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Banking - February, 2012
337 articles
- Judge Won't Block $21B Kinder Morgan-El Paso Deal
- Boston Properties To Drop $615M On BofA Tower
- UK Court Expands Access To Lehman Client Cash Pool
- EU Bank Pledges $308M Ukrainian Gas Transit Repair Loan
- Wells Fargo Wants Nadel Receiver Booted From SEC Suit
- Ex-AIG, Gen Re Execs Set For Jan. Retrial Over $500M Scheme
- Swiss Bank UBP Acquires $3B Nexar Hedge Fund
- Calif. Legislators Unveil Homeowner Protection Bills
- Judge Quashes Calls For AMR To Boost Air Fleet Protection
- Fannie Says It Made The Call To Stop Buying BofA Loans
- Japan Probes Investment Firms Over Missing $2B
- Bernanke Says Volcker Rule Won't Be Ready In July
- Feds Said To Be Probing 2 Goldman Directors In Gupta Case
- JPMorgan Asks Judge To Reconsider Freedom Loan Division
- Moody's Can't Shake SOX Claim Over CDO Rating Methods
- JPMorgan Says SEC Weighing Suit Over MBS Dealings
- Treasury Floats Rule To Better Identify Bank Account Owners
- Lehman Settles With Bermuda Affiliates For $1B
- TD Bank Allays Investors' Rothstein Ponzi Claims For $170M
- Freedom Paper Carriers Ride Off With $30M Settlement
- NY Fed Picks Up Downtown Manhattan High-Rise For $208M
- Insurance Broker Resolves $4M ERISA Feud With Comerica
- $45M Appraisal Suit Against CBRE Downsized
- SEC, CFTC Float Identity Theft Rules For Financial Cos.
- Ski Town Developer Tries To Ice Part Of $195M Guarantee
- Essential Patents Aren't Weapons In Smartphone War: EU
- Wells Fargo Reveals Litigation Risks Of $25B Mortgage Deal
- 2nd Circ. Nixes Ex-Credit Agricole Worker's 2nd Trial
- SEC Has Eye On Wells Fargo Over MBS Disclosures
- Dippin' Dots Fights CEO Ouster Amid Ch. 11 Woes
- NY Lawyer Jailed In $82M Hamptons Mortgage Fraud
- US Will Finalize $25B Mortgage Deal Soon, HUD Chief Says
- Mass. Fines State Street $5M Over CDO Omissions
- FHFA Chief Backs Fannie, Freddie On Principal Reductions
- Regulatory Recap: Capital Formation And Reporting
- Outlining CFPB 'Larger Participant' Authority
- Hotel Cos. Give Up Atlanta Days Inn Over $35M Default
- Developer Has No Standing In $100M Investment Suit: UBS
- CME Hit With Subpoenas In MF Global Probes
- Lehman Europe Says Trustee Shortchanged It By $7B
- HSBC Could Face Criminal Charges For Iran Transactions
- Judge Sinks BankAtlantic Asset Sale To BB&T
- Foreclosures Can Survive Flawed Notice: NJ High Court
- MGA's $429M Fraud Suit Against Deutsche Bank, Others Paused
- Mid-Size Banks Opt For Comfort Of State Charters
- Calif. Fund Seeks $100M From Wachovia Over RMBS Deal
- Investors Ask 2nd Circ. For Class Cert. In $7B MBS Cases
- US Balks At Turning Over SEC Notes To Gupta Defense
- With Insider Trading On Upswing, FBI Turns To Gordon Gekko
- 2nd Circ. Sends $8.5B Countrywide Deal To NY Court
- Fed Reveals Banks' Plans To Fix Foreclosure Practices
- Talmer Secures $174M In Capital For Growth Campaign
- Calif. AG Urges Delay of Fannie, Freddie Foreclosures
- CFTC's Position Limits Will Cripple Markets, Groups Say
- Bracewell Aids Prosperity In $529M West Texas Bank Buy
- Fulbright Grows Minn. Practice With DLA, Briggs Attys
- US Defends Evidence In Stanford Ponzi Scheme Trial
- Bank Fraudster's Narcissism Doesn't Invalidate Trial: 2nd Circ.
