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Banking - April, 2012
334 articles
- MF Global Customer Can't Block Execs From $30M Coverage
- Mortgage Insurer MGIC Settles Maternity Leave Case
- High Court Won't Hear $14M S&L Crisis Case Against US
- UBS Unit, Others Want $2B Madoff Clawback Suit Nixed
- State Street Directors Hit With Shareholder Derivative Suit
- Citigroup Unit Says Analysts Must Arbitrate OT Claims
- Despite Delay, FHFA Likely To Allow Mortgage Relief
- Wall Street Groups Say Risk Rule Shouldn't Cover Nonbanks
- Lehman Takes Ownership Of Calif. Land Portfolio
- CFPB Taps Ex-EEOC Commissioner As New Diversity Head
- Class Cert. Denied In GMAC, US Bank Foreclosure Suit
- Supreme Court Frees Verizon, JPMorgan From Spinoff Suit
- 6th Circ. Says FDCPA Covers Servicers Of Defaulted Loans
- Madoff Feeder Liquidator Urges 2nd Circ. To Back Ch. 15
- Judge Sends Stanford Class Action Back To State Court
- Qatar To Invest $250M In Barclays PE Energy Plays
- 2nd Circ. Won't Certify Investor Class In $7B MBS Suit
- Goldman, JPMorgan, Others Targeted Over $130M In MBS
- PFF Bancorp Wins Court's OK For Liquidation Plan
- Shipper Marco Polo Gets More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
- Ramifications Of Greenville Lafayette V. Eligin
- Capital One Sues To Seize NY Condo, Citing $53M Default
- JPMorgan Suit Trimmed Over $848M American Century Resale
- Enerjisa Gets €135M For Turkey's Largest Wind Farm
- Picard Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive $30B In Suits Against Banks
- SEC Gives Broker-Dealers Extra Year On Flash Crash Rule
- House Bill Aims To Break Down Banks Deemed Too Big To Fail
- Valiant Sues To Deny $10M Coverage To Horizon Directors
- House Bill Would Halt Foreclosures On Gov't-Backed Loans
- Fidelity Wins Verdict In $55M Suit Over Development Loan
- Industry Urges CFPB To Cut Lawsuit Risk In Housing Rule
- Morgan Lewis Helps Wells Fargo Nail Merlin Securities Buy
- House Passes Bill To Fund Student Loan Rate Freeze Thru ACA
- Citi, Discover Bilked Student Loan Borrowers, Suit Says
- Ex-Capital One Execs Blast Noncompete Pact As Overbroad
- Barclays Sued Over Alleged CDO Double-Dealing
- Union Charter Exits Developer's $100M Fraud Suit Against UBS
- Amalgamated Docs Privileged In $95M Condo Row
- Stanford Victims Push For Streamlined Claims Process
- Standard Chartered Hit With $330M Madoff Clawback Suit
- Payday Lender Wants New Trial In EEOC Bipolar Bias Case
- Ally Says ResCap Could Be Headed For Bankruptcy
- Mobile Payments Need Better Privacy Safeguards, FTC Says
- FTC To Use Light Touch In Mobile Payments Regulation
- Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants' Sale Lives On
- House Dems Defend Position Limits As Part Of Dodd-Frank
- Gupta Investigation Targets Another Goldman Sachs Banker
- MetLife Sells Reverse Mortgage Business To Nationstar
- Case Study: In Re Crane
- Dubai Jeweler Accepts $445M Bid From Mannai, EFG Hermes
- MetLife Targets Morgan Stanley Over $757M In Toxic RMBS
- Calif. Court Limits Class Arbitration In Employment Pacts
- TD Bank Drops Greenberg Traurig After Rothstein Trial Gaffe
- NY Times Sues DOJ Over Cordray, NLRB Appointment Docs
- Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
- EIB Considers $127M Clean Energy Loans To China
- Senate Dems Want Final Volcker Rule Issued By Summer
- Homeowners Win Cert. In WaMu Mortgage Appraisal Suit
- Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Cops To Role In China Bribery Scheme
- Ex-Optionable CEO Gets 30 Months For Gas Stock Fraud
- Bernanke Says New Rules Should Prevent Bank Bailouts
