Banking Archive » December, 2007

Banking - December, 2007

145 articles

• Amaranth, Traders Respond Defiantly To FERC Orders
• TJX Appeals Amerifirst Suit's Transfer To State Court
• Court Tosses Short Sale Antitrust Suit Against Banks
• Court Vacates Bear Stearns Shareholder Settlement
• Delphi Gets OK To Pay $1M In MDL Defense Costs
• American Home Seeks Additional $50M In DIP Loan
• All Claims But One Dismissed In WaMu ERISA Suit
• Judge Throws Out Suit Over Accident At Oil Co.
• Parmalat Investigators Seek Trial For Citibank Execs
• MasterCard Objects To EU's Interchange Fee Ruling
• Delta Financial Workers Claim Illegal Layoffs
• Abbott Faces $70M Suit Over Discontinued Stent
• Investment Fund To Cough Up $1.1M In Merger Case
• Six Out of Seven Bank-Plaintiffs Settle With TJX
• CFTC Sues Forex Dealer Over Asset Requirements
• Ex-Refco Exec Strikes Deal, Pleads Guilty
• Bear Stearns Official Exits Amid Probe: Report
• Finance Legislation To Watch In 2008
• Barclays Sues Bear Stearns Over Hedge Fund Failure
• Futures Scam Leads To 20 Years For Fund Manager
• Bayou Updates Plan Ahead Of Hearing
• Wells Fargo, Orix Shed Loan Servicing Suit
• Caveat Emptor: Buyers Of Consumer Debts, Beware
• Federal Reserve Reveals Plan To Curb Risky Lending
• Mayer Brown Lawyer Sued, Indicted Over Refco
• Deutsche Bank Settles Enron "Megaclaim"
• Accenture Sues Software Co. For Infringement
• Short-Selling Defendant Says Suit Is Res Judicata
• United Rentals, Cerberus Begin Trial Over Buyout
• Mortgage Lenders Defends Deals Against Travelers
• Feds Probe For Insider Trading At Bear's Failed Funds
• Plaintiffs Seek Final Blessing Of $4.9M Merrill Pact
• Judge Slams Scotts, Orders New Witness Deposition
• Senate Passes FHA Reform Bill
• Settlement Talks Delay United Rentals, Cerberus Trial
• Tort Costs Decrease For 1st Time This Decade: Study
• DOJ Called On To Scrutinize TPG-Midwest Deal
• Delta Financial Files For Ch. 11 Protection
• Trial Ordered In Bear Stearns' $160M Spat With Fund
• People's Choice, Merrill Settlement Approved
• EU To Rule That MasterCard Fees Are Illegal
• American Home Workers Try To Resume Class Action
• SEC Denies Bid By Ex-AMEX Chief To Drop Case
• GAO Finds Deficiencies With SEC's SRO Policies
• FINRA Proposes Rule On Expunging Broker Records
• Citigroup Wants To Merge ERISA, Securities Actions
• Refco Seals $16M Deal Over Forex Claims
• Merrill Lynch Workers Seek To Unite In ERISA Action
• Alliance Bancorp Faces WARN Class Action
• USAA, Special Investigators Strike Tentative Deal
• Finance Cases To Watch In 2008
• Court Tosses Federal Claim In JP Morgan Fraud Suit
• Lehman Bros. Wins $7.3M In Mortgage Suit
• Class Counsel In Card Issuer Case Pockets $1M
• FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan For Consultant Payments
• Gibson Dunn LLP Not Done In Hedge Fund Dispute
• TJX Banks Ask Judge To Rethink Class Certification
• Morgan Keegan Targeted In Subprime Suit
• D.C. Circuit Declines To Stay FERC's Amaranth Fine
• 10b5-1 Plans: Ten Things Execs, Boards Should Do
• Court Rejects $1.58B Appeal In Morgan Stanley Case
• AHM May Get $38M More From ABN For Advances
• Labor Dept. Seeks Stricter 401(k) Disclosures
• SEC Looks To Extend SOX Deadline
• New Century Allowed To Employ Special Counsel Inc.
• Director Bonuses And The Entire Fairness Test
• Mortgage Reform Bill Passes House Committee
• Stay Lifted On Properties In Mortgage Lenders Case
• Another Student Loan Co. Settles With AGs
• DOJ Review Delays TPG's Midwest Air Acquisition
• Lawyers Mull Jeopardy Claim After Broker's Mistrial
• Amaranth Trader Fails To Stay $30M FERC Order
