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Banking - September, 2012
332 articles
- Judge Rejects Dodd-Frank Limits On Derivatives Contracts
- UBS Escapes Investors' MBS Fraud Class Action
- Morgan Stanley Defeats 'Short-Swing' Insider Trading Suit
- JPML Won't Consolidate Mortgage Insurance Kickback Suits
- Janus Defeats Investor Suit Over Exec Pay Package
- BofA Workers Win Class Cert. In Wage-And-Hour MDL
- Proposed Libor Fixes May Open Door To New Benchmark
- Ex-Im Grants Historic $5B Loan For Saudi Petrochem Plant
- ING Can't Foil Class Cert. Bid In ERISA Kickbacks Suit
- Troutman Sanders Adds Ex-Arent Fox IP Atty In Washington
- JPML Won't Merge Excise Tax Suits Against Fannie, Freddie
- ShengdaTech Investors Seek Hogan's Removal In KPMG Row
- Deutsche Hit With Fraud Claims Over $1B CLO Deal
- HSBC Confronts Deutsche Bank Over $183M In MBS
- CFPB Says Brazil, China Among Remittance Safe Harbors
- CoreLogic Pays $8M To End WaMu Appraisal Inflation Suit
- What We've Learned From CFPB's 1st Year
- BofA Strikes Historic $2.43B Settlement Over Merrill Buy
- Alger Can't Evade Investment Manager's Whistleblower Suit
- JPMorgan, ANZ Fined $1M Over Futures Trading Violations
- Calif. Mortgage Reforms Usher In Regulatory Crackdown
- Geithner Pushes Regulators To Force Money Market Fixes
- Homeowners Win Class Cert. In Bear Stearns Mortgage Row
- BofA Can't Use Dukes To Kill Class Claims In Sex Bias Suit
- Chase Home Finance Beats Truth-In-Lending Class Action
- Ex-IRS Official Charged With Conflict After Taking Bank Job
- SEC Gets Tough On Muni Conflicts With $12M Goldman Fine
- Bank Threw CEO Under The Bus Over Refco Fallout, Suit Says
- Sens. Urge Regulators To Review Basel Impact On Small Banks
- Ex-Goldman Coder Pleads Not Guilty In 2nd Theft Case
- Allen Family Notches Win In Forgery Suit Over Ranch Deal
- ResCap Bondholders Drop Backing Of Ch. 11 Plan
- Wells REIT Defeats Shareholder Merger Challenge
- Regulators Again Delay Derivative Swaps Margin Rule
- RBS Bid For High Court's Eye On OT Class Wins Biz Support
- 6th Circ. Revives FCRA Suit Against Bank Over Forged Check
- Europe's Banks Lag In Reaching Required Capital Levels
- Assured Guaranty Calls $1B Lehman Suit A Stretch
- FINRA To Scrutinize Incentives In Sale Of Complex Investments
- FHFA Needs Better Fannie, Freddie Oversight, IG Says
- Think Before Incorporating SEC Filings Into SPDs
- Japan Backs Exxon's $16B Papua New Guinea LNG Builders
- Cerberus To Sell $2.5B Stake In Aozora Bank
- Deutsche Bank Unit, Others Escape Libor-Tied Loan Lawsuit
- Goldman Paying $12M To End Landmark SEC Pay-To-Play Case
- Blackstone Unveils $960M Traded Credit Fund
- CFPB's Tough Tactics Rubbing Off On Other Regulators
- SNR Denton Sued Over Filing Error In $7M Citigroup Deal
- Giants Want Docs From Lehman In $300M Stadium Dispute
- Ex-Credit Suisse Exec Charged With Inflating Mortgage Bonds
- NY Realty Co. Says Landlord Wrongly Kept Letter Of Credit
- 6th Circ. Kicks JPMorgan Subprime Case Back To Federal Court
- Wells Fargo Accused Of Stiffing Workers On OT, Breaks
- Freddie Mac Gets Bond Auction Patent Nixed As Abstract Idea
- FHFA Sues To Force HSBC To Buy Back RMBS
- AGM, Flagstar $1B Coverage Fight Still Heading To Trial
- Arcapita Seeks Green Light On $150M DIP Package
- Banks To Reveal Some Muni Bond Yields Under New Rule
- Tools For Handling Mortgage-Based FCA Claims
- Columbia, West Coast Banks To Merge In $506M Deal
