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Banking - September, 2013

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• Wells Fargo, Freddie Mac Strike $869M Deal Over Loan Claims
• Bristol-Myers, Citigroup Hit In $27M NJ Superfund Suit
• GMAC Force-Placed Insurance Class Action Gets Judge's OK
• 5 High-Interest Online Lenders Fined In NY AG Probe
• Homeowners Defend $300M JPMorgan Force-Placed Deal
• San Francisco Set To Pay $1M To Settle BofA Flooding Suit
• NJ Foreclosure System Violates Civil Rights, Suit Says
• Winston & Strawn Scores Pair Of CMBS Pros In NY
• CFTC Charges Calif. Commodity Pools With Skimming Funds
• US Bank Dodges Only Some Claims In Student Loan Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lloyds, Glencore, Twitter
• The Flaws In Ga.'s Insured V. Insured Exclusion Ruling
• Target, Others Say Swipe Fee Deal Doesn't Bar Antitrust Suit
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 4
• US Century Says Investors' Derivative Claims Fall Short
• LinkedIn Search Nearly Upends BofA Mortgage Fraud Trial
• Gardere Sues To Duck BNY Mellon Legal Costs In CDO Row
• JPMorgan, Citi Can't Ditch FDIC Suit Over Colonial MBS Sales
• SEC Prosecutor Of 'Fabulous Fab' Case To Step Down
• MetroCorp Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $273M Merger
• US Can't Seek Appeal In $55.5B Starr Suit Over AIG Bailout
• Rate Rule Frees Wells Fargo, QBE From Force-Placed Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Goldman Sachs, ANZ Bank, Power Assets
• FHA Leans On Treasury For 1st Time For $1.7B Fund Boost
• MoFo Adds CFTC Veteran To Energy, Financial Practices
• Corsair-Led PE Group Inks $968M Deal For RBS Bank Portfolio
• Bias Suit Against First Republic Shipped To Arbitrator
• Municipal Underwriters On SEC's Fraud Radar
• ADB Injects $500M Into India Green Energy Project
• Mortgage Lender Pays $3M To Settle Loan Discrimination Suit
• Rainmaker Q&A: Paul Hastings' Martin Edelman
• Visa, MasterCard Win Tentative Ruling In $13B Patent Row
• Bid For Borrowers Committee Denied In New Century Ch. 11
• Ascensus To Take Over Sallie Mae's College Savings Biz
• Mid Europa Acquires Stake In Polish Ski-Lift Operator
• Goldman Faces New Claims Of Aluminum Price Manipulation
• Treasury Says Turkish Trading Co. Violated Iran Sanctions
• CFPB Can Probe Indian Tribal Payday Lenders, Cordray Says
• Calif. Classes Fight Chase's $300M Fla. Force-Placed Deal
• Golenbock Eiseman Adds Finance Pro To Corporate Practice
• Pa. Supreme Court Overturns Foreclosure Notice Ruling
• Investors Push JPML For Centralization In CDS Antitrust Row
• FTC Wins Injunction On $6M Loan Referral Scheme
• JPMorgan Tells 2nd Circ. To Nix Silver Market MDL
• How M&A Bankers Can Avert Gov't Antitrust Complaints
• DOJ Meets With JPMorgan Amid Rumors Of Giant Settlement
• EEOC Hits Wells Fargo With Same-Sex Sexual Harassment Suit
• NY Court Revives Title Coverage Claim Over Bogus Mortgage
• Class Cert. Granted In Comerica Suit Over Sigma Losses
• Fannie, Freddie Dodge Real Estate Transfer Tax Suit
• Credit Suisse Reaches $11M Deal In RMBS Class Action
• Pacific Countries Look To Boost Financial Products Trade
• SEC Head White Warns Of Tougher Enforcement
• Bondholder Suit Against Argentina Central Bank Gets OK
• Citigroup To Pay Freddie $395M Over Mortgage Buyback Row
• Credit Suisse Unit Can't Dodge $497M MBS Suit
• Insurer's MBS Fraud Claims Against BofA Pared
• An Increasingly Hospitable Environment For Hotel Deals
• BofA Refused To Accommodate Deaf Worker, EEOC Says
• Fainsbert Mase Attys Conducted $20M Loan Fraud, Suit Says
• Housing Watchdog Adds Cities To BofA Discrimination Row
• Landowners Lose Cert. Bid In Credit Suisse, Cushman Suit
• Lindquist Snags Former Wells Fargo Atty, Bankruptcy Pro
• Agencies Say Banks Can Report Financial Abuse Of Elders