- GE, JPMorgan Invest $225M In Texas Wind Farm
- EU Launches More Syrian Sanctions After Journalist Deaths
- Limiting The Scope Of EEA: US V. Aleynikov
- State Street Braces For More Forex Overcharge Suits
- BofA Discriminates Against Disabled Homebuyers: HUD
- Countrywide Inflated Home Values: Whistleblower Suit
- Whitney Bank Settles Overdraft Class Action For $7M
- Flagstar To Pay Up To $133M For Approving Bad Loans
- Investor Sues Over Elektra's $780M Bid For Payday Lender
- AIG Buys Back $2B Of Maiden Lane Mortgage Assets
- Stanford Attys Lose Mistrial Bid In $7B Ponzi Case
- French Court Axes €385M In Antitrust Fines On Banks
- Chase Didn't Stop Freed & Weiss Partner's Takeover Plot: Suit
- BofA Halts Some Mortgage Loan Sales To Fannie Mae
- AmEx Says FDIC Plans Action Over Charge Card Late Fees
- Financial Domain Names Could Boost Web Fraud: EU Watchdog
- Citigroup Confirms DOJ Subpoena Seeking MBS Info
- 7th Circ. Revives Merrill Brokers' Cert. Bid In Bias Suit
- Trafalgar Brings Loan Trustee Breach Suit To 2nd Circ.
- HSH Nordbank Targets Barclays Over $123M In RMBS
- JPMorgan Hiding Behind Ala. County's Ch. 9: Bond Insurer
- Citigroup Sells Stake In Indian Mortgage Co. For $2B
- Buyout Trio Sells Another Brenntag Stake For $774M
- Argentina Ordered To Pay Down $1.6B In Old Bonds
- World Bank Blacklists Alstom Units Over Potential Bribes
- Rothstein Victims Balk At $70M Gibraltar Bank Settlement
- Broadcaster's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Go-Ahead Despite Objection
- HSBC Strikes $23M Deal To End Claims Over Card Insurance
- Wells Fargo Sues Babcock & Brown Over $198M Loan Default
- Ex-IndyMac CEO Gets Chance To Appeal $600M FDIC Case
- US Bank Goes After Vitro Units To Recoup $311M In Debt
- Class Certified In Wells Fargo Insurance Kickback Suit
- Colombia Public Transport Gets $105M From IDB
- Investors' Bid To Oust Madoff Trustee Fails On Appeal
- ABA Wants Safeguards On Bank Info Given To CFPB
- CFTC Piles More Swaps Rules Atop Dodd-Frank Heap
- Solow Ordered To Pay Citibank $100M Over Project Loan
- Duran V. US Bank: Aftershocks Of Wal-Mart V. Dukes
- Advisers' Pay Suit Against Morgan Stanley, Citi Nixed
- The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
- SEC Mulls Fees As Buffer To High-Frequency Trading
- FLSA Collective Action Rights Can Be Waived: Citigroup
- Swiss Banks Under Pressure To Help Collect Foreign Taxes
- Citi, Levant Bag $100M Stake In Saudi Supermarket Chain
- Bill Would Spur Lenders To Speed Up Short Sales
- Watchdog Chides FHFA Over $100M Fannie Legal Fees
- UBS Can't Blame Highland Affiliates For $686M In Losses: Atty
- Stanford Receiver Targets 2 Law Firms Over $1.8B
- Former WaMu Execs Balk At Plan For D&O Claims
- 6th Circ. Revives GM Workers' ERISA Suit Against State Street
- Sealink Hits BofA, Citi, Others With $949M RMBS Claims
- Gupta Tries To Get Insider Trading Charge Wiped Out
- German Bank Takes RBS To Court Over $71M In RMBS