- Ex-Goldman Coder Sues Firm For $2.4M Theft Defense Fees
- LendingTree Escapes Bank Rate Price-Fixing Allegations
- SEC Charges Ex-TierOne Bank Execs With Hiding Losses
- Credit Union Agency Sues Barclays Over $555M In Risky RMBS
- Freddie's Transparency Helps It Beat Investor Suit For Good
- CFPB's Broad Doc Request Ruffles Feathers
- San Fran To Triple Blight Penalties For Foreclosure Owners
- US Bank Sues Hotel Co. Over $165M Loan Default
- Lloyd's Converts $20M Goldman Accident Suit To Class Action
- ResCap Creditors Seek Docs On $9B RMBS Settlement
- Pension Fund Sues Discover For Docs On Fee-Based Products
- CFPB Says Consumers, Lenders Get Different Credit Scores
- Gabelli Market-Timing Case Will Get Supreme Court Review
- UK Bankers Group Votes To Give Up Libor-Setting Role: Report
- Restaurants Latest To Rip $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal
- Progressive Can't Duck D&O Coverage For $8M Bad Loans Suit
- 4 Tips For Banks To Fend Off Mounting Cyberthreats
- Banks Fail To Pin $492M Investment Loss On WestLB
- Citigroup Can't Dodge Mortgage Overcharge Class Action
- FSA Asks Parliament To Expand Anti-Fraud Powers
- CFTC Chief Pushes EU On Transaction-Based Libor Substitute
- 1st Circ. Reopens BofA Force-Placed Insurance Suits
- Regions Settles FCA Suit Over Alleged $2.4M TARP Fraud
- Homeowners Fight For Own Committee In ResCap Ch. 11
- Int'l Regulators Want Rigorous Oversight Of Financial Firms
- 9th Circ. To Mull Concepcion In KeyBank Loan Suit Rehearing
- FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch Over Unfiled Broker Reports
- EU Charge Fees May Need New Law, Antitrust Official Says
- Oregon Hits Back At WaMu Over $29M Tax Claim
- AGs' Dodd-Frank Fight Could Point Way For Further Protests
- CMBS Market Starts Slow Climb Upward
- CFTC Regulator Demands Final Rule On Derivatives Conflicts
- Discover Says It Will Pay $200M To Cardholders Over Fees
- Madoff Trustee Argues Morrison Won't Nix Foreign Suits
- Student Loan Agencies Claim Immunity From Qui Tam FCA Suit
- Standard Chartered Seals $340M NY Deal Over Iran Violations
- MF Global Ch. 11 Trustee Wants $8M From Energy Trader
- Credit Suisse Says Dutch Fund's RMBS Suit Time-Barred
- Banks Blast Retailers' Concerns Over $7.25B Swipe Fee Deal
- World Bank Reinstates $1.2B Funding For Bangladesh Bridge
- House Panel Clears Rep. Waters Over Husband's Bank Ties
- Revising The Risk-Based And Leverage Capital Rules: Part 2
- 3 States Join Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
- HUD Paid $1B For Incorrect Mortgage Claims, Report Says
- CFPB To Revise Restrictions On Credit Card Applications
- Former Fannie CEO Beats Claims In $6.3B Subprime MDL
- Sheldrake Exec Gets 1 Year For $2.2M Battery Park Condo Scam
- Ally Ordered To Turn Over Saab Loan Docs In Bankruptcy Row
- MDL Panel Wary Of Consolidating Fannie, Freddie Tax Suits
- Congress Grills Experts On Capital Gains Tax Reform
- Obama Admin's Welfare Waiver Rule Snubbed By House
- BofA Calls Bid To Join Mortgage Insurance Suits A Power Play
- High-Frequency Trading Needs Speed Limit, Experts Tell Senate
- Peregrine Trustee Gets OK To Return $123M In Customer Funds
- JPMorgan May Have Misled Regulators, FERC Claims
- US Bank Denied Quick Victory In AMR Collateral Row
- Most Parties In Facebook IPO Suits Want Cases Merged In NY
- House Bypasses SEC To Define Muni Bond Advisers
- Basel Committee Says Banks Are Nearing Capital Standards