• Abu Dhabi Fund Says $7.5B Citi Row Belongs In Arbitration
• Britain Takes Aim At EU Banker Bonus Limits
• CFTC Ends 5-Year Silver Manipulation Probe Without Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive RBS Investors' Subprime Class Action
• Zions Beats Cert. Bid In Pa. Telemarketer Fraud Suit
• Ex-Mercantile Execs Settle SEC Claims Surrounding $5M Loss
• DOJ Probe Over RMBS Snared 16 Financial Cos., Clayton Says
• Hilton Objects Again To Embassy Suites Ch. 11 Plan
• Banks Move $112B Closer To Meeting New Capital Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Alibaba, Lloyds
• AmEx, Certares In Talks To Form Biz Travel JV In $1B Deal
• Broker ICAP Reaches $87M Settlement In Libor Probe
• Alioto Fires Back In Lender's Suit Over LCD Case Fees
• New York Life Buys Dexia Asset Management Arm For $512M
• Ex-Stockbroker Pleads Guilty To Qualcomm Insider Trading
• Feds Say Countrywide Hawked Bad Loans To Fannie, Freddie
• NCUA Sues Barclays, 12 Others Over Libor Manipulation
• Credit Union Agency Targets Big Banks In $2.4B MBS Suit
• UK Cos. Say Breach Reporting Plan Won't Curb Cyberthreats
• Fed Wants New Capital Rules In Big Bank Stress Tests
• Iran Terror Victims Call On DC Circ. To Release Bank Funds
• Cantor Fitzgerald Off The Hook In BGC Derivative Suit
• Sallie Mae Escapes Suit Over High-Interest Student Loans
• Mercantile Bancorp, Investors Agree On $23M Ch. 11 Sale
• Cerberus Pays $421M For Lloyds RE Loan Portfolio
• Belgium's KBC Sells German Banking Unit To PE Group
• Greenberg Traurig Lands CPFB, Treasury Pro In DC
• CFPB Better At Rulemaking Than Guidance, Group Says
• NY AG Sees 'Insider Trading 2.0' As Growing Fraud Threat
• DOJ Bank Fraud Theory Prevails Again In Wells Fargo Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TPG Capital, KKR
• Taxpayers Running Out Of Time To Disclose Foreign Accounts
• Rainmaker Q&A: Labaton Sucharow's Dominic Auld
• US Bank Under Fire Again Over Petters' Ponzi Scheme
• BofA Ordered To Pay $2.2M To Black Job Applicants
• Fall Trial Preview: 3 Securities Cases To Watch
• Capmark's Confirmed Ch. 11 Plan Bars Fillmore's $50M Suit
• TD Bank Pays Regulators $58M Over Role In Rothstein Scheme
• JPMorgan Exempt From Amaranth Futures Suit, 2nd Circ. Rules
• A Snapshot Of The Anti-Bribery Enforcement Landscape
• Chase, Citi, Others Dodge Illegal Debt Collection Suit
• Cynergy Shakes Some Claims In Creditor Contract Suit
• Hedge Fund Manager Gets 54 Months In $311M Fraud Scheme
• Cengage Tries To Keep $274M Fund Out Of JPMorgan's Hands
• ING Can't Slip False Ad Suit Over Mortgage Rate Renewals
• Judge Rebukes Sidley Austin, BB&T Over Tax Scheme
• Ex-MF Global Workers Take On Judge's WARN Ruling
• McGuireWoods Lures Atty From UK Finance Watchdog
• Wells Fargo Urges DC Circ. To Halt 'Brazen' FCA Suit
• The Challenges And Potential Of Mobile Payment Tech.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lloyds, PayPal, Dexus
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Schemer's $10M Morgan Stanley Case
• EU Court's Iran Sanctions Rulings To Have Limited Reach
• Anglo Irish Bank Gets Short-Term Protection From US Suits
• Stuck With SIFI Label, Prudential Faces Gloomy Outlook
• Bill Aimed At Making Bank Switches Easier
• Detroit Pension Fund Loses $40M Claim Over CDOs
• Fed Gov. Says Funding Rules Must Go Beyond Banks
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, Univision, Versace
• Reputed Mafia Associate Cops Plea In Mortgage Fraud Case
• Sen. Levin Wants Offshore Tax Loopholes Cut
• Judge Keeps Swipe Fee Rules In Place While Fed Appeals
• Dexia In Talks With New York Life About Asset Manager Sale
• 8 Arrested In UK Over £1.3M Barclays Cyber Theft
• 5th Circ. Ruling May Expand Cybersecurity Liability
• Rainmaker Q&A: David Goodman & Madole's Bret Madole
• How Lawyers Can Effectively Build A Reputation Online
