment Suit Will Proceed
- EEOC Wins Bias Suit For Bipolar Ex-Cottonwood Manager
- BNP Paribas Contract Claim Over BoNY Trust Pay Survives
- Cordray Says CFPB Won't Overstep Dodd-Frank's Scope
- Questions And Concerns Over CFPB Privilege Waiver
- Feds Back Clear Rule For Certain Mobile Payments
- Public Interests And 'Neither Admit Nor Deny' Settlements
- Judge Releases $2.2B In Argentine Assets In Default Case
- House Members Get Few Answers On MF Global's Last Days
- Ocwen Accused Of Forcing Costly Insurance On Homeowners
- Libor Panel Includes Banks Named In Rate-Fixing Probes
- Judge Derails Guilty Plea In Online Poker Case
- Court Backs MBIA In Countrywide MBS Discovery Row
- Geithner Seeks Policy Sway Over Independent FHFA
- Borrowers Ask 9th Circ. To Revive JPMorgan Loan Fraud Suit
- Highland, Barclays Derivatives Battle Lives On
- Allstate Can't Bump JPMorgan MBS Suit To State Court
- Swiss Bank Wants Madoff Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
- PCAOB Head Says Auditor Rotation Rule Is Work In Progress
- Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
- World Bank Doles Out $132M Loan For Cameroon Dam
- Wells Fargo Investors Certified In Securities Contract Row
- MF Global Hearing Will Hinge On Question Of Intent
- German Bank Can't Blame UBS In $500M CDO Suit, Court Says
- CaixaBank, BancaCivica In $1B Deal To Form Banking Giant
- Credit Suisse Scoffs At Damages Bid In $2B MBS Case
- 2nd Circ. Nails Shut Citigroup ARS Class Action
- JPMorgan Can't Ditch Force-Placed Policy Action
- CFPB Backs Wider Window For Home Loan Cancellation
- Five Mile Capital Tries To Stave Off Chicago Hotel Sale
- 7th Circ. Won't Revisit Class Cert. In Merrill Bias Suit
- Gupta Attys To Grill Blankfein On DOJ Deposition Coaching
- A Model Of Cooperation With The SEC
- Dodd-Frank Scores Low Marks From Chamber Of Commerce
- Patentability Of Business Methods — A Global Comparison
- House Passes Bills Tweaking Derivatives Trading Rules
- AmEx, Deutsche Bank Sued For J&G Tax Shelter Scheme Role
- Deutsche Bank To Pay $33M To End Union Funds' RMBS Suit
- Online Poker Payment Processor Cops To Conspiracy
- Feds Want Tighter Underwriting For Leveraged Finance
- MF Global CFO Denies Knowledge Of Fund Transfer Breach
- EFG Hermes, QInvest Could Unite As Top Middle East Bank
- Treasury Opens First Auction Of Banks' TARP-Acquired Stock
- Deutsche Bank Wasn't Cleared To Foreclose In Ark., Suit Says
- UK Fines Coutts $14M For Shirking Client Criminal Probes
- Monitise Shells Out $173M For Mobile Banking Rival
- Trump Entities Claim Rights To Billionaire's Mansion
- Uzbek Gas Field Lands $1B Loan From S. Korea Ex-Im Bank
- BofA Sues La. Hotel Owners Over $35M Loan Default
- SEC Says Wells Fargo Stonewalling Its $60B MBS Probe
- Lehman Insider Tipster Turned Cooperator Dodges Prison
- Deutsche Bank, NorthStar To Take Over John Hancock Tower
- Dems Urge Full CFTC Funding To Prevent Oil Speculation
- Judge Merges Crescent Creditors' Suits Over $1.6B Duke Deal
- Corzine Gave 'Direct Instructions' To Move $200M, Memo Says
- AXA Fights For Punitive Damages In $1.5B ING Row
- Ill. AG Calls For Fannie, Freddie Principal Reductions
- BofA Tests Foreclosure Rental Program
- HSBC Spins Off $480M Middle East Private Equity Branch
- UK Pushes For More Protections In Structured Products
- Judge Sees MBIA-Countrywide Trial Delay Of Up To 9 Months
- Obama Nominates Dartmouth President To Head World Bank
- Extending FINRA's Rules To Debt Research
- Judge Remands NY's Suit Against E&Y Over Lehman Audits
- JPMorgan Shells Out $384M In American Century Arbitration
- Wells Fargo, Other Creditors To Work With Stockton, Calif.