- Student Loan Interest Bill Slated For House Vote
- Citigroup Wants Solow's Recession Crash Suit Nixed
- 2nd Circ. Will Hear AIG's $10B RMBS Suit Against BofA
- LSP Energy Sues BNY Mellon To Skirt $80M Bond Penalty
- Highland Wants Citi CLO Fight Sent Back To State Court
- Knights Of Columbus Should Sue BofA, BNY Mellon Says
- FLSA Collective Action Waivers Violate NLRA, 2nd Circ. Told
- The Sun Never Sets On Dodd-Frank
- RBS Citizens Pays $137.5M To Settle Overdraft Fee Suit
- SEC Head Defends $245M Budget Request, Reform Progress
- TARP Watchdog Says Too Big To Fail Banks Got Bigger
- Sheppard Mullin Adds Corporate Pro From Cadwalader
- Judge OKs $685M Payout To MF Global Customers
- Goldman Can't Shake Fraud Claims In $120M Abacus Suit
- Merrill Lynch Pays $8.5M To Settle Pension Plan Action
- Citi Units Burned Buyer In $348M Metal Co. Deal, Suit Says
- Judge Lays Out Discovery Limits In Clash Over $8.5B BofA Deal
- Stanford Receiver Asks 5th Circ. For Hold On Libyan Assets
- H&R Block Unit Pays Out $28M Over Alleged MBS Fraud
- French Firm's Bid For Full Tilt Fails, 2nd Buyer Rumored
- CFPB To Study Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
- Deutsche Bank Says Ark. Foreclosure Suit Unfounded
- Feds Want Probe Into New Goldman Leak Suspect Kept Quiet
- Alston Adds McGuireWoods Corporate Finance Partner In LA
- Senate Republicans Blast Regulators On MF Global
- Aleynikov And Nosal — 2 Major Government Setbacks
- MF Global To Face Joined Customer, Investor Suits
- Defining 'Swap Dealer' And 'Major Swap Participant'
- NewPage Creditors Blast Effort To Block $2B Buyout Probe
- Goldman Sachs Seeks To Squash $147M Capmark Suit
- Thornburg Trustee Ordered To Arbitrate $19M Goldman Suit
- Delay Casts Doubt On Credit Union Lending Cap Bill
- GE Ruling Thrusts Rare SEC Rule Into Spotlight
- Hinshaw Nabs Ex-Faegre Business, Consumer Litigator
- MF Global Customers Want JPMorgan Forced To Return Funds
- River Road Makes Case Against Credit Bidding In High Court
- FDIC Sets Cap For Resolution Authority Borrowing
- US Bank Closes $284.7M Loan For Silicon Valley Office Park
- Business Groups Blast PCAOB Auditor Rotation Proposal
- Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Case Denied High Court Review
- Union Bank Pays $3.5M To End Calif. Workers' FLSA Suit
- JPMorgan Skirts ERISA Action Over Lehman Investments
- Lehman, Barclays' $3B Contract Fight Hits District Court
- New IRS Rule Won't Spark Exodus From US Banks, Attys Say
- Real Estate Developers Owe $101.4M, Wells Fargo Says
- CFPB OKs Some State Mortgage License Transfers
- Citigroup Shareholders Sue Over $54M In Executive Pay
- Banco Santander Takes $125M Stake In Ariz. Solar Plant
- Fed Taps Academic Panel To Study Bank Stress Tests
- Progressive Sues To Deny Coverage Of Bank's $86M FDIC Suit
- Judge Puts MBIA Restructuring Trial On Tight Leash
- Ala. High Court Backs Broad Ch. 9 Reading In Win For County
- CFTC Plays Hardball As Oil Crisis Intensifies
- FDIC Overestimated 2011 Bank Failure Losses, GAO Says
- JPMorgan Ducks Claims In Lehman's $9B Suit Over Transfers
- Joint Panel To Review Stalled Calif. Mortgage Bills
- Loan Servicers Not Liable For HAMP Breaches, 11th Circ. Says
- Goldman Ducks German Bank's Appeal Of $37M MBS Suit
- Sallie Mae Workers Allege Botched Review In ERISA Appeal
- Winston & Strawn Bolsters Charlotte Team With Company Vets
- Fed's Volcker Rule Grace Period Eases Bank Uncertainty
- BayernLB Strikes At Deutsche Over $810M In Toxic MBS
- Wells Fargo Can't Duck Blue Cross' Securities Lending Suit
- KKR, Goldman Funnel $52M Into Indian Logistics Co.