• 4 Ways To Make Sure Comments On Agency Rules Count
• JPMorgan Threads Needle With Careful 'Whale' Admission
• Fla. Businessman Charged With $44M Bank Fraud Scheme
• Prudential's 'Systemic' Label Upheld By Regulators
• Goldman Pays $7.5M To Exit Old Suit Over 1999 Toy Co. IPO
• Time May Not Be Right To Limit Fannie, Freddie Loans
• Jones Day Lures Financial Regulatory Pro In DC
• SEC's Red Line On Admissions Unclear After JPMorgan Deal
• Risk-Retention Reproposals Fail To Offer Relief
• Incentive Awards Nix $8M BofA Settlement In Ponzi Scheme
• Anderson Kill Scoops Up 5 Attys From Boutique Firm
• Wells Fargo, Assurant Hit With Force-Placed Action
• NY Floats Regs Blocking Force-Placed Insurance Kickbacks
• JPMorgan To Pay $389M To Settle Credit Card Fee Dispute
• Lawmakers Mull Changes To Terrorism Insurance Backstop
• No Need To Rehear Loan Officer OT Case, DC Circ. Told
• 2nd Circ. Kills Lloyds Investor Suit Over HBOS Acquisition
• Bracewell, Manatt Lead $273M Merger Of Calif., Texas Banks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs
• JPMorgan Admits Guilt In $920M 'London Whale' Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bickel & Brewer's William Brewer
• Ex-Banker Admits To Hiding Money In $1.7B Olympus Fraud
• UBS Japan Fined $100M For Libor Manipulation
• Citi Workers Pause FLSA Class Waiver Fight To Talk Deal
• Chicago Foreclosure Ordinance Hampers Lenders
• Lehman, Michigan Housing Authority Spar Over Swap Deal
• Greystone Wrangles $117M For Affordable Housing Revamp
• How In-House Counsel Avoid Breaking Bad As Biz Advisers
• Tax Sharing Agreements — A Tale Of 2 Jurisdictions
• Creditors Blast Anglo Irish Bank's Bid For Emergency Stay
• Harrisburg Aims To Pay Bank $1.9M From Western Auction
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, BNP Paribas, Heron Tower
• EU Wants Tighter Rules For Libor, But Dials Back Reforms
• Beanie Baby Billionaire Will Cop To UBS Account Tax Dodge
• Rainmaker Q&A: DLA Piper's Stasia Kelly
• Purported Mafia Wife Cops Plea In Mortgage Co. Takeover
• Corzine Scheme Led To MF Global's Downfall, Trustee Says
• Fla. Mortgage Firm Says AG's Suit Doesn't Stick
• Brave New World For Data Furnishers
• CFPB Releases Guidelines For Military Payday Lenders
• Sidley Austin Lures 8 Weil Gotshal Partners In Dallas
• USPTO Gets 2nd Biz Method Review Bid By Major Bank
• Texas Slaps RBC With Fine Over Adviser Registrations
• Ethanol Plant Lenders Decry Bondholders' Distribution Hopes
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader's Atty Says 'London Whale' Got Off Easy
• Goldman Off The Hook For $5M Atty Fees In Shareholder Suits
• Unions, Consumer Groups Slam Proposed Service Trade Pact
• Sterling's $344M Provident Merger Backed By Proxy Advisers
• Fannie, Freddie Escape Property Transfer Tax Suit In NC
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Pension Fund's Class Action Against UBS
• Wells Fargo, Others Lose Bid To Block Mortgage-Seizure Plan
• Banks Say Their Balance Sheets Better Able To Handle Crises
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Lloyds, Total
• Detroit Says Kirkland Atty Can't Testify In Syncora Row
• Banks Seek Grace Period For CFPB Mortgage Rules
• Britain Kicks Off Lloyds Selldown With $5.1B Stake Sale
• Barclays Faces $80M Fine In UK Over Qatari Investor Deals
• Morgan Stanley Punished Auditor For Concerns, Suit Says
• 'London Whale' Traders Indicted As JPMorgan Inks $800M Deal
• Bankrupt Mercantile Bancorp Urges Approval For $23M Sale
• FDIC Amping Up Suits Against Failed Bank Execs
• Monetary Policy Back In Focus For Next Fed Chair Contender
• Wal-Mart Criticizes Visa's Swipe Fee 'Retaliation' Suit
• Insured-Vs.-Insured Ruling Undercuts FDIC's Bank Exec Suits
• Lehman Balks At Freddie's Bid For $1B Claim Priority
• JPMorgan, Others Dodge Madoff Suits In 2nd Circ.
