Banking Archive » December, 2017

Banking - December, 2017

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• Keppel, US Unit To Pay $422M To Resolve Brazil Bribery Case
• Turkish Banker's Jury Ponders 'Aiding And Abetting' Language
• CFPB Deputy Wants Mulvaney Booted to Preserve Status Quo
• Senate Approves Final 2 SEC Commissioners
• Trump Signs $1.5T Tax Cut Legislation
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• Attys Say Fees Still Owed In $12B Student Loan Trust Fight
• Jury Gives Ex-UBS Analyst Nearly $1M In Whistleblower Row
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Feds Seek To Intervene For Settling FCA Suit Against BoA
• Longtime SEC Enforcer Will Join Private Practice
• Walter Investment's Automatic Stay Extended To Nondebtors
• Calif. Bank & Trust Beats Suit Over Depositor's Ponzi Scheme
• Mastercard Won't Turn Over Transaction Info In Alexsam Spat
• CFPB Delays Prepaid Card Regulation's Effective Date
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• What To Expect From Blockchain In 2018
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2017
• CFPB Plans To Reopen Mortgage Disclosure Rulemaking
• Chinese Lender Raises $108M After Slashing IPO
• Ex-McElroy Deutsch Partner Rejoins Bressler Amery In NJ
• Treasury, FHFA Allow Fannie And Freddie To Retain Capital
• Puerto Rico Pension Fund To Resume Bond Interest Payments
• Ex-Bankrate CFO Charged Over 'Cookie Jar' Accounting
• Morgan Stanley Sues Former Adviser For Taking Client Info
• Goldman Adds Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner As Co-GC
• Jury In Case Against Turkish Banker Eyes Zarrab Flowcharts
• Sports Memorabilia Faker Gets 12 Years For $23M Fraud
• Top Cybersecurity & Privacy Developments Of 2017
• Lawyer, Ex-Bank Execs Convicted Of Fraud
• New Comptroller Promises Continuity Amid Rule Tweaks
• Wash. Investment Adviser Raided His 3 Funds, SEC Says
• 1/5 Of EU Banks Hamstrung By New Capital Rules, EBA Says
• Debt Collector Hit With TCPA Suit Over Robocalls
• House Sends $1.5T Tax Cut Bill To Trump's Desk
• BOE Mulls Changes To Bank, Insurer Supervision After Brexit
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• Dutch Investor Group Sues Lloyds, UBS Over Rate Rigging
• GOP Tax Cut Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage
• Cryptocurrency Tezos Dodges Asset Freeze Despite 'Turmoil'
• Big Banks' Living Wills Pass Muster With The Feds
• Ex-Barclays Trader To Pay SFO Thousands After Libor Verdict
• Jury To Begin Weighing Fate Of Turkish Banker
• Wells Fargo To Pay $13M To Workers In Calif. Wage Row
• 8th Circ. Sets Up Do-Over In Massive Trust Malfeasance Suit
• Probe Initiated After $6B Puerto Rico Gov't Stash Revealed
• Student Debt Relief Co. Won't Produce Docs, FTC Says
• 11th Circ. Affirms $3M Verdict Against Guatemalan Bank
• Senate Panel Rejects Trump's Pick To Lead Ex-Im Bank
• Atty Legislator Tapped As NJ Banking And Insurance Czar
• Industry, GOP AGs Say Constitution Backs Trump's CFPB Pick
• My Strangest Day In Court
• House Must Vote Again On Final GOP Tax Bill
• Bitcoin Futures: A Closer Look At CME's Contract Design
• Are The Stars Aligning For Fannie And Freddie Reform?