- Gearing Up For Clawbacks
- EU Watchdog Calls For Increased Monitoring Of Bank Boards
- MF Global Trustee Plans To Pursue $700M In UK Suit
- Citigroup Pay Rejection Puts Wall Street On Notice
- House Committee Advances Bill Gutting Dodd-Frank Reforms
- NY Fed Puts More AIG Bailout Assets On Auction Block
- Global Regulators Push For Safer Mortgage Lending
- BNY Mellon Forex Fraud Suits Centralized In NY
- Investors Target BofA Board In Suit Over Foreclosures
- CFPB Takes Aim At Discriminatory Lending Practices
- SEC Wants More Disclosure For Structured Notes
- Investors Demand Goldman Execs' Evals In Bid-Rigging Row
- Restitution Can't Be Based On Illicit Gains, 2nd Circ. Says
- SEC, CFTC Approve Weaker Swaps Rule Under Dodd-Frank
- Banking On Fraud: Using FCA To Target Financial Industry
- Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
- Ex-Thornburg Execs Smooth Out Shareholder Beef For $2M
- Ohio Tells 6th Circ. To Reopen MBS Ratings Dispute
- Private Equity Wins Out In Battle For Failed Euro CMBS
- Scotiabank Sued Over Lost Contract For Chilean Toll Project
- Fannie, Freddie Ordered To Streamline Short Sales
- Reform Group Urges SEC, CFTC To Hold Firm On Swaps Rule
- Extracting The Thorn(burg) In SEC's Side
- ABA Calls CFPB Rule Guarding Privileged Bank Info 'Chilling'
- 'Rainy Sky' Observed In The Cayman Islands
- Mutual Fund Groups Target CFTC Over Cost-Benefit Study
- DLA Piper Rounds Out Ex-Morgan Lewis Corporate, Tax Trio
- Ally Financial Mortgage Unit Overdue On Bond Payment
- Morgan Stanley Expands Lower Manhattan Lease To 1.2M SF
- Encore Shareholders Blast Exec Perks In $250M Cadence Deal
- Getty Bankruptcy Judge Punts Bank Row To Del.
- MassMutual, Countrywide MBS Row Limited To Underwriters
- Chase Reneged On Credit Offers, Cardholders Say
- Wall Street Says Volcker Rule Ignores Swap Market Reality
- BofA Reaches $230M Deal To Sell NYC Office Tower
- Ex-Im Bank Fight Imperils US Role In Project Boom: Experts
- CFPB Tells 3rd Circ. Home Loan Rescission Suits Valid
- Industry Groups Seek Broad 'Qualified Mortgage' Definition
- Temasek Grabs ICBC Shares Worth $2.3B In Goldman Sale
- Jones Day Adds Addleshaw Project Finance Atty In London
- Fairfield Funds Liquidator Seeks $130M In 5 New Suits
- BNY Mellon Racks Up $6M Fine Over Breached Fed Loan Deal
- NY Home Value Inflation Row Won't Get High Court Hearing
- Hoenig, Norton Join FDIC Board
- WaMu Units Want Last Claim Dropped From MBS Suit
- Ambac Backed $856M In Bad MBS Due To Merrill's Tricks: Suit
- Altering The Leveraged Lending Landscape
- Goldman, MetLife To Release Employee Diversity Reports
- CFTC Fires Back At Industry Groups In Trade Limit Suit
- Securities Regulators Set New Rules For Clearinghouses
- Are Parens Patriae Actions Removable Under CAFA?