- Rating Agencies Dodge Claims In $9B Investor Suit
- Politics Delay Senate Vote On 6-Month Stopgap Budget
- Judge Worried MedCap Investor Payouts Could Shaft Creditors
- FDIC Likely To Pounce On GOP Insurer Insolvency Bill
- RBS, Wells Fargo Win Timeliness Appeal In $1B MBS Suits
- Bear Stearns Investor Group Says $275M Deal Not Enough
- WL Ross Gets OK To Buy Lehman's $110M Stake In Navigator
- Bankrupt Arcapita Floats Settlement With 6 Senior Managers
- Deutsche Worker Says She Was Axed Over 'Mommy-Track' Suit
- Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Face Clash Over $73B In MBS
- BofA Wrongly Withdraws Fees From Child Actor Accounts: Suit
- Crowell & Moring Adds Capitol Hill Vet With Dodd-Frank Chops
- FSA Raised Libor Worries About Ex-Barclays CEO In 2010
- Citizens Bank Loan Officers Win Class Cert. In FLSA Action
- Dukes Nixes Class Cert. In Option One Race Bias Case
- NY Judge Tosses Most Claims In Morgan Stanley HAMP Suit
- SEC Fines Chicago Broker $1M For Misleading Energy Offerings
- KPMG Loses 2nd Bid To Nix Advanta Shareholder Class Action
- Peregrine CEO's Son Boldly Blames US Bank For Father's Fraud
- Insurer Sues To Skirt Coverage Over $12M Lost By Ill. Agency
- Morgan Stanley Nixes $5M Broker Award Over FINRA Conflict
- NY Appeals Court Nixes $895M Sao Paulo Road Swaps Suit
- LightSquared Lenders Seek Right To Pursue Harbinger Claims
- JPMorgan Defends Dewey's $71M Clawback Plan
- FDIC, Insurers Reach Deal In $25M Westernbank Claim Fight
- MBIA Seeks Jury For BofA, Countrywide MBS Fraud Claims
- Fannie Mae Taps Ex-Pfizer Litigation Chief For GC Role
- Investors Go For Cert. In $24B Credit Suisse, Cushman Suit
- Judge OKs $40M BofA Deal With Ex-Advisers Amid Objections
- Fannie Didn't Overpay In $512M BofA Mortgage Deal: FHFA
- Gibraltar Agrees To $65M Deal To Skirt Rothstein Claims
- Calif. Judge Tosses Atty's Defamation Suit Over Mining Deal
- OCC Calls Rental Properties As Risky As Commercial Loans
- 9th Circ. Nixes Mortgage Fee Suit Against BofA, Others
- Sallie Mae To Pay $24M To Settle TCPA Suit Over Debt Calls
- Merrill Lynch Can't Shake $10M Award To Ex-Brokers
- Citibank Denies Conspiring Against Dewey Partners
- Peregrine CEO Admits $100M Scam, Stays In Jail
- 5th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Countrywide Loan Fee Suit
- Pryor Cashman Adds Securities Offerings Pro From Pillsbury
- MoFo Guides $250M Refinancing Of Lord & Taylor Flagship
- AIG's $10B BofA Suit Belongs In State Court, 2nd Circ. Told
- Fannie Mae Changes Income Reporting Policies For Some Loans
- Holland & Knight Hires SNR Denton White Collar Veteran
- UK Inks Pact With US To Help Catch Tax Cheats
- Lehman Wants $2B JPMorgan Derivative Claims Trimmed
- Citigroup Tells 2nd Circ. RE Mogul Can't Back Up Fraud Claims
- The CFPB Company Portal — It's Your Company's Radar
- Interpreting JOBS Act Ambiguities
- Citi, SEC Lash Back At Rakoff Over Rejected $285M MBS Deal
- Basel's Rethinking Of Liquidity Rules May Force US Hand
- 6th Circ. Says FDIC Can't Recover $765M In AmFin Dispute
- CORRECTION: Energy Co. Hits Venezuelan Bank With $300M Defamation Suit
- Bain, Others Must Show Harm To Shield Docs In Antitrust Case
- GOP Sen. Urges SEC Action On Money Market Reform
- Rothstein Pal Gets 3 Years For Campaign Fund Fraud
- Lending Duo Leaves Greenberg For Edwards Wildman
- SEC Taps Agency Counsel For Deputy Compliance Post
- Chamber Backs Barclays In MBS Disclosure Row In 2nd Circ.