- CFPB Launches Checking Account Overdraft Fee Probe
- The Aftermath Of Assured Guaranty V. JP Morgan
- Fund Objects To $70M Bank Settlement In Rothstein Case
- Wells Fargo To Buy BNP Paribas Energy Loan Unit
- Picard's $59B Racketeering Claims Against UniCredit Axed
- General Maritime's Ch. 11 Plan Omits Crucial Info: BNY Mellon
- Morgan Keegan To Pay Sports Agent In Bond Investment Case
- FHFA Lays Out Plan To Cut Down Fannie, Freddie
- Stanford Investors Protest Proskauer's Bid To Pause Suit
- Receiver Appointed In NY Office Building Foreclosure Suit
- JPMorgan Says Syncora Can't Bring $404M MBS Claims
- Adviser Took AllianceBernstein Secrets To JPMorgan: Suit
- The Irredeemable Relevance Of SEC Enforcement Action
- Zell's Equity Raises Archstone Bid To $1.5B
- Ramping Up For 'Ring-Fencing'
- House Bill Would Cap Credit Card Interest Rates At 16%
- Ex-Client Seeking $1B Wants Personhood For MF Global
- 4 Found Guilty In Ex-Cowboy's $20.5M Mortgage Fraud
- Trustees In Rothstein Case Ink $70M Bank Settlement
- Lehman Creditors Seek Geithner Testimony In JPMorgan Suit
- Brazil's Banco Itau Gets $100M From IDB For Green Energy
- Swift Prepared To Cut Off Iranian Wire Transfers
- Merrill To Pay $59M To Lay Funeral Trust Action To Rest
- Citibank Improperly Taxed Airline Miles Perk: Suit
- WaMu Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Deal With Dissenters
- EU Approves $8.8B Danish Bank Guarantee Plan
- Wachovia Owes Ex-Workers $1M In Raiding Fight: 4th Circ.
- Ex-Goldman Coder's Acquittal Threatens Wall Street's IP
- Merrill's ARS Disclosures To La. Pacific Were Adequate: Judge
- Review: Recent Securities Litigation, Rising Trends
- Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
- Madoff Trustee Presses 2nd Circ. To Reopen $30B In Claims
- NY Appeals Court Wipes Out Ski Resort Contract Battle
- No Missing MF Global Funds In JPMorgan Account: Trustee
- House Panel OKs Bill Striking Swaps 'Pushout' Rule
- WaMu Strikes Deal To Secure Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
- Resort Founder Sues Cushman, Credit Suisse For $2B
- Lehman Creditors Aren't Entitled To $26M In Fees: Trustee
- BofA Wants To Shield CEO From Depositions In MBIA Suit
- Bernanke Says Examiners Need 'Balance' In Bank Reviews
- Chinese Property — Bubble Trouble?
- UBS Advisers Took Trade Secrets To Wells Fargo: Suit
- 2012 Regulatory Watch List: Commodity ETF Industry
- CFPB To Oversee Credit Reporting, Debt Collection Cos.
- Ex-Merrill Broker Fined For Role In Greenlight Sell-Off Case
- San Francisco Foreclosure Probe Shows Sweeping Law Violations
- Beaten Fan, Others Object To Dodgers' Ch. 11 Statement
- D&O Suits Over Bank Failures By FDIC Surge In 2011
- Credit Suisse Trading Platform Infringes Betting Patents: Suit
- Fontainebleau Counterclaims Stay Put In Lehman Case
- 9th Circ. Throws Out Calif. BofA Foreclosure Action
- Volcker Rule Draws Fire From Range Of Nonbank Cos.