- Debit Card Fee Rule Is Legal Under Dodd-Frank, Fed Says
- Calif. Panels Set To Take Up Homeowner Protection Bills
- Judge Stays Proskauer Suits Pending 5th Circ. Ruling
- Auto Parts Co. Loses Bid To Scrap $28M Claim By PE Firm
- Aetna Suit Over $49M Lehman Securities Sale Survives
- Citi OT Class Fights For Collective Action Rights In 2nd Circ.
- House GOP Bill Would Gut FDIC's Big Bank Wind-Down Power
- Lone Star Buys $2B Ex-Lehman CDO From Bundesbank
- Sens. Defend CFTC Trading Limits Rule To Ebb Speculation
- Ex-Synergy CEO Arrested In $750M Bank Fraud Scheme
- Ex-Im Bank Grants $80M Loan For Indian Solar Project
- Sex, Porn Part Of Daily Grind, Says Morgan Stanley Broker
- Bradley Brings In 4 Womble Pros For NC Banking Practice
- JPMorgan Chase Unit, 3 Others Settle Ill. Superfund Suit
- Merrill, Others Say Allstate's $456M MBS Claims Time-Barred
- Wells Fargo Beats $116M Premature Redemption Suit
- Dutch Bank ABN Amro Splits, Sheds Insurance Business Unit
- Fannie Mae Asks Servicers To Protest Chicago Property Law
- Mount Kellett Closes $4B Opportunistic Investment Fund
- Banks Need More Imagination In Stress Tests, Report Says
- Are Class Action Waivers In The Balance?
- Responding To FINRA's Insider Trading Inquiries
- Judge Won't Stop MBIA From Deposing BofA Exec In MBS Suit
- Large Banks Had $640B Shortfall For New Basel Targets
- Wells Fargo Safe From RICO Suit Over $68M Ponzi Scheme
- Former Westernbank Chiefs Seek To Toss $176M FDIC Suit
- Ex-Im Prez Warns Possible Shutdown Would 'Disarm' US Cos.
- Ex-Rothstein Atty To Admit To Campaign Donation Fraud
- CFPB To Hold Banks Accountable For Vendor Violations
- Regulators Fine Goldman $22M Over Trading Tip Favoritism
- CBRE, West Indies Developer Settle $45M Appraisal Suit
- Judge Not Sweet On Sugar Co. Execs' Merrill Testimony
- UBS Wins Dismissal Of Property Owner's Suit Over $69M Loan
- Wells Fargo Ducks 8th Circ. Racketeering Suit Over Appraisals
- $685M Payout To MF Global Customers On Hold
- NBNK Makes New Offer For 632 Lloyds Bank Branches
- TARP Watchdog Faults Treasury For $7.6B Fund Delays
- Weak Governance Still Plagues Financial Sector, Report Says
- Inside The National Mortgage Settlement
- Citigroup Seeks Slam Dunk On $7M Impac MBS Flub
- Morgan Stanley Raises $1.3B For Buyout, Venture Accounts
- CFPB May Lighten Up On Credit Card Fee Restriction
- HSBC Prevails In Majority Of Ex-Banker's Termination Suit
- Boston Fed Chief Pushes For Added Money Market Reforms
- BNY Mellon, JPMorgan, Others Can Appeal Ala. County Ch. 9
- Inspector General Raps FDIC Over Conference Spending
- EU Regulators Seek Uniform Anti-Money Laundering Rules
- Interest Rate Suit Belongs In Court, Not FDIC, 7th Circ. Hears
- Conn. Latest To Probe State Street Forex Trades