• Trafalgar Asks 2nd Circ. To Undo $22M Loss To US Bank
• Proskauer Asks If Stanford Receiver Attys Shared Info
• Deutsche Bank Sues GE Capital Over $666M In Bad MBS
• Chase Says Borrowers Can't Get Damages In Loan Rate Suit
• Apollo's Biz Lender Rejiggers Terms, Adds To $1.1B Credit
• Insurer Suffers Setback In $11.5M Ariz. Bank D&O Fight
• Accenture Snags Slice Of Brazilian Mortgage Processor
• Former Anglo Irish Bank Customers Blast Ch. 15 Bid
• Morgan Drexan Says It Is Entitled To Challenge CFPB's Existence
• 10 Ways To Prep A Financial Institution For Data Breach
• Summers Withdraws From List Of Potential Fed Leaders
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taylor English's Mark Sanders
• Navigating Conflicts When Serving 3rd-Party Subpoenas
• Settlement Talks Between SEC, RPF Managers Break Down
• TCW Loses Bid To Nix $128M MBS Fraud Suit In NY
• High Court Asked To Mull FCRA, Federal Preemption
• Ailing Fla. Man Asks To Be Dropped From Mafia Prosecution
• ResCap Gets Green Light For $597M Settlement With FGIC
• Merrill Lynch Can't Dodge Trusts' RMBS Buyback Suit
• 9/11 Victims Ask High Court To Put Bin Ladens Back In MDL
• US To Intervene In 4th Circ. Fannie, Freddie Taxation Row
• 5 Years Post-Crisis, Regulators Remain In The Dark
• Cole Schotz Snags Former Walker Sewell Partner In Texas
• CFPB Issues Last Changes To Mortgage Rules
• Promontory, PwC Subpoenaed In NY Consulting Firm Probe
• Countrywide, BofA Beat FDIC's $1.5B RMBS Suit
• Phasing In San Francisco's Proposition E Tax Increases
• 10 Reasons You Should Value Your Chief Compliance Officer
• It's Called 'Adequate' — Not 'Automatic' — Protection
• Judge OKs $4M Settlement In BofA Late Fee Class Action
• AMR Avoids Make-Whole Pay On Secured Notes In 2nd Circ.