- Deutsche Bank's Dodd-Frank Sidestep May Provoke Others
- Media Tweets Not Enough To Win Stanford New Trial
- Madoff Trustee Renews Fight Against UniCredit In $59B Suit
- Imperial's Disclosure Statement Wins Over FDIC Concerns
- 2nd Circ. Nixes Alki Hedge Fund's $10M Pump-And-Dump Suit
- Ex-JPMorgan Execs Face Fight Over Jump To Credit Suisse
- NY Court Rejects Shareholder Suit Over Morgan Stanley Payroll
- Frank Calls For Simpler Volcker Rule By Labor Day
- Sony Agrees To Sell Chemical Products Biz To Japanese Bank
- Baum Firm Settles NY Foreclosure Allegations For $4M
- Homebuyers' Bias Suit Against Countrywide Heads To 6th Circ.
- Regulators Say Dodd-Frank Set Global Reform Agenda
- JPMorgan Settles Action Over Forced Insurance Policies
- Tenants Say Deutsche Bank Fraudulently Evicted Them
- 11th Circ. Pushes M&T Overdraft Case Toward Arbitration
- 5th Circ. Revives Mirant Suit To Recover Loan Payments
- Arab Bank Ordered To Release Docs In Hamas Terror Suit
- House Subcommittee To Subpoena MF Global Exec
- UBS, Barclays $1.5B CMBS Shops NY Hotel, Chicago Opera
- Lenders Accuse Marco Polo Of Dragging Feet On New Plan
- IDB Sets Aside $700M For Eco-Friendly Projects In 2012
- Dallas Fed Chief Reopens Too Big To Fail Debate
- FDIC OK'd $8B In Failed Bank Official Suits Since 2009
- Senator Introduces Bill To Curb Oil Speculation
- Bernanke, Geithner Warn Against Europe-U.S. Comparison
- Stanford Seeks New Trial Citing 'Prejudicial' Publicity
- Judge Greenlights Suit Over Goldman's Double-Dealing
- Apollo Nabs Irish Credit Card Biz As BofA Trims Fat
- Pacific Capital Investor Challenges $1.5B Union Bank Deal
- El Paso: Another Black Eye For Investment Banks
- Wall Street Group Urges Congress To Delay Volcker Rule
- BofA Didn't Breach Fontainebleau Lending Contract, Judge Says
- Tech Co. Didn't Flout Exclusivity In Citigroup Sale, Judge Says
- Suit Against Barclays Over $400M CDO Goes Forward
- FDIC Alters Bank Fee Calculations After Industry Outcry
- Geithner Will Address Creditors Over Lehman Collapse
- Ala. County Creditors To Appeal Largest-Ever Ch. 9
- 9th Circ. Clears JPMorgan In Bank's $130M Ponzi Scheme
- Capital One, UBS, Others Sued Over Online Banking IP
- Ex-Worker Says Wells Fargo Let Visas Expire, Denied Severance
- Transwestern, BNP Grow Global Reach With Joint Venture
- Banks Don't Want Jury In $5B MBIA Restructuring Suit
- Ex-Taylor Bean Finance Chief Cops To Aiding $3B Fraud
- Lanexa Consents To Pay Disgorgement Over Galleon Scheme
- CFTC Adopts New Swaps Clearing Rules Under Dodd-Frank
- Adopting Zubulake Cost-Shifting Procedures In NY
- Geithner Says Volcker Won't Hurt Sovereign Debt Trades
- The Time Has Come For Plaintiffs To Put Up Their Dukes
- Perkins Lures K&L Finance, Restructuring Specialist
- MF Global Can't Hire Trustee's Firm For Consulting Work
- Stifel Pays $22.5M To Settle School Districts' CDO Suit
- Judge Nixes Berkshire Investor Suit Over Sokol Trades
- 2nd Circ. To Weigh Rakoff's Block Of Citi-SEC Deal In Sept.
- 5th Circ. Revives Stanford Suits Against Proskauer, Others
- Blackstone To Drop $100M On SocGen RE Loan Portfolio
- How They Won It: Skadden Sinks Madoff Trustee's $59B Suit
- Fed To Fine 8 More Banks Over Foreclosure Violations
- FDIC Says Copying Records Could Cost Bank Bosses
- Bahrain's Arcapita Bank Files For Bankruptcy
- Ohio Drops BNY Mellon, State Street Over Forex Suits
- EC Aims To Focus Regulatory Glare On Shadow Banking
- BofA Dodges Class Suit Over 2008 MBS Risk Tally
- Sumitomo Deal Boosts Indonesian Infrastructure Co.