- Insurer Sues JPMorgan Over $52M In MBS Losses
- Credit Suisse PE Unit Closes $2.9B Secondary Fund
- Ex-Citi Exec Can't Shake SEC Suit Over Doomed CDO
- Peak Lender Challenges Ch. 11 Plan Acceptance Votes
- Firms Facing Another Year Of 'Sluggish' Growth: Study
- Deutsche Bank Understated Risk Of $512M In RMBS: Suit
- Agencies Must Toughen Up Banker Pay Rules, Senate Panel Hears
- Implications Of Magner On The Loose
- Bank Of Hawaii Smoothes Out Overdraft Fee Fight For $9M
- BofA Refinancing Notices Lack Credit Score Info: Suit
- 2nd Circ. Reinforces NY Shield Law In Goldman Sachs Case
- Underwriters Want Motricity Investors' IPO Suit Tossed
- The EU Proposal For Financial Transactions Tax
- Citi Closes Door On DOJ's Reckless-Mortgage Suit For $158M
- CFPB Head Rebuffs House Attacks On $448M Budget
- Feds Extend Foreclosure Review Deadline By 90 Days
- JPMorgan, Others Duck MassMutual Claims In $650M MBS Suit
- BNY Mellon Can't Shake Forex Pricing Fraud Suit
- MF Global Trustee To Share Docs With Feds
- Evidence Over Wells Fargo Execs' Probe Delay Stands
- Fed OKs $9B Capital One-ING Deal Despite Consumer Unease
- CIT Renews Push To Stay $190M Tyco Tax Claim Amid Appeal
- Senate Banking Chair Seeks Audit Of Small Bank Exams
- HUD Withdraws Farm Credit Mortgage Insurance Plan
- UBS Pays $1.4M To End OT Dispute With Technicians
- Chapman Woos 6 Orrick Finance Attys For New DC Office
- Top NY Judge Eyes City Foreclosure Section, Paperless Courts
- Morgan Stanley Advisers Seek Class Cert. In Pay Suit
- Buchanan Nabs Thorp Reed Duo For Financial Services Group
- Sallie Mae Can't Shake Late-Fee Class Action
- BofA Mortgage Litigation Pro Decamps For Reed Smith
- Bradley Arant Snags 4 Attys For Ala.
- Fewer Corporate Prosecutions: A More Effective Approach?
- European Parliament Approves New Bank Transfer Regime
- Case Study: In Re Brooke Corp.
- Scope Of Biz Method Patent Review Left Murky By USPTO Rules
- Obama Budget Seeks To Arm Regulators For Fight Against Fraud
- Ex-Bear Stearns Managers To Settle SEC Suit For $1M
- BNY Mellon Denied 2nd Bid To Toss Va. Fraud Claims
- Fed Again Delays Ruling On $9B Capital One, ING Tie-Up
- Defunct Bank's Officers Kick Investor Suit Over Bad Loans
- Lehman Is Trying To Duck Parts Of Asset Deal: Barclays
- Belgium, France Lift Short Selling Bans
- Morgan Lewis Picks Up Dodd-Frank Pro, ERISA Partners
- Volcker Launches Broad Defense Of Eponymous Rule
- Consumer Task Force Launches Campaign Against Lending Fraud
- 4 Tips For Avoiding The Eye Of The CFPB
- Has LaSalle Delayed Economic Recovery?
- CFTC Wins Judgment Against Chicago Trader Over $2M Fraud
- Citibank Workers Win Class Status In OT Suit
- Mass. Regulator Seeks BofA Docs In $150M Loan Probe
- Jackson Lewis Gets New Partners In Boston, NYC
- Swiss Bank Wegelin Now A Fugitive In $1B Tax Scheme Case
- MF Global Customer Cash Gap Rises To $1.6B
- Marcum Can't Pull Expert Services From Stanford Case: 5th Circ.