- WaMu Liquidating Trust Wants $29M Ore. Tax Claim Junked
- Top FDIC Official Wants US To Abandon Basel Banking Accord
- Revising The Risk-Based And Leverage Capital Rules: Part 1
- A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
- Capital One To Pay $10M To Settle Suit Over APR Hikes
- Texas Agencies Grapple With Dodd-Frank Preemption Concerns
- FINRA Nixes $8M In Investor Claims Over Morgan Keegan Bonds
- BofA Settles Claims Of Bias Against Disabled Borrowers
- FTC Reserves Judgment On Credit Report Reform Measures
- Avon Safe From SEC Action Over Financial Analyst Contacts
- JPMorgan Investor Demands Info On $6B Trading Loss
- House Passes Stopgap Bill To Fund Government For 6 Months
- House GOP Bill Aims To Halt Mortgage Seizure Plans
- Peregrine CEO To Await $200M Fraud Sentencing As Free Man
- Groups Back BofA In AIG's $10B RMBS Appeal In 2nd Circ.
- House Panel Moves To Block HHS Welfare Waiver Rule
- JPMorgan Retirees Blast ERISA Ruling In High Court Appeal
- Dodd-Frank Risk Council Failing At Communication, GAO Says
- Capital One Netted $5M In Force-Placed Insurance Scheme: Suit
- Ex-Stanford Exec Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Ponzi Probe
- US Bank Can't Score Early Win In Fight Over Hilton Franchise
- Cordray Denies CFPB Is Ignoring Law On Mortgage Charges
- Dexia Can't Kick JPMorgan RMBS Suit Back To State Court
- Chase Can't Get Rounding Allegations Nixed In OT Suit
- Chubb Unit Beats Bank's Suit Over Embezzlement Coverage
- Ex-Jenkens Atty Admits Role In $100M Tax Shelter Fraud
- BBVA Compass Hit With TCPA Suit Over Mobile App Ad Texts
- Barclays Sells $1.4B Student Housing Stake To Dutch Co.