• Merchants Blast $7B MasterCard, Visa Fee Deal
• SEC Picks Top Boston Prosecutor To Lead Beantown Office
• BNY Mellon Eyed As Custodian For Fla. Funds
• RBS, Others Can't Nix Credit Union Agency's $1B MBS Suit
• Insurer Denies Liability In FDIC Suit Over R-G Premier Collapse
• Obligations Under EMIR Imminent
• Wells Fargo Suit Over City's Mortgage Seizure Plan On Brink
• Deutsche Bank Ducks Most Of $50M Stock Loss Claims
• CFPB Says Employees Can't Be Forced To Use Payroll Cards
• EU Court Lawyer Suggests Tossing Short Selling Rule
• IFC Pours Record $438M Into Indonesian Development
• Wells Fargo Bankers Try Again For Class Cert. In OT Suit
• Cordray Says New Mortgage Rules Will Take Effect On Time
• High Court Will Review Argentina Bond Appeal On Sept. 30
• Top Sens. Want Fannie, Freddie Reform Bill By Year's End
• Deals Rumor Mill: EDF, Mitsubishi, Barry Diller
• Wachtell Leads Umpqua's $2B Sterling Buy From PE Firms
• EU OKs Legislation Approving Central Bank Oversight
• Rainmaker Q&A: Orrick's Leah Sanzari
• FDIC Seeks Another Shot At $1.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• 7th Circ. Reverses Class Decertification In ATM Fee Suit
• Calif. City Becomes 1st To Launch Mortgage Seizure Plan
• Moody's, S&P Liable For Bad Bond Advice, 9th Circ. Hears
• Merrill Lynch Can't Force Arbitration Of Wage Class Action
• SEC Taps New Director For San Francisco Office
• Rainmaker Q&A: Bradley Arant's Robert Maddox
• Credit Agricole Unit Dodges $180M Suit Over Bum CDO
• NetBank Unit's Tax Refund Belongs To FDIC, 11th Circ. Says
• Why Continuing Attacks On In Pari Delicto Will Fail
• Private Swiss Bank Reveals US DOJ Investigation
• Deals Rumor Mill: Advent International, Versace, Telefonica
• Corzine Attacks CFTC Lawsuit Over MF Global Collapse
• 7th Circ. OKs Small Claims In ATM Class Action
• Merchants To Face Off Over $7B Interchange Fee Deal
• JPMorgan's $300M Forced-Placed Deal Sets Up Domino Effect
• Mercantile Bancorp Investors Pan Planned $22M Ch. 11 Sale
• In-House Counsel To Firms: Do More With Less
• EU's Rate-Rigging Penalties May Do Little To Curb Abuses
• Credit Suisse Sued Over Mortgage Securities Losses
• Financial Crisis Was Windfall For Top Plaintiffs Firms
• Del. High Court Rules Countrywide Merger Bars Investor Suit
• Noncustomer Negligence Claim Should Stand, NJ Court Hears
• Citigroup Write-Down Suit Should've Survived, Atty Says
• Big Banks' Foreclosure Servicer Accused Of Illegal Break-Ins
• Top NY Court Mulls $99M Judgment In Merrill Debt Case
• 5 Tips For Fattening Firm Wallets In Lean Times
• FINRA Aims For Transparency With Amended 'Publicity Rule'
• HSBC Must Go Loan By Loan In $951M Suit: Deutsche Bank
• FDIC Bars Insurance Coverage For Foreign Deposits
• MoFo Agrees To Trim $23M Bill In ResCap Bankruptcy
• Chase Financial Advisers Get Class Cert. In OT Case
• Reed Smith Lands Former Linklaters Litigation Head In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Rosneft, Tesco
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morvillo Abramowitz's Robert Anello
• CFTC Wants Feedback On Automated Derivatives Trading Regs
• Lawmakers Must Help End FERC, CFTC Discord, Norris Says
• Greenberg Accused Of Aiding RE Fund's Fraud Scheme
• Morgan Stanley Exits Suit Over Faulty Notes For $5M
• Ex-Fund Owners Reach $10M Deal In Investor Fraud Suit
• Credit Suisse, Investors Clash Over Timeliness Of MBS Suits
• Lehman Creditors Defend Extra Attys' Fees
• Fees In Firm's Loan Default Weren't Excessive, Pa. Court Says
• Barclays Reaches $36M Subprime Deal With Mass. AG
• $8.5B BofA Deal Ducked Bankruptcy Risk, Expert Says
• Goldman Tells 9th Circ. ARS Fight Belongs in Nev. Court
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Argentina Asks 2nd Circ. To Review $1.3B Bond Decision
• PVF Capital Dodges Investor Class Action Over $106M Merger
• Boston Properties Sells $684M Stake In 7 Times Square
• NY High Court Hears Fired Intesa Exec's Disability Claims
• Jenner & Block Hires Ex-TARP Watchdog Barofsky
• JPMorgan To Pay $300M in Forced-Place Insurance Deal
• PNC Bank Strikes $7M OT Deal With Loan Officers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, KSL Capital, OGX
• Takeaways From NJ High Court's Willingboro Holding
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taft Stettinius' Robert Hicks
• BofA To Pay $39M To Settle Sex Bias Class Action
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Allen Family Forgery Suit
• MF Global Workers Look To Revive WARN Class Action
• Expect More CFPB Action In Financial Services Sector
• UBS Exits Battle Over Fannie, Freddie MBS Losses
• Lehman Pushes For Hedge Fund's Docs On $600M Claim
• Jailed Peregrine CEO To Face Questions From Son, US Bank
• CFPB's Credit Report Warning Puts Retailers On Notice
• Several Iranian Cos. Beat EU Sanctions In Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, KKR
• Rainmaker Q&A: Faegre's Morgan Burns
• Vegas Atty Gets 7 Years, Must Pay $31M For Mortgage Fraud
• Mortgage Co. Must Arbitrate Loan Officers' Wage Claims
• How 11th Circ. Muddied The Law On Bank Tax Refunds
• Banks Put Up $10M To Settle Overdraft Fee Class Action
• Mich. Lender Gets OK For $2M Deal In Overdraft Class Action
• $160M Merrill Race Case A Road Map For Future Class Actions
• Law Firm Hit Over $2.7M Cy Pres Award In 8th Circ.