- Judge Says Cabot Unit Must Pay $51M To BofA
- JPMorgan Pays $150M To Settle Pension Funds' ERISA Claims
- ResCap Ch. 11 Looms Closer As Buyout Rumors Swirl
- 2nd Circ. Picks Lankler Atty To Rep Rakoff In SEC-Citi Case
- 2nd Circ. Cold On Revival Of Citigroup ARS Action
- Ex-Omni Execs Face FDIC Suit Over Collapse
- Citibank Pays $2.3M To End Suit Over Military Student Loans
- SEC Swap Trading Analysis Could Hedge Court Challenges
- 8th Circ. Frees Discover Attys From FDCPA Suit
- Keeping The Yakuza Out Of The Financial System
- Jones Day Snags JPMorgan Counsel For Banking Practice
- UK FSA Chief To Step Down As Restructuring Wraps Up
- WaMu Takes Aim At 12 Insurers In D&O Coverage Fight
- Business Groups Back BofA In 9th Circ. Teller Seat Fight
- Insurer Targets Bear Stearns Over $75M MBS Loss
- Wells Fargo To Pare $30M Secured Claims In Dreier Deal
- Rakoff Takedown Reignites Debate Over Settlement Authority
- Senators Urge MF Global Trustee To Scrap Exec Bonuses
- LA Building Owner Says UBS Owed It First Crack At Loan
- Countrywide's Discovery Push Delays Cases, Insurers Say
- Top Senate Dem Backs Raising Credit Union Lending Cap
- Goldman Sachs Can't Escape Credit Unions' MBS Suit
- NC Claims BNY Mellon Broke Deal With $95M Lehman Buy
- EU Bans Dealings With Sanctioned Iranian Banks
- Financial Lobby Fights Lower Cap On Debit Swipe Fee
- BofA Must Seek $18M From Real Estate Mogul In NY Court
- European Regulator Allows Use Of US Ratings Agencies
- 2nd Circ. Needles Rakoff Over $285M SEC-Citi Deal
- Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker Launches $6M Bias Suit
- Judge Certifies Classes In Madoff-Linked Funds Suits
- CFTC Sends Tough Message With Burst Of Enforcement Actions
- Tax Evaders Blast $186M Ruling In Flatotel Loan Case
- Stress Tests Give Fed Additional Capital Hammer
- Ex-Taylor Bean Exec To Plead Guilty In $3B Fraud
- Prepaid Card Law Not Needed With CFPB, Advocates Say
- FGIC Targets Ally Financial Over $2B In Risky MBS
- Swiss Advisers Accused In $200M Offshore Tax Conspiracy
- $200M MBS Suit Against Citigroup Moved To State Court
- Group Appeals For Mercy On Bank Board Regulations
- Sending Financial Holding Cos. To The 'Penalty Box'
- Alpha Bank Nixes Eurobank Merger After Greek Debt Deal
- Banks Ink More Mortgage Deals With State AGs
- Reports Say US Banks Hindered Foreclosure Probe
- 5th Circ. Denies BofA Late Claim In Dallas Logistics Case
- Goldman Pushes 2nd Circ. To Ax $21M Bayou Award
- NC County Sues Banking Giants Over Mortgage Mess
- CFTC Fines Goldman Sachs Unit $7M For Lax Oversight
- Citi, 3 Other Banks Fail Fed Stress Test
- Witness Flub Won't Change Vegas Housing Fraud Verdict
- Group Says Banks Should Increase Board Independence
- NY Court Won't Squelch $686M UBS Suit Over Highland CDO
- HSBC To Pay Credit Union Agency $5.25M Over MBS Losses
- RBS Usurped Control Of Soccer Team, Hedge Fund Says
- Senators Press CFPB To Curb Payday Lending Abuses
- BB&T Takes On Extra $285M Securities In BankAtlantic Deal
- JPMorgan Pays Feds $45M In Loan Fraud Settlement
- HSBC Took $77M In Payments From Insurers, Suit Says
- UBS Clawback Suit Moved Back To Bankruptcy Court
- Proskauer Rose Can't Put Stanford Action On Hold
- Ohio AG Says BNY Mellon Faked Currency Exchange Rates
- CFPB Says Rule Will Safeguard Banks' Sensitive Docs
- Ex-Bank Boss Hid Money To Skirt $4.5M Restitution, Feds Say
- Merscorp, Others Say Texas Law Precludes Record Fees Suit
- Wells Fargo Sues Real Estate Mogul Over $187M In Loans
- Fed Set To Unveil Bank Stress Test Results
- Banks Face Stiff Penalties Under $25B Mortgage Deal
- Judge Keeps $5.9B MBS Suit In Federal Court
- Hungary To Limit Power To Ax Data Protection Regulator
- Bryan Cave Nabs Banking, IP Quartet In Charlotte
- Sullivan Aids Union Bank In $1.5B Buy Of Calif. Rival
- Judge Sends CIT, Tyco Tax Row To 2nd Circ.