- Barclays Wants Libor-Tied Loan Lawsuit Dismissed
- Innovative Structures In Islamic Project Finance
- Jones Day Reps FirstMerit In $912M Bank Buy
- Banks Get Claims Cut From $600M Funeral Fraud Case
- Calif. Bank Settles DOJ Mortgage Bias Case For $2M
- Kirkland & Ellis Snags Ex-Goldman Sachs Counsel
- Citigroup Data Security Suit Heads To Arbitration
- Wells Fargo Loan Processor Loses Cert. Bid In OT Suit
- Santander Owes BNY Mellon $308M In Bond Row, Judge Says
- IRS' $104M Whistleblower Award May Curb In-House Reporting
- Unified Eurozone Bank Oversight Will Test ECB Powers
- Row Over Merkin's Madoff Feeder Funds Partly Revived
- MF Global Trustees Deny Layoffs Stepped On WARN Act
- New BuckleySandler Office To Advise On Mortgage Regs
- SEC Readies For Trial With Reserve Management
- Ex-Equipment Finance Exec Gets 20 Years For $53M Fraud
- Willkie Farr Real Estate Expert Heads To Bryan Cave
- Bain, Others Bow To Pressure Over Sealed Docs In LBO Case
- Charities' Fraud Suit Against Ex-Lehman Execs Revived
- Peregrine Trustee Holds Off On Plan To Return $123M In Funds
- Ex-Madoff Controller To Plead Guilty, Prosecutors Say
- Citigroup Ordered To Pay $1.5M For Misleading Investor
- Industry Groups Want CFPB Finance Charge Rule Dropped
- Addressing The Scope Of CAFA In Supreme Court
- Merrill Lynch Must Pay $3.6M To Heiress In Trading Dispute
- Investor Targets MBIA Over $5B Restructuring Transfer
- Morgan Stanley To Buy Remaining Stake In $13.5B-Valued MSSB
- 9th Circ. Cans WaMu Workers' Pay Claims Against FDIC
- Anschutz May Doom SIV Claims Against Morgan Stanley, Others
- Court Says Valerus Waived Jury Trial In $165M Credit Row
- House Mulls Quick-Fix Spending Bill To Buy 6 More Months
- Ally Rips Saab Creditors' Discovery Bid As 'Harassment'
- East Asian Bond Markets Near $6T, But Hurdles Loom: Report
- FSA Fines BlackRock £9.5M For Mixing Client Funds
- House Dem Wants Freddie, Fannie To Offer 50-Year Refinancing
- 7th Circ. Tosses Merrill Lynch Bias Suit Over Bonus Plan
- Shareholder Opts Out Of BofA-Merrill MDL, Sues For $10M
- Katten Adds Ex-Sidley Structured Finance Pro
- Fannie, Freddie Buyback Policy To Ease Friction With Banks
- Peregrine CEO Admits To $200M Fraud, Inks Plea Agreement
- First Horizon Derivative Suit Time-Barred, 6th Circ. Says
- House Passes Bill Allowing FHA To Raise Premiums
- $1.6B Nev. Project Developers Sue Lender Over Land Ownership
- Judge Threatens To Bump ResCap RMBS Hearing To 2013
- Jailed UBS Tax Whistleblower Gets $104M IRS Award
- Opposition To $7B Visa, MasterCard Swipe Fee Deal Grows
- 2 Reserve Witnesses Barred From Stand In SEC Suit
- KPMG Can't Get Fraud Suit Over Rangers Audit Tossed
- Ill. Lawmaker Encourages Vote On FHA Finances Bill
- Banks Move NJ Mortgage Fee Whistleblower Suit To Fed. Court
- BNY Mellon Investor Suit Over Lehman Losses Trimmed
- Calif. Official Asks DOJ To Probe Mortgage Seizure Collusion
- Carr Miller Receiver Hits Firm's Ex-GC With $31M Suit
- Health Contractor Strikes $30M Deal In Wells Fargo Loan Suit
- Senate Dems Eye GOP Support For Smaller Mortgage Refi Bill
- Former IndyMac CEO Dodges SEC's Risk-Weighting Claims
- Wells Fargo Seeks To Exit Home Equity Suit
- HSBC Hits Troutman Sanders With $75M Malpractice Suit
- Securities Group Calls For Gov't Role In Setting Benchmarks
- Banking Group Calls For Volcker Rule Rewrite In Congress
- CFTC Pushes For Delay In Returning $123M In Peregrine Funds
- How FINRA Rule 2111 Affects Fee-Based Accounts
- iStar To Pay $29M To Settle Shareholder Class Action
- Cooperator In Rajaratnam Prosecution Seeks Probation
- Prudential Targets Goldman, Others Over $796M In MBS
- DZ Bank Hits Goldman Sachs With $189M RMBS Fraud Suit
- FHFA Can't Block Calif. Mortgage Seizure Plan, Co. Says
- 'Soft Dollar' Claims — Not Protected By SIPA
- Bank Says Developer Breached $22.5M Loan Agreement
- Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In Cell Tower Leasing Co.