- Lehman Set For Record $22.5B Initial Creditor Payout
- Fed. Circ. Backs Visa, Other Credit Cos. In SmartMetric IP Row
- 2nd Circ. Limits Prosecution In Goldman Trade Secret Case
- Force-Placed Insurance: 3 Things To Watch In 2012
- MF Global Execs Can Tap Insurance For Defense Costs
- NY AG Makes 2nd Play To Intervene In BofA's $8.5B MBS Deal
- Deutsche Bank Hit With $38M Claim That Exec Faked Docs
- Group Takes Wells Fargo Housing Bias Beef To HUD
- CFPB Oversight Efforts May Hamstring Mortgage Servicers
- Activision Exec Understood Tax Shelter Risks, Banks Say
- To Protest Dodd-Frank, Kan. Gov. Won't Sign Reform Bills
- Flaws In Obama Mortgage Plan, High Debt Slow Recovery: IMF
- Homeowners Sue Ocwen Over Denied HAMP Modifications
- Fed Governor Says Bank Stress Tests Will Change
- Mortgages Ltd. Officers To Get $3.7M From D&O Insurer
- Paying It Forward: Lehman's Impact On MF Global
- FHFA Chief Says Principal Reductions Could Save $1.7B
- The Problem With The DOJ's Case Against GFI Mortgage
- NAB Slams JE Robert Co. With $60M Contract Suit
- Bank Austria Says Picard Can't Aim Tort Claims At 3rd Parties
- Bankrupt Ala. County Accuses BNY Mellon Of Swiping Funds
- Reserve Defense Can Grill SEC Attys In Fund Fraud Case
- Korea Development Bank Buys HSBC's S. Korea Retail Unit
- IIF Warns Europe Of Moving Too Far On Capital
- Countrywide Says Dukes Dooms Worker Wage Suit
- UBS On Verge Of Beating Developer's Tax Fraud Suit
- HUD Head Pressures FHFA To OK Mortgage Write-Downs
- Ex-Rothstein Partner Charged For Check-Kiting, Campaign Fraud
- MBIA Hid 'Very Dark' Loss Projections, Banks Say
- Goldman Bias Ruling Would Set Dangerous Precedent: Chamber
- UBS Asks To Shield Docs In GE Bid-Rigging Probe
- Reinsurers Deny Role In Alleged HSBC Kickback Scheme
- Proskauer Rose Seeks Review On 5th Circ. Ponzi Decision
- Judge Won't Delay IndyMac Exec's Deposition On Bad Loans
- Merrill Lynch Overtime Suit Gets Preliminary Class Cert.
- FERC Accuses Barclays Of Manipulative Energy Trading
- Fifth Third, BofA Got Reinsurance Kickbacks, Suits Say
- Treasury Freezes CEOs' Pay At Bailed-Out AIG, GM, Ally
- Court Limits XL's Liability For Fiserv Home Appraisals
- Former Loan Officers Sue MetLife Over Unpaid Commissions
- Noteholder Sues To Foreclose NYC Condo Over $19M Default
- BofA Again Fails To Combine Insurers' MBS Claims
- SunTrust Pays $2.4M To End Underwriters' OT Suit
- UBS, Others Ask 2nd Circ. To Bury $30B Of Madoff Claims
- 4th Circ. Revives Repo Preemption Suit Against Chase
- Simple Volcker Rule May Be Out Of Reach, Experts Say
- SEC Accuses Ex-Franklin Bank Heads Of Home Loan Scam
- MF Global Clients Sue MFG Over $120M Policy Proceeds
- Builder's $37M Award Stands In Loan Dispute: 9th Circ.