- EU Development Bank Boosts Ukraine Energy Buy-In By $50M
- Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
- Madoff Trustee Seeks $105M In Latest Clawbacks
- AHMS, Deutsche Bank Forged Bankruptcy Docs: Suit
- Banks' $25B Reprieve Over Housing Crisis May Be Fleeting
- Judge Riled By Conflicts In $21B El Paso-Kinder Morgan Deal
- 3 More Charged Over Ohio Credit Union Collapse
- Lehman Sues Citi To Reclaim $2.5B In Transferred Funds
- BofA Didn't Dupe Investors On MBS Losses: Judge
- Goldman Slams Allstate's Suit Over $123M In RMBS Losses
- Judge Pumps Atty Over Discovery In MBIA, Countrywide Case
- Morgan Stanley Settles Investor Suit Over ARS
- EU Adopts Rules To Rein In Opaque Derivatives Market
- BofA Mortgage Unit Inks $36M FTC Deal For Overcharges
- UBS Sells 50 Fla. Acres For Potential Disney-Area Hotel
- A New Model For Treating Cleared Swaps Collateral
- MF Global Trustee Denies Funds Went To Pay D&O Insurance
- Mine Equipment Seller Asks Ex-Im Bank For $1.7B Loan
- Fed OKs Hana's $3.5B Takeover Of Korea Exchange Bank
- Big Banks, Holdout States Ink $25B Deal Over Mortgages
- Relativity, Fortress Sued Over Lost $44M Film Investment
- Antitrust Claims Against Citigroup, Discover Stay Alive
- Banks Put Up $25B In Blockbuster Deal To Stem Housing Slide
- Citi Takes Last Off-Ramp Before Eolas Patent Trial
- FDIC's Suit Against Morgan Stanley Sent Back To State Court
- 9th Circ. Questions Nevada Mortgage Suit Against BofA
- Wells Fargo Puts Insurer's MBS Fraud Suit To Rest
- Fed Pushes Back Vote On $9B Capital One, ING Deal
- US Eases Foreign Tax Evasion Rules Amid Privacy Worries
- Citigroup Analyst Accuses Co. Of Shirking OT Pay
- US Banks Push For Overseas Exemption To Derivatives Rules
- MBIA Admits Errors In 2009 Restructuring Filing
- Bank of America Faces New Loan Officer Wage Suit
- House Panel Weighs Means To Check CFPB's Accountability
- Credit Suisse Can't Shake $1B ARS Fraud Claims
- Stonegate Loan Officers Win Class Status In Wage Suit
- JPMorgan, Performers' Union Fund Settle ERISA Action
- Can Secured Creditors Credit Bid In Ch. 11 Plans?
- Preserving NY Property Law And Dividing A District
- Deutsche Bank Dodges 2 Suits Alleging $1.3B MBS Fraud
- MF Global Customers Rip Coverage Deal With Insurance Unit
- RI Joins $25B Mortgage Relief Deal While Others Remain Unsure
- 9th Circ. Questions Dismissal Of BofA False Ad Claims
- Goldman, Morgan Stanley Set Clawback Policy Standard
- AmFin Creditors Request Atty Fees Despite 'Vitriol' Of FDIC
- Troubleshooting Credit Card Data Policies
- Skating Rink Co. Sues Goldman, Others Over Construction
- Loan Maven's Bail Yanked Before Sentencing For $100M Fraud
- Goldman Scoops Up Old Mutual Asset Management Firm
- $129M FDIC Suit Over WaMu Losses Narrowed Again
- UBS Gets Immunity In Swiss Regulator's Rate-Fixing Probe
- MF Global Trustee Says 'Majority' Of $105B Transfers Traced
- US Bank Workers' $15M Win In OT Pay Case Overturned
- UBS Can't Claw Back $1M From Ex-Broker's Loan Bonus
- Investor Class Certified In BofA-Merrill Merger Suit
- FGIC Targets Ally Over Additions To $991M MBS Trust
- FDIC's $129M Claims Over WaMu Losses Cut Again
- Fraudster Gets Up To 16 More Years For Prison Hit Plot
- Skadden Lures 2 Securities Pros From Shearman & Sterling