- Ex-Loan Officers Hit Regions Bank With OT Pay Suit
- Mayer Brown Lures Financing Partner From Haynes And Boone
- EToys IPO Suit Against Goldman Heads To NY High Court
- ATM Antitrust Case May Have Opened Loophole It Can't Close
- ICP, Founder To Pay $24M In MBS Fraud Settlement
- Amending Rule 506 — Opportunities For Private Funds
- FSA Considers Customer Fund Changes In Wake Of MF Global
- Credit Union Watchdog Says UBS Falsely Sold $1.1B In RMBS
- To W-2 Or 1099, That Is The Question
- GSC Lender's Defamation Claims Nixed In Asset Sale Row
- GAO Welfare Ruling Adds Congress To Agency Rulemaking Mix
- Bankers' New Advocacy Group Shows Shift In Lobbying Tactics
- Saab Creditors Demand Info On Ally's $61M Claim
- Insurer Must Cover Bank In Ethanol Plant Debacle: 7th Circ.
- Wells Fargo Asks Court To Pare $13M Nev. Real Estate Suit
- FERC Wants $1.5M Market Fraud Fine For Deutsche Bank
- CIT Must Face Tyco's $190M Tax Claim, 2nd Circ. Says
- Morgan Keegan Wants Sports Agent's Bond Award Reversed
- Chinese, French Banks Launch $190M PE Fund
- 2nd Circ. Revives Goldman Sachs Mortgage Class Action
- BayernLB Hits Goldman Sachs With $512M RMBS Suit
- Manatt Adds Ex-Dewey Banking, M&A Partner In NY
- BofA Scoffs At Suit Over IRS Mortgage Interest Reporting
- CFPB Unveils Exam Procedures For Credit Reporting Cos.
- Age Of The Whistleblower: Incentives And Protections
- How The CFPB Is Crushing Small Lenders
- Creditors Want ResCap Held To Ch. 11 Talks
- 6th Circ. Revives Fifth Third ERISA Class Action
- Romney Offers Up Plan To Reform Housing Market
- 3rd Circ. Says Amended Foreclosure Suit Is Time-Barred
- MF Global Trustee's Claims Assignment Deal Wins Judge's Nod
- RBS Dodges Investors' Suit Over Subprime MBS
- Feds Fight Ex-Deutsche Broker's New Trial Bid In Tax Case
- German Bank Sues Goldman, Citi Over $210M In Bad MBS Bets
- Sealink Claims UBS Misrepresented $160M In Soured RMBS
- KeyBank To Get $201.9M In Project Loan Default Suit
- Embattled NJ Lawmaker Faces New Loan Default Suit
- UK Takes Aim At Bonuses For Financial Product Sales
- ING Stands To Reap $3B From Capital One Stake Sale
- JPMorgan Gets Partial Win In $13M Meritage Contract Suit
- Banks Ask Fed To Ease Stress Test Data Collection
- WaMu Units Will Pay $26M To End MBS Class Action
- Case Study: PNC Bank V. LA Development
- Debtors Win Class Cert. In Leucadia Collections Suit
- Consumer Groups Blast Dodd-Frank Down Payment Proposals
- WilmerHale Lands FINRA Ace For Securities Team
- TD Bank Tagged With FLSA Class Action Over Pre-Shift Work
- CFTC's Cross-Border Derivatives Rules Rankle Foreign Peers
- Santander Takes 90% Stake In $256M Aussie Wind Project
- Beware: Marrying Lender And Developer Marketing Efforts
- State Street Takes GM Workers' ERISA Suit To High Court
- Citigroup, Execs Targeted In $9B Euro Note Class Action
- Murphy & McGonigle Folds In Securities Boutique Krebsbach
- BofA Wins Class Cert. Fight In Suit Over Fannie Program
- CFPB Extends Comment Period For Finance Charge Proposal
- A CFPB Report Card For Education Finance: Part 3