• BNY Mellon Rips Cengage Unsecured Creditors' 'Power Grab'
• Fla. Bank Stonegate Eyes Nasdaq Listing After $49M Merger
• Ill. Regulator Slams Triad's Bid To Rush $780M Tax Fight
• G-20 Leaders Told More Work Needed To Limit Financial Risks
• Critics Of $7B Visa, MasterCard Deal Say Expert On Their Side
• Deals Rumor Mill: Suntory, America Movil, TDR Capital
• NCO, Attys Can't Duck Suit Over Debt-Collection Practices
• Ask Before You Sign That Lender-Developer Side Agreement
• Rainmaker Q&A: Fenwick's Cynthia Hess
• White & Case Hiding Docs Over Bribery Scheme, Petition Says
• Homeowners Denied Cert. In BofA Loan Modification MDL
• 5 Tips To Thwart FCPA Scrutiny Of Hiring Practices
• Data Collection Becomes Latest Front In Banks' War On CFPB
• Versace Mansion Owners Settle Rothstein Trustee Dispute
• Jones Day Lands Cross-Border Deals Expert From Latham
• Ex-Citi Banker's Relative Convicted For Lying To SEC
• Trucking Execs Charged In Alleged $26M Con Of GE Capital
• Ocwen, Identity Theft Co. Made Harassing Calls, Suit Says
• Texas Official Cops To Steering $40M Deal To Bear Stearns
• Top UK Banks Hit With Penalties For Improper Swap Sales
• Claims Pared From UBS, JP Morgan MBS Suits
• Capital One Accused Of Rigging Credit Card To Collect Fees
• CFPB Warns Banks To Properly Probe Credit Report Disputes
• How US V. Vilar Will Impact Criminal Prosecutions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Commerzbank, KKR, BlackBerry
• Rainmaker Q&A: Andrews Kurth's Kathleen Wu
• Morgan Stanley Must Pay Fired Trader $8M, Panel Says
• BofA Hedge Fund Suit Against Bear Stearns Dismissed
• Banks Hit Back At Class Cert. Bid In ATM Fee Antitrust Case
• Judge Lifts Injunction In RI Home Foreclosure Case
• Visa, Mastercard Deals Inked At Expense Of Class, Court Told
• WilmerHale Lands Ex-GCs From CFTC, SEC
• King & Spalding Launches UK Finance Reg Practice
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs Anchor BanCorp's Reorganization
• BofA To Get $750M For Stake In Top China Bank
• Banks' Heartland Data Breach Claims Revived In 5th Circ.
• Cadwalader Dropped The Ball In Six Flags Fight, Judge Rules
• Spain's Bankia Sells Property Management Arm To Cerberus
• NY Publishes 'Certificate Of Merit' For Foreclosure Attys
• IFC Pumps Record Investments Into Africa, Middle East
• 5th Circ. Revives Ex-Stanford Employees' Arbitration Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Warburg Pincus, Apax
• UK Fines Aberdeen $11M Over Client Money Failures
• S&P Says US Fraud Suit Is Retaliation For 2011 Downgrade
• JPMorgan Pays $18M To End Bear Stearns Mortgage Suit
• Renasant Stacks $6B In Assets With First M&F Merger
• ResCap Discovery Rules OK'd Over Bondholders' Protests
• Barclays Plans To Shed Some UAE Retail Operations
• Fed, FDIC Provide Resolution Roadmap For Smaller Banks
• Citigroup To Sell PE Fund To Rohatyn Group In $7.2B Deal
• Rainmaker Q&A: DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner
• In Re Lindsey Deepens A Divide