- BNY Mellon Fights For Right To Ala. County Sewer Money
- JPMorgan Reaches $110M Deal In Overdraft Fee MDL
- No Wonder: Denying A D&O Claim As Excluded Loss
- Obama Nominates GOP-Backed JPMorgan Exec To FDIC Board
- RBS Units Misrepresented Safety Of $90M In MBS: Suit
- SEC Wins $328M Ponzi Judgment Against Credit Bancorp
- Ex-Orion Bank CEO Cops To Lending Conspiracy
- BofA Escapes Consumer Suit Over Unauthorized Fees
- IBM Credit Union Members Settle Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
- BofA Escapes Allstate Suit Over Countrywide Liability
- Judge Kills Most Of $70M HSBC Due Diligence Suit
- Trends In M&A, Spin-Offs, Hostile Deals And PE
- State Street's Subprime Bets Cost Prudential $77M: Judge
- Vegas Housing Fraudsters Shouldn't Get New Trial: US
- Amara Ruling Should Kill Pension Plan's Kickback Suit: ING
- UBS On Hot Seat As Rogue Trading Probes Begin
- WaMu Ch. 11 Plan Lets Nondebtors Off Easy: Ore. Agency
- Goldman Investors Win Class Cert. In Action Over Risky MBS
- NY Sues Wells Fargo, Others Over Use Of Mortgage Database
- Expanding The Protections Of The 4th Amendment
- Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
- Swiss Watchdog Probes 12 Banks Over Libor-Fixing
- Moore Helps BB&T Buy Crump Insurance Units For $570M
- UBS Underestimated Mortgage Securities Risk: Insurer Suit
- Swiss Bank Aided US Tax Cheats In $1.2B Scheme: Feds
- Forex Firm Principal Gets 17 Years For $17M Fraud
- JPMorgan, Others Sued Over $500M In MBS Sales
- Landlord Can't Sue For Rent On Former Bank: 9th Circ.
- Deadline On $25B Mortgage Deal With Banks Postponed
- Pilot Group Rips $3B Ex-Im Loan To Air India
- Quick Ruling Nixed In Swaps Suit Tied To $895M Brazil Road
- Starwood-Led Group Snaps Up Miami's Gansevoort Hotel
- Angioblast Loses Contract Counterclaims Against UBS
- Mortgage Officers Sue Compass Bank For Overtime Pay
- Wells Fargo Bankers Lose Class Cert. Bid In FLSA Suit
- Orrick Lures London Capital Markets Pro From Mayer Brown
- MasterCard Sets Aside $495M For Fee Settlement
- MF Global Ignored Risk Officer's Warnings On Euro Debt
- Dec. 20, 2011 — 3 Big Decisions
- Nara Board Protected From $53M Shareholder Suit
- The Impact Of CFPB Rule On Remittance Transfers
- Peregrine Got $48M Ponzi Loot, Crown Forex Receiver Says
- Stanford Receiver Targets Proskauer, Chadbourne In $2B Suit
- FINRA Panel Tells Merrill Lynch To Pay Investor $1.4M
- Wells Fargo, Greenberg Face Suit Over Investor Scheme
- FINRA Targets Charles Schwab Over Class Action Waivers
- DC Development Bank Funds $300M Argentine Road Project
- JPMorgan To Return $700M To Lehman In Settlement
- MF Global Customers Lose Initial Bid For Priority Status
- Lehman Asks 2nd Circ. To Block Intervention In Dante Case
- Bank Regulators Say New Ombudsman Would Harm Exams
- BofA To Shed Office Space In NY, NC
- Oregon Joins $25B Mortgage Settlement With Lenders
- FHFA Inspector Probes Freddie Mac 'Floater' Investments
- Judge Greenlights WaMu Deal With Warrant Holders
- Payments To Marco Polo Attys Could Sink Ch. 11: Judge
- Seward & Kissel Nabs Pair Of Prominent Ex-Prosecutors
- No Quick Ruling In CFTC's Price Suit Against Gas Trader
- EU Iran Sanctions — Following The US Lead
- Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Cop To Overvaluing Bonds