Banking Archive » December, 2008

Banking - December, 2008

143 articles

• EEOC, Merrill Lynch Reach $1.5M Deal
• Judge Cuts Dewey's Fees In Receivership Case
• SEC Argues To Keep Mark-To-Market Accounting
• Wash. Regulators OK Puget Energy Takeover
• Madoff Investigators Looking Offshore: Report
• Treasury Dept. Bolsters GMAC With $5B Investment
• 2nd Circ. Revives ERISA Suit Against JPMorgan
• Judge Nixes WaMu Confidentiality Request On Sales
• PBGC Tells Lehman Creditors To Butt Out
• A Wider Scope Of Primary Liability?
• Madoff Trustee Gets OK For $29M Transfer
• Merrill, Reliant Squabble Over $300M Credit Deal
• Dash Into Ch. 11 Lost Lehman $75B In Value: Study
• GE, Lehman Spar Over Hundreds Of Millions In Trades
• Why Ponzi Scheme Investors Must Return Profits
• Ex-Fremont General Counsel Gets OK For Wage Suit
• Visa Scores Win In 'EVisa' Trademark Dilution Case
• 2 More Investor Class Actions Filed In Madoff Case
• Broker, Dreier Conspired In $100M Scheme: Feds
• Firms Form Madoff Advisory Groups
• Wachovia To Settle Suit Over $12B Wells Fargo Deal
• Court OKs Lehman Restructuring Officer, Lease Deal
• Securities Class Actions Hit 6-Year High: Report
• Suits Against Auditors Coming In Madoff's Wake
• Madoff Put Under Surveillance As Probes Open
• Fees In Wextrust Fraud Case Raise Eyebrows
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Worker Sentenced In Theft Case
• Wells Fargo Funds Allege Fraud In School Bond Issue
• American Capital Sued After Suspending Dividend Pay
• TERI To Enter Student Loan Collection Business
• 3 Defendants Guilty, 1 Acquitted In KPMG Case
• Judge Tosses La. AG's Suit Against Allstate, Others
• 5th Circ. Denies Bid To Go Dutch In Oil Insurance Spat
• BofA ERISA Class Action Moves Ahead
• AHM Seeks $5M To Defend Execs In Securities Suits
• Obama To Tap FINRA's Schapiro For SEC: Reports
• BofA, DataTern Resolve Web Site Patent Dispute
• Unwitting Violations Of ERISA 25 Percent Test
• Gen Re Exec Gets 2 Years In Prison
• Lehman Makes Deal With German Bank Over €139M
• Adjusters Exempt From OT Requirements: Judge
• FINRA Unveils Special ARS Arbitration Option
• Ex-ISE Vice Chair Gets 18 Months For Insider Trading
• Top Banks Hit With Patent Suit Over Online Encryption
• Private Equity Firms Fail To Get Antitrust Suit Tossed
• Madoff Scandal A Huge Blow To SEC Credibility
• Trustee, Lawyers Face Tough Road In Madoff Scandal
• FERC And The Financial Crisis
• Argentina Can't Move $200M In Pension Funds: Judge
• Investment Funds To Pay $800K For HSR Violations
• Customers Fight LendingTree Arbitration Clause
• SEC Taking Longer To Go After Fraud Schemes: Study
• BankAtlantic Execs Dodge Shareholder Suit
• Creditors, Trustee Object To WaMu Asset-Sale Plan
• Fidelity Traders Settle SEC Misconduct Claims For $1M
• AA, United Liability Limited To $2.8B In WTC Case
• Action Against Ex-McGuire Woods Partner On Hold
• Fla. Finance Exec Charged With Mortgage Scam
• PBGC Looks To Kill Lehman Pension Plan
• Ponzi Schemes Poised To Topple In Bear Market
• Belgian Court Suspends Fortis-BNP Paribas Deal
• Senate Asks For Payment Records In Pequot Probe
• Role, Not Pay, May Be Behind Skadden Star's Jump
• National City To Sell 61 Branches In $5.6B PNC Deal
• SEC Finalizes $30B ARS Deal With Citigroup, UBS
• Jarden Wants Lehman Taken Off $1.5B Credit Deal
• Group Drops Legal Fight Against Lloyds-HBOS Merger
• NovaStar Fights For Dismissal Of ERISA Suit
• Judge Bats Down Dreier Founder's $10M Bail
• Zurich Financial To Pay $25M Over Reinsurance Deals
• KB Toys Re-Enters Ch. 11, Plans To Close All Stores