• Judge Denies Appeal In Fidelity Mortgage FLSA Suit
• SEC Asks District Court To Enforce Subpoenas
• Court Gives Nod To Delphi, Appaloosa Deal
• House Strikes Bipartisan Deal To Stall Foreclosures
• Judge Ships Winstar Case To New Home
• CFTC Reauthorization Bill Gets Committee Approval
• Survey Says Privacy Breaches Prevalent
• First Charter Battles HomeBanc, JP Morgan Over Loans
• SEC Turns Up Heat On Hedge Fund Kickbacks
• Plaintiff Denied Access To New Century Docs
• AmEx, Merchants Spar Over Antitrust Arbitration
• FERC Has No Jurisdiction Over Amaranth: Brief
• Deloitte & Touche Fined $1M For Drug Co. Audit
• Lawsuits Loom After UBS' $10B Write-Down: Experts
• Embattled Merrill Lynch Faces ERISA Action
• ERISA Suits Latest Subprime Woe For Citigroup
• Former Refco General Counsel Settles For $7.6M
• Pillsbury Launches New Commodities Finance Group
• Judge Bats Down Dura Creditors' Bid For Judgment
• Judge Greenlights SEC Suit Against Fund Manager
• Geico Faces Class Action Over Auto Payments
• D.C. Circuit Will Hear FERC's Amaranth Action
• N.J. Court Rejects Citigroup's Appeal In Parmalat Suit
• Bank Says BNP Poached Trade Secrets, Employees
• Court Asked To Grab Katrina Fees From Scruggs
• Failed Securitization Sends Delta Financial Into Ch. 11
• Alaska AG Hits Marsh Mac Unit With $1.8B Suit
• ERISA Class Action Targets WaMu
• Trustee Wants Former Alliance Officers As Consultants
• Futures Broker To Pay $10M In CFTC Case
• UBS Wins Dismissal Of Remaining Wage Claims
• Plant Worker Pleads Guilty In Insider Trading Case
• Patent Company Settles With Capital One, Netflix
• Online Brokerage E*Trade Faces RICO Suit
• Committee Objects To Delphi Equity Amendment
• Rulings May Hinder Trustees' Foreclosure Actions
• Balducci Snaps Up Plea Deal In Scruggs Scandal
• DOJ Takes Aim Over Alleged ABN-Amro Overbilling
• SEC Keeps Mum On Hedge Funds
• Citigroup May Have Discovered Data Breach Early: TJX
• Prosecutors Charge Park Capital Executives
• Universal Express Co-Defendant Settles with SEC
• Wall Street Firms Subpoenaed In Mortgage Probe
• More Investors Take Aim At Bear Stearns
• A.G. Edwards Targeted Over Broker's Impropriety
• Ex-Trader To Change Plea In Kickbacks Case
• Indictment Prompts Scruggs To Beat Hasty Retreat
• BofA Looks To Sell AHM Construction Mortgages
• Analysts Sentenced For Insider Training
• Maxim Broker Settles SEC Bribery Claims
• Enron Retirement Plan Sues For Alleged $22M Mistake
• BofA's "Keep The Change" Triggers More Litigation
• Notorious Political Donor Norman Hsu Indicted
• American Home Mortgage Seeks Exclusivity Extension
• Class Certified In Kickback Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Salomon Smith Barney Cleared In Excessive Fee Case
• Plaintiffs Add Title VII Claim To BofA Bias Suit
• Collecting Attorneys' Fees: An Unresolved Issue
• Travelers Fights Mortgage Lenders' Deal With States
• Merrill Lynch Hit With Yet Another Class Action
• New Century Moves To Seal Examiner's Interim Report
• Gibson Dunn Could Face Disqualification In Fund Feud
• Court Blocks AG's Subprime Race Discrimination Probe
• Class Certified In ERISA Suit Against ABB
• Mintz Levin Starts Subprime Mortgage Practice Group
• Prosecutors May Call On Buffett In General Re Trial
• American Home Settles Several Pending Lawsuits
• Scottrade Wins Restraining Order In Stock Dispute
• HomeBanc Hit With Securities Class Action
• Acacia Unit Reaches Settlement With Sharper Image
• Lead Plaintiffs Named In Countrywide Suit
• FERC Refuses To Back Down From Amaranth Action
• People's Choice, Merrill Strike Deal Over Contract