- Failed Bank Claims Regulators Forced It To Distort Books
- Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
- Cantor Fitzgerald Exploited Relationship With BGC, Suit Says
- Commerzbank Sues To Stop Changes To $520M CBO
- Capital One Cleared To Buy HSBC's $30B Credit Card Unit
- BofA Agrees To Deeper Writedowns In $25B Mortgage Deal
- Lehman Tipster Asks To Be Let Off Without Jail Time
- NY Regulator Balks At Banks' Subpoenas In MBIA Cases
- Rothstein Trustee's TD Bank Suit Stays Put For Now
- KeyBank Had No Duty To Report Borrower's Woes: 5th Circ.
- HSBC Targeted In Force-Placed Insurance Class Action
- Prepaid Card System Won't Go Dark Amid Price-Fixing Claims
- Barclays, RBS Targeted By US In Libor-Fixing Probe
- Capital One Sued Over $170M In MBS
- HAMP Participants Have Contract Rights, 7th Circ. Rules
- Chinese Activist Says Politics Cost Him Morgan Stanley Job
- El Paso Shareholders Back Disputed $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
- When Is Nonrecourse Loan Fully Recourse?
- BofA Atty Says MBIA 'Harassing' CEO In Deposition Push
- Insurer Says Ally Financial Cloaked $693M MBS Risk
- FHFA Caps Fannie, Freddie Execs' Pay
- Atty's Bond Market Antitrust Claims Don't Hold Up, Banks Say
- Jury Orders Forfeiture Of $330M In Stanford Accounts
- Fed Says HSBC, Others Improved Foreclosure Practices
- Iran Dealings Could Earn Insurers Sanctions Under New Bill
- Regulators Frozen By Fear Of Wall Street Suits: CFTC Member
- Trustmark Must Repay Stanford Vendor $2M: 5th Circ.
- PFF Bancorp Creditors Cleared To Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
- Hedge Fund Sues RMBS Trustee Wells Fargo For Breaches
- BofA Says Calif. Seating Rule Doesn't Apply To Tellers
- Chase Escapes Claims In Flood Insurance Kickback Suit
- State Street Says 6th Circ.'s GM Ruling Undermines ERISA
- 7th Circ. Delivers Win To Morgan Stanley Over Mail Fee
- Bingham Grabs Corporate Pro From Manatt Phelps
- Wells Fargo Trust Recipients Lose Bid For New Trial
- House Adopts Obama-Backed Bill To Trim SEC Red Tape
- Goldman, Merrill Must Bare Evidence In 'Naked' Shorts Row
- Nonbanks Gearing Up For Possible SIFI Rule Challenge
- BofA Denied Homeowners Access To HAMP: Whistleblower
- FDIC Seeks $104M Over Bank's Real Estate Loan Losses
- Former AIG Exec, Ex-Husband Cop To Horse Farm Fraud
- Texas Co. Says It Was Stiffed On $14M Power Plant Contract
- Merrill, BofA Hit With Online Banking Patent Suit
- EU Regulators Seek Feedback On OTC Reform Proposals
- Swiss National Bank Directors Cleared Of Insider Trading
- CEOs Ask White House To Drop Some Dodd-Frank Mandates
- House Dems Oppose Removal Of Fed's Dual Mandate
- Report Urges FHFA Vigilance Over Mortgage Servicing
- KeyBank Can Force Arbitration Under Concepcion: 9th Circ.
- $17M Fraud Suit Against RBS Unit Time-Barred, Judge Says
- Fed Report Says TARP Banks Lend Less With More Risk
- Federal Reserve Board's Way Or The Highway
- Judicial Watch Sues For FHFA's Freddie, Fannie Records
- Madoff Report Calls For Transparency In Trustee Hires
- Researchers Call Dodd-Frank Cost-Benefit Analyses Faulty
- HSBC Sheds Several Insurance Businesses For $914M
- DOJ Defends $335M BofA Deal To Skeptical Sens.