- RBC Bashes Bank's Effort To Grab $36M Loan Collateral
- Cardholders Sue Global Payments Over Massive Data Breach
- JPMorgan, MF Global Trustee In Talks Over Missing Funds
- Judge Finalizes Banks' Landmark $25B Mortgage Settlement
- Citi Can't Claim Privilege On Advice Used As Defense: SEC
- JPMorgan Hit With Derivative Suit Over Robosigning
- Energy Co. Reaches Deal To Exit Developer's $100M Fraud Suit
- Cadwalader, Arnold Docs Targeted In $95M Condo Loan Fight
- Goldman Ruling Would Undermine Arbitration, Group Says
- Wells Fargo Nailed With $10.4M Verdict Over Lehman Loss
- Fed Backs Banks' Renting Out Foreclosed Homes
- Morgan Stanley Sharpens Clawback Policy Ahead Of Dodd-Frank
- 30 Sens. Urge FHFA To Fix Mortgage-Modification Study
- Dubai PE Unit Closes $2.5B Debt Restructuring
- SEC Exempts Swaps From Some Securities Regulations
- Force-Placed Policies Likely Gouge Homeowners, NY Says
- Citibank Forced To Boost Money Laundering Protections
- Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
- Ruth Madoff's Attys Can't Claim Legal Fees, Judge Says
- Ex-Merrill Brokers Win $10M In Compensation Row
- TD Bank Customers Score Class Cert. In Overdraft Fee Case
- FINRA Tells Investment Firm To Pay $4M For High Markups
- BofA Investors Allowed To Reshuffle Mortgage Suit
- EEOC Accuses Chase Mortgage Unit Of Ogling, Groping Women
- FHFA Head Vows Quick Decision On Mortgage Debt Reductions
- SEC Vet Returns For 3rd Dance With Pillsbury
- BofA, Progressive Duck Most Claims In Katrina Payment Row
- Geithner Defends Strong Bank Regs As Crucial To Recovery
- BofA Boots Some Claims From Credit Plan Marketing MDL
- JPMorgan To Pay $20M For Alleged Misuse Of Lehman Funds
- China's Wen Says State-Run Bank Monopoly Must Be Dissolved
- Business Plans For Finance Cos. In Flux With SIFI Rule
- Vector Claims New Evidence In Fight Over $307M Citi Sale
- AllianceBernstein Sues Ex-Adviser Over Morgan Stanley Jump
- JPMorgan Rainmaker Fined For Disclosing Private Info
- EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes $954M Sale Of Dexia Unit
- BNY Mellon Dodges Bulk Of MBS Trustee Action
- HSH Nordbank Sues Barclays Over 'Empty' MBS
- Feds Allege Discriminatory Lending In GFI Mortgage Suit
- RBC Eyes Showdown Over CFTC Wash-Trading Allegations
- Travelers Unit Won't Cover Madoff Suits, Conn. Banks Say
- RBC Will Pay $1.1B For Outstanding Joint Venture Stake
- Wachovia Nabs Slim Win In Employee Raiding Arbitration
- Israeli Bank Hits Bank of America With $721M RMBS Suit
- Morgan Stanley Strikes Foreclosure Deal With The Fed
- US Bank, Others Sued Over Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Scam
- Ex-Orioles Owner Accused Of Reneging On Stock Deal
- Fed Seeks Tighter Definition Of Cos. Governed By Dodd-Frank
- Philly-Area Bigwigs Pay $55M For City's Biggest Papers
- BNY Mellon Dodges Calif. FCA Claims In Forex Pricing Suit
- Regulators Lagging On Dodd-Frank Rules, Report Says
- RBC Sued Over 'Massive' Tax-Avoidance Trading Scheme
- Garment Industry Price-Fixing Suit Denied High Court Review
- Cushman, Credit Suisse Get $24B Resort Investor Suit Pared
- Frank Vows Fight On House GOP Derivatives Bills
- MF Global Customer Seeks To Appeal Loss Of Priority Bid
- FSOC Vote Could Put Key Nonbank Firms Under Fed Rule
- Ambac Goes After JPMorgan Over $200M In RMBS Losses
- DC Circ. Nixes Fannie Mae Shareholders' Accounting Suits
- DBS Group To Buy Indonesian Bank For $7.3B