• Goldman Sachs Fined $600K In Trading Probe
• GMAC Struggles To Become Bank Holding Co.
• Delta Financial Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• Ramifications Of The Net MoneyIN Inc. Decision
• Judge Throws Out Backdating Suit V. Rambus, PwC
• Bank Sues Merrill Over Auction Rate Securities
• TARP Needs Better Oversight, Management: GAO
• Everyday Risk Avoidance Techniques
• SC Man Gets 10 Years For $12M Investment Scheme
• Dreier May Have Stolen $38M In Client Funds: SEC
• Citing Bilski, BofA Seeks To Reopen Discovery
• JPMorgan Brokers' Overtime Lawsuit OK To Proceed
• DBSI Wins Court OK To Further Tap Cash Collateral
• Investors Aim To Mow Down Farmer Mac
• Icelandic Bank Dives For Bankruptcy Protection
• Labor Leaders, Economists Push For $900B Stimulus
• Jury Hands Investors $141M In Bank Of America Suit
• AGs Reach Settlement As Part Of Student-Loan Probe
• Stockbroker Loses Bid To Revive ADA Claim
• UBS Exits Inventor's Suit Over Online Banking Patent
• Ala. Mayor, Others Charged With Bond Fraud, Bribery
• SEC Approves MSRB Web Portal For Muni Bond Data
• Dreier's Founder Accused Of Pinching Hedge Funds
• Judge Rejects Bid To Block Wachovia Sale
• UK Group Challenges Lloyds-HBOS Union
• Enron Settles $44M In Commercial Paper Claims
• Age Bias Claim Tossed From JPMorgan ERISA Action
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Mixed-Motive Case
• Judge Tosses Sick Leave Suit Against Wells Fargo
• WaMu, Chase ATM Fees Case Dismissed
• Calif. Venture Capitalist Charged With $100M Fraud
• NY Court Tosses Shareholder Suit V. Bear Stearns
• Ex-Refco Lawyer Hit With 4 More Fraud Charges
• Capital Markets Profile: Mayer Brown
• 1st Circ. Revives SEC Case Against Columbia Execs
• Discover, Morgan Stanley Spar Over $2.75B Payout
• Merrill Lynch, Others Face Data Security Patent Suit
• Ch. 11 Trustee Sues Citadel, Goldman Over Transfers
• Power Of Atty Not Enough To Sue By Proxy: 2nd Circ.
• Ex-AIG Execs Must Face State Court Suit: Judge
• Neuberger Team Wins Lehman's Asset Division
• Skadden Takes Clifford Chance White Collar Trio
• SEC Puts Some Shackles On Credit Rating Industry
• What To Tell Clients When The Market Is In Turmoil
• EU Clears BNP Paribas' €14.5B Fortis Bank Buyout
• Citi Faces Class Action Over Billions In 'Toxic Assets'
• UBS, AgStar Tussle Over VeraSun Collateral
• Financial Services Cases To Watch In 2009
• Challenge To Sandler O'Neill's Refco Deal Rebuffed
• Class Cert. Bid Fails In Centerline Derivative Suit
• Mystery Bidders Vie For Lehman Asset Mgmt. Unit
• Financial Services Regulatory Reform: '09 Priority
• SEC Puts Credit Rating Vote On Back Burner
• Le-Nature's Trustee Names Wachovia in RICO Suit
• Investors Sue Countrywide Over Loan Relief Deal
• CDS Setting: Unilateral Mistake, Waiver Of Claims
• People's Choice Settlements Get Preliminary OK
• Aspects, Analysis Of Debt Guarantees By The FDIC
• Iceland's Largest Bank Acts To Guard US Assets
• 1st Use Of New Pooled Investment Anti-Fraud Rules
• Judge OKs $1M Wachovia ERISA Settlement
• Icahn Sues Realogy Over $1.1B Refinancing Plan
• Countrywide Securities Class Action Soldiers On
• BofA Sues Lehman Over $509M In Setoffs
• Kirkland & Ellis Welcomes Back Restructuring Pro
• Foreign-Cubed Cases: 'An Involved Undertaking'
• Financial Services Practice: Mayer Brown
• JPMorgan Moves To Consolidate Overtime Actions
• Final OK Sought For $37.5M Scottish Re Award
• Class Action Over Metropolitan Collapse Certified
• Wachovia Tries Again To Get EnCap Ch. 11 Tossed
• The In Pari Delicto Defense Stiffens In The 1st Circ.