• EU Shines A Light On Owners Of Firms Dealing In Dirty Money
• Lehman Administrators Must Pay UK Tax On £5B Debts
• 2nd Circ. Revives 'Flash Boys'-Inspired Suits
• Del. Class Suit Targeting Citigroup Board Failures Tossed
• Turkish Banker Denies Being At Meeting Described By Zarrab
• Trustee Ready To Distribute $584M To Madoff Customers
• Judge Pivot On Time Limits Hands Win To Accounting Firm
• SEC Nominees Push Forward After Senator Lifts Hold
• Manafort Allowed To Spend Christmas In The Hamptons
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• MVP: Willkie's Todd Cosenza
• Smith Gambrell Enters LA With Rodi Pollock Acquisition
• Mass. Man Ordered To Stop Unauthorized Practice Of Law
• Mulvaney Says Pushing Him Out Would Slow Down CFPB
• The Landscape Of Financial Exploitation Rules: Part 2
• 40 Years Of FCPA
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• ERISA Litigation Trends In 2017
• Trustees Seek Help In Splitting $4.5B JPMorgan RMBS Deal
• EU Mulling Crackdown On Retail Sales Of Risky Investments
• Turkish Banker Denies Guilt As Judge Rips Cross Of Ex-Cop
• Fed Vice Chair Recuses Himself From Wells Fargo Matters
• Manafort To Get Off House Arrest If He Pledges Real Estate
• Gunster, Stroock Steer $90M Fla. Apartment Complex Deal
• Former NY Mortgage Bank VP Duped Funders, Feds Say
• Final GOP Tax Bill Settles On 21% Corporate Rate
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• Chinese Lender Tops 2 Year-End IPOs Set To Raise $220M
• MVP: Latham's Richard Owens
• Trump's Finance Regulators Shift Focus To Compliance Costs
• House-Senate Negotiators Approve GOP Tax Bill
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• SEC's Reversal On ALJs Could Affect Its Forum Choices
• The Landscape Of Financial Exploitation Rules: Part 1
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• DOL Fiduciary Rule — Still Very Much Alive
• Gibraltar Launches World's 1st Blockchain License
• Conspirator In Fake-Business-Invoice Scam Gets 41 Months
• Judge Could Reach Split Ruling On CFPB Leadership
• PayPal Investor Suit Linked To FTC Inquiry On Thin Ice
• JPMorgan Dodges Suit Alleging Aid To $3.7B Ponzi Scheme
• House OKs Bill Loosening Bank Privacy Disclosure Rules
• State AGs Sue Over Corinthian Debt Relief Delays
• Retailers, Policy Orgs. Back Gov't In AmEx High Court Fight
• McGuireWoods Grows DC Office With Ex-FINRA Exec
• Texas Jury Hits BBVA Compass With $98M Fraud Verdict
• Stanford Receiver Can't Renew Fight Over $88M Clawback
• TD Bank Investor Suits Joined, Lead Counsel Spot Still Open
• NJ Banking And Insurance Czar To Join Walsh Pizzi
• Chinese Consumer Lender Slashes IPO Amid Crackdown
• Turkish Banker Gets To Sleep On Decision To Take Stand
• Ex-Deutsche Traders' Libor Trial Delayed By Taint Inquiry
• MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Mark Menting
• Del. Justices Revive $51M Bank D&O Incentive Suit
• BofA Loan Officers Win Cert. In Suit Over Mileage Expenses
• Russia-Linked Cos. Accuse Feds, Dutch Of Undermining Deal
• Looking At Property Insurance From A Lender's Perspective
• 40 Years Of FCPA: An Update From The DOJ
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• Ex-Banking Watchdog Defends Role In Lloyds-HBOS Merger
• Spokeo Wants Justices To Revisit Last Year's Standing Ruling
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Judge Won't Take Tilton's Taxes Off Table In $45M Bank Fight
• JG Wentworth Sets Jan. Confirmation For Day-Old Ch. 11
• Lucia Case Best Opportunity To Rule On ALJs, Attys Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, AmBank, Saudi Aramco
• PSE&G Says 2.5M Customers' Data Likely Hit In TIO Breach
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader's Libor Case Tainted, Judge Told
• Dentons Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Partners To DC Team
• Istanbul Ex-Cop Never Saw Turkish Banker During Stakeouts
• Yellen Expects Continuity In Fed Rules When She Departs
• The Future Of Bitcoin Futures
• Real Estate Rumors: CubeSmart, Visual Arts School, US Bank
• MVP: Stroock's Julia Strickland
