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Second Circuit Reverses Class Certification Order, Holding That a Clearing Broker's Alleged Knowledge of Fraud Against...

by John M. Landry, Jonathan Moss, John Stigi | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/28/2013

In Levitt v. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., No. 10-4596, 2013 WL 1007678 (2d Cir. Mar. 15, 2013), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court order certifying a class of shareholder...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 7, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - OCC Guidance on Transition Periods under Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Reporting of Swap Transactions and Swap Dealer Registration - Department...more

National Credit Union Administration Sues Bear Stearns for $3.6 Billion in RMBS

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 1/10/2013

On December 17, 2012, the National Credit Union Administration Board, acting in its capacity as liquidating agent for four failed credit unions, sued several Bear Stearns affiliates in federal court in Kansas in connection...more

Credit Crunch Digest -- December 2012

by Jennifer Quinn Broda, Matthew Ferguson, Thomas R. Orofino, Eric C. Scheiner | Sedgwick LLP on 12/20/2012

This issue of the Credit Crunch Digest focuses on lawsuits involving developments into Libor rate-fixing lawsuits and investigations; JP Morgan Chase & Co.; a $210 million settlement reached with investors in Madoff funds; a...more

CIFG Sues JP Morgan Over Two Bear Stearns CDO Portfolios

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 12/5/2012

On November 26, CIFG sued JP Morgan in Supreme Court for the State of New York for alleged losses stemming from its insurance of credit default swaps on two Bear Stearns RMBS-backed CDOs....more

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of RMBS Case Against Bear Stearns

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/26/2012

On June 20, 2012, the Sixth Circuit affirmed an order by the Western District of Kentucky granting Bear Stearns’s motion to dismiss claims brought against it by Republic Bank & Trust Co. arising out of Republic Bank’s...more

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