- US Conducting Criminal Libor-Fixing Probe, DOJ Says
- FDIC Hits Failed Ga. Bank's Officers With $11M Suit
- House Committee Balks At SEC's Proposed FY 2013 Budget
- Ex-Freddie Mac Counsel Joins SNR Denton In Washington
- Sens. Float Counterpart To House's Bank Exam Reform Bill
- Sidley Guides Nationstar's $63B Mortgage Servicing Rights Buy
- Cordray Promises Mortgage Insurance, ARM Rules Soon
- White House Slashes FHA Fees To Boost Refinancings
- DOJ Warns Of Coming Criminal Cases Over Financial Crisis
- FTC's Brill Calls For Stronger Coordination With State AGs
- TD Bank Escapes Class Action Over Account Freezes
- Credit Card Users Say Chase, Others Aided Apollo Unit Scam
- DOJ Presses Judge To OK $5M Morgan Stanley Antitrust Deal
- Credit Unions, Banks Battle Over Small Biz Lending Cap
- House Republican Unveils Bill To Reshape Fed
- Lehman Emerges From Landmark Ch. 11
- SEC Chief Mulling Volcker Rule Reboot
- Stanford Convicted For $7B Ponzi Scheme
- Keeping An Eye On Overdraft Protection
- Lehman Blasts Zell's New $1.5B Archstone Bid
- Goldman Sachs Can't Budge Capmark's $147M NY Suit
- 9th Circ. Says Nev.'s BofA Mortgage Suit Belongs In State Court
- FTC Officials Clash Over Whether To Cut 2013 Budget
- Stanford Jurors Deadlocked In $7B Ponzi Case
- CFPB To Handle All Complaints Regarding Student Loans
- Lehman Wins Foreclosure On NYC Building After $338M Default
- UAE Bank Wants $40M Credit Suisse Valuation Suit Revived
- HSBC Scores Docs On $1B Settlement From Insurer CIFG
- 11th Circ. Forces Arbitration In Regions Bank Overdraft Suit
- Judge Misread Credit Card Patent Terms, Fed. Circ. Hears
- Wal-Mart In CFPB Sights As Regulator Clarifies Powers
- Retailers Say Fed Ignored Congress In Debit Fee Rule
- Examining OFAC Guidance On NDAA Iran Sanctions
- Case Study: SEC V. BankAtlantic
- 12 Finance Employment Issues To Watch In 2012
- Credit Suisse Gets Claims Slashed From New Century MDL
- BofA, JPMorgan Earn $170M For Improving Mortgage Practices
- Fed Releases Guidance On Community Bank Upgrades
- Chase Denied Arbitration In Financial Advisers' OT Action
- Bank Group Says Government Portfolio Owes $96.5M Loan
- JPMorgan Nailed With RMBS Suits Claiming $273M Damages
- SBM Held In Contempt For Neglecting SEC Fraud Order
- Groupon, UBS, Others Hit With Messaging Patent Suits
- US Attys Coaching Goldman CEO For Gupta Trial
- Ex-Soccer CEO Stiffed Barclays On $8M Loan, Bank Says
- BofA, Goldman, Others Sued Over $239M Worth Of MBS Sales
- Wall Street Risk Rule Open To Comments For Another Month
- Deutsche Bank Sinks $1B Kirch Settlement
- Regulators Lagging On Dodd-Frank Rule-Making: Report
- Swiss Fund Says Drink Co. Reneged On Rating Promise
- Advancing The Business Tax Reform Debate
- Combatting Calif. And Ariz. Antideficiency Legislation
- Legislators Say Campaign Treasurer Stole Millions
- Builder American West Heads To Ch. 11 In Pact With Banks
- Flagstar, AGM Headed To Trial In MBS Coverage Fight
- New NY Bankruptcy Chief Chides Attys In St. Vincent Case
- Investors' Compensation Suit Too Broad, Morgan Stanley Says
- 11th Circ. Forces Arbitration In SunTrust Overdraft Action
- Proskauer PE, Investment Fund Star Heads To Morgan Lewis
- Commerce Bancorp Can't Escape Ex-CEO's Contract Suit
- Eurozone Withdrawal: Implications For Global Markets
- Perkins Coie Lures 4 Attys From Chadbourne
- Goldman Sachs To Take On Ariel Re's Insurance Operations
- Radius CEO Can't Shake Suit Over $23M In Uninsured MBS
- UBS Fund Drops $74M On Hollywood High-Rise
- CFPB To Start Taking Bank Account Complaints
- Morgan Stanley Unit Hit With $142M Loan Investment Suit
- The Battle For Swiss Banking Traditions
- Deutsche Bank, Loreley Settle $440M CDO Suit