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Compliance, Past And Future
• Navajo Nation Hits Wells Fargo With $50M Fake Account Suit
• 7th Circ. Tosses Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker's Sex Bias Suit
• Banc Of Calif. Says Board Never Heard Shareholder Claims
• House Passes Mortgage Escrow Safe Harbor For Small Banks
• Turkish Banker Disputes That Iran Warning Made Him Nervous
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Denying Nomura, RBS Jury Trial
• NY's OCC Fintech Charter Suit Dismissed As 'Speculative'
• A Look Inside Texas' New Home Equity Loan Law
• Deals Rumor Mill: FirstCaribbean, Sabeco, Elenia Oy
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Cross-Border Efforts And Growing Risk
• Barclays Banker Gets 6 Years For Role In Laundering £2.5M
• MVP: Arnold & Porter's Howard Cayne
• DOJ Seeks Dismissal Of HSBC Money Laundering Case
• International ICOs May Not Be Safe From The SEC
• Fed Scholar Says Trump Can Control CFPB Through Mulvaney
• Investors Say Lloyds Should Have Revealed £10B HBOS Loan
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• Tribal Lender Manager Can't Flee Borrower's Suit: Judge
• House Bill To Put Limits On Bank Agency Account Closures
• SEC Chair Urges Main Street To Tread Cautiously With ICOs
• Advisers Owe $7.2M For Faking Out Lender To Joplin Biopic
• Exelco's Del. Ch. 11 Tossed In Favor Of Belgian Proceeding
• Bitcoin Futures Bring Digital Currencies To Wider Market
• FDIC Says Judge Should Overlook Citibank Refusal To OK Suit
• EU Finance Chiefs Warn Congress Over GOP Tax Bills
• HSBC To Be Released From Drug Money Laundering DPA
• Turkish Ex-Cop's Testimony Sparks Mistrial Bid By Banker
• DOJ Says Forex Traders' Rate-Rigging Was Felt In The US
• Litvak's Appeal Argument Met With Skepticism In 2nd Circ.
• Mizuho Picks Off Lead Plaintiff In Mt. Gox Collapse Suit
• 40 Years Of FCPA: A View From The Monitorship Trenches
• MVP: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp
• Gates Keeps Defense Atty Despite Potential Conflict
• Supreme Court Rejects Tribes' Bid To Evade CFPB Probe
• The Trump Administration's Move Against SEC Judges
• Wells Fargo Derivative Suit A Cautionary Tale For Directors
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Mellon Sues Altaba To Boost Share Rate For $1.4B In Notes
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Patent Win, Fees For Yahoo, Twitter, HSBC
• Court OKs $35M Atty Fees In Deutsche, JPMorgan Libor Deal
• Biotech Denali Therapeutics Tops 3 IPOs Totaling $506M
• US Says It Needn't Show Deutsche Traders Duped Libor Body
• Turkish Banker Knew Of US Concern Over Iran Ties, Jury Told
• DOJ Tells High Court 2nd Circ. Erred In AmEx Ruling
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Untold Story Of The Resource Guide
• The Most Noteworthy Class Action Developments Of 2017
• Trump Tweet Raises Concern Over Regulators' Independence
• Manafort Denies Defying Gag Order With Op-Ed Work
• Wall Street Giants Urge SEC To Take On Exchange Fees
• Fed To Open The Door A Crack On Stress Testing
• US, Hedge Funds Spar Over Puerto Rico Oversight Law
• Trusts Assert Control In $22M CFPB Student Loan Suit
• 40 Years Of FCPA: A Journey From Conviction To Dismissal
• Zarrab Denies Iranian 'Jihad' Motive At Turkish Banker's Trial
• Investors Blast BNY Mellon Bid To Sever Claims In RMBS Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms AmEx's 'Flawed' $6.7M Gift Card Deal
• 2 Biotech Cos., Payday Lender Tap IPO Market For $307M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Old Mutual, Fosun, Johnson & Johnson
• Firm Seeks CFPB Sanctions Over Alleged Cordray Talks Delay
• What We Learned From Barclays Market Manipulation Case
• Global Regulators Finally Sign Off On Basel IV Banking Rules
• CFPB Deputy Director Seeks Injunction In Leadership Fight
• SEC Judge Delays Shkreli Hearing In Light Of 'Lucia' Move
• Bank Tells 11th Circ. Irrelevant Evidence Backed $3M Ruling
• PayPal Investor Sues Over Likely Breach That Tanked Stocks
• Will The Supreme Court Review SEC's In-House Judges?
