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In Re: Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation
Case Number:
1:08-md-01950
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
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Firms
- Sercarz & Riopelle
- Renne Public Law Group
- DiPiero Simmons
- Lieff Cabraser
- Hall & Lampros
- Brownstein Hyatt
- Simon & Partners
- Levin Sedran
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Cera LLP
- Barrack Rodos
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Bryan Cave
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Moses Ziegelman
- Spector Roseman
- Heins Mills
- King & Spalding
- Hughes Hubbard
- Schulte Roth
- Cohen Milstein
- Moscone Emblidge
- Debevoise & Plimpton
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Boies Schiller
- Davis & Gilbert
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Robins Kaplan
- Hausfeld LLP
- Fredrikson & Byron
- Nealon Scialabba
- Arkin Solbakken
- Williams & Connolly
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Covington & Burling
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Foley & Lardner
- Cravath Swaine
- Skadden Arps
- Clifford Chance
- Ballard Spahr
- Morgan Lewis
- Arnold & Porter
- Cotchett Pitre
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Paul Weiss
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Hunton Andrews
- Vinson & Elkins
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Akin Gump
- Oved & Oved
- Jones Waldo
- Susman Godfrey
- Mayer Brown
- Willkie Farr
Companies
- George K. Baum & Co.
- Assured Guaranty Ltd.
- Societe Generale
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
- General Electric Capital Corp.
- Raymond James Financial Inc.
- BayernLB
- National Westminster Bank PLC
- AXA XL Ltd.
- MBIA Inc.
- Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc.
- Bank of America Corp.
- Citigroup Inc.
- Natixis SA
- Rabobank
- East Bay Municipal Utility District
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- Genworth Financial Inc.
- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Royal Bank of Canada
- PFM Asset Management LLC
- American International Group Inc.
- Cain Brothers & Co. LLC
- Syncora Holdings Ltd.
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Morgan Stanley
- UBS Group AG
Government Agencies
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July 08, 2016
$100M In Settlements End Class Action In Muni Bond MDL
A federal judge on Friday gave final approval for settlements totaling $100 million between plaintiffs alleging price-fixing in the municipal bond industry and six defendants including Societe Generale, National Westminster Bank and UBS, a deal that leaves only those who opted out of the class to litigate the seven-year-old case.
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November 23, 2015
JPMorgan Settles With Calif. Cities In Muni Bond MDL
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to settle claims brought by Alameda County, California, and the cities of Oakland and Fresno in multidistrict litigation accusing the bank of conspiring to fix prices and rig bids for municipal derivatives, according to documents filed in New York federal court Monday.
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January 23, 2014
Morgan Stanley Latest To Exit Muni Bond Bid-Rigging MDL
Morgan Stanley joined a string of financial institutions agreeing to settlements in multidistrict litigation accusing them of colluding to rig bids in the municipal bond derivatives market, disclosing in a filing Thursday that it had reached a deal with the suit's plaintiffs.
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December 06, 2013
GE To Pay $18M To Exit Municipal Bond-Rigging Class Action
Three General Electric Co. units will pay $18 million to end part of their involvement in multidistrict litigation accusing them and other financial institutions of colluding to rig bids in the municipal bond derivatives market, according to a filing in New York federal court Friday.
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May 10, 2013
First Southwest Ends Muni Investment Bid-Rigging Claims
A New York federal judge on Friday approved a voluntary dismissal of First Southwest Co. from a spate of cases rolled into multidistrict litigation accusing several financial institutions of rigging bids on municipal derivatives.
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May 08, 2013
W.Va. Frees RBC From Bid-Rigging MDL Tied To Muni Bonds
A New York federal judge on Wednesday signed off on an agreement dismissing West Virginia's claims against Royal Bank of Canada in multidistrict litigation over alleged bid-rigging on municipal derivatives.
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November 08, 2011
Wells Fargo Reaches $37M Deal In Bid-Rigging MDL
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay at least $37 million to settle a multidistrict litigation in New York in which municipalities accuse several financial institutions of rigging bids on municipal derivatives, it said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.
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July 18, 2011
Judge Halts $92M JPMorgan Deal In Muni Bond MDL
The New York federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over alleged bond-market rigging by several financial institutions on Friday halted a $92 million outside settlement between JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a group of 25 state attorneys general.
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August 30, 2010
Morgan Stanley Settles Muni Derivative MDL For $6M
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay more than $6 million to settle claims brought by a putative class of municipalities that it worked with about a dozen other banks and financial advisers to fix the prices of municipal derivatives sold in the United States.
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April 30, 2010
Defendant Ranks Pared Down In Muni Derivative MDL
The federal judge overseeing multidistrict antitrust litigation over municipal derivatives has rejected dismissal bids from numerous defendants including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. Inc. and Citibank NA, while throwing out claims against others including AIG Financial Products Corp.