• Congress Must Review CFPB Auto Lending Bulletin: GAO
• Manafort Asked Why Ghostwriting Didn't Flout Gag Order
• EU Bank Tells 2nd Circ. Bomb Victims Can't Get Iran Bonds
• The Johnson Conviction And Fallout For Forex Market
• Hensarling Opens The Door For Housing Compromise
• Zarrab Concedes He Lied About Iran Sanctions Scheme
• D&O Insurance Coverage Tips For Financial Institutions
• UK Launches Brexit-Proof Asset Management Plan
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Siemens Lesson — Tillerson Is Right
• Credit Union Sues Trump For Naming Mulvaney CFPB Director
• Calif. Statute Of Limitations Sinks Deutsche Bank RBMS Suits
• TD Bank Sued Over Overdraft Fees Against Uber Riders
• Jury Clears Student Lender In $350M FCA Suit
• NJ Man Defends Rep Suitability In Force-Placed Coverage Suit
• Dodd-Frank Rollback Bill Moves Out Of Committee Unchanged
• Basic Human Rights: Whose Job Is Enforcement?
• Zarrab Tells Jury Of Bribing Guard While In US Custody
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Banorte, Trimco International
• CFPB Leadership Fight Hurtles Toward Likely Appeal
• SEC Approves NYSE Plan To Delay End-Of-Day Material News
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Rise In International Enforcement
• EU Releases 'Blacklist' Of Tax Havens, Including South Korea
• BNY Mellon Says Royal Park's Proposed Class Still Lacking
• FCA Docs Show It Sat On RBS Report Over Fear Of Suit
• Fed Chair Nominee Easily Clears Committee
• Navigating Whistleblower Protections Across The Atlantic
• Targeted Bill Could Bring First Broad Changes To Dodd-Frank
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Fannie, Freddie's Chicago Tax Row
• Quicken Loans Secretly Tracked E-Visitors, Suit Says
• Justices Won't Hear Banks' Appeal In FDIC's $140M MBS Suit
• Consumers Denied Cert. In Auto-Lender TCPA Suit
• Walter Investment Gets OK To Tap $1.9B DIP Loan
• Mueller Cites Gag Order Plot In Manafort House Arrest Fight
• Turkish Banker Says US Didn't Disclose Zarrab Jail Call
• Hartford Sells Life Insurance Business For $2.05B
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2017
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Highlights From The 1st Corporate Trial
• Compliance Failures And The Resulting Risks For Directors
• SEC Enforcement: Past, Present And Future
• Tax Bill's Swift Passage May Create Legal Quandaries
• Senate Passes $1.4 Trillion Tax Cut Legislation
• Citibank Reaches Deal To Exit Lehman's $1B Clawback Fight
• 11th Circ. Affirms Conviction For Fla. Mortgage Fraudster
• Flynn's Plea Deal May Be The Birth Of A Star Witness
• Law Firm Challenges CFPB's Constitutionality At 9th Circ.
• Walter Investment To Cut Debt By $800M With Ch. 11 Prepack
• Biotech Cos. Among 5 IPOs That Could Surpass $580M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• PayPal Says 1.6M TIO Users' Data Affected In Possible Breach
• Wells Fargo Fires Back At Fund Advisers In RMBS Suit
• Flynn Legal Team Stocked With Washington 'Dealmakers'
• Russia Sanctions Emerge As Mueller Probe Lightning Rod
• House OKs Bill Changing Manufactured-Home Lending Rules
• Warren Demands Probe Of Mulvaney's 30-Day CFPB Freeze
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Strange Case That Started It All
• Zarrab Considered Decision To Admit Guilt For 'Many Months'
• Bipartisan House Bill Would Kill CFPB Payday Lending Rule
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Clifford, Sullivan
• A Secured Creditor's Guide To Navigating Chapter 11
• Flynn Pleads Guilty To Lying To FBI About Talks With Russia