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Ross v. Bank of America, N.A., ___ F.3d ___ (2d Cir. Apr. 25, 2008), is technically an antitrust case, but the Second Circuit's ... prices or more services as "a basic antitrust objective"); FTC v. Ind. Fed'n of Dentists, 476 U.S. 447, 459 (1986) ("A refusal to compete with respect ... assuming that the cardholders might be able to void that limitation when an actual dispute arises by opposing the banks' motion to compel arbitration via a claim of antitrust collusion, that possibility is more theoretical ...

... may be performed on the next business day without any adverse consequence," but that the Bank violated these statutes by "charging late fees or interest for credit card payments ... due if the payment was posted on the Holiday due date.'" Miller v. Bank of America, N.A. (U.S.A.), 170 Cal.App.4th 980, 88 Cal ... statutes" at issue in the class action. Id., at 725. The class action sought to enjoin the Bank from further violations of the statutes, and sought also restitution for the members of the class. Id ...

... , 15 U.S.C. § 1693 (EFTA), as well as certain state consumer protection laws. Brown v. Bank of America, N.A., ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2006 WL 2989031, *1 (D. Mass. October 17, 2006). ... cannot establish any damage resulting from the language used in the notice or the placement of the notice. Id. As to the EFTA claim, Plaintiffs' argued that the Bank was required to disclose that the fee "will" be charged because it was "overwhelmingly likely" - at least in certain circumstances - that the fee would be ...

... to accept mandatory arbitration clauses in their cardholder agreements." Ross v. Bank of America N.A., ___ F.3d ___ (2d Cir. April 25, 2008) [ ... Civ. 7116 (WHP), 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66986 (S.D.N.Y. September 20, 2006). (A copy of the district court order dismissing the class action ... The harms claimed by the cardholders, which lie at the heart of their Complaint, are injuries to the market from the banks' alleged collusion to impose a mandatory term in cardholder agreements, not injuries to any ...

... 2d 92, ___, 126 S.Ct. 2145, 2155].) Id. at 3 n.2. The opinion goes on: SLUSA provides in relevant part: "Limitations on remedies [] (1 ... whether that conduct coincides with a transaction involving a covered security. (Kutten v. Bank of America, N.A. (E.D.Mo., Aug. 29, 2007, Civ. No. 06 ... omissions are couched in terms of a fiduciary duty or claims of fraud, they are, in essence, claims that the Bank misrepresented or omitted key information about the securities transactions in which they were involved ...

... , James Gorman, and executive vice president and chief financial officer, Colm Kelleher, discussed the investment bank's growth strategies as it looks to stabilize and build its business in the wake of a global credit crisis. Growth through acquisitions ... Morgan Stanley's third and final stage of growth in its global wealth management, Gorman said during the presentation. Latin America, India, China and the Middle East are the international areas Morgan Stanley is targeting for growth, while it is ...

Bad week for BofA. For several reasons, but in the case of this post: S.D.N.Y. Judge Denny Chin ruled earlier this week that plaintiffs proceeding before him against BofA are entitled to whatever documents BofA has produced to date. To be clear, this includes the otherwise privileged documents that BofA agreed to produced to Cuomo, the SEC, Congress ... It is speculated the protective order those documents were produced under (and was conceivably requested to prohibit any other parties from ...

... obligaciones contraídas por la primera. En cuanto a la legitimación de las co-accionantes "Discount Bank Latin America S.A." y "Banco Sudameris, Sucursal Uruguay", aclararon ... el decreto 214/02 y normas concordantes, y que, en razón de ello, los pagos efectuados por "la prestataria" de las cuotas vencidas en junio y ... pago en Dólares (…) por "razones de onerosidad sobreviniente conforme con la legislación vigente en la Argentina"; (…) "(ii) ejercer cualquier derecho que estuviera disponible de cumplir ...

... Bank (GDB) after a yearlong bidding war with France's Société Générale SA and China's Ping'An Insurance, which marked a climax of ... October 2002 that Newbridge Capital Inc. had acquired a stake of 18.02 percent in the bank through an investment of new capital and the acquisition of existing holdings from state shareholders. ... a vision of serving a growing group of multinational clients who do business in China. For instance, Bank of America and CCB co-introduced free wire transfer service between the ...

... a hodge-podge of methods and devices, some invented more than a century ago, are being used.[9] The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) grants, among other things, money to precincts to update their voting apparatus ... mistakes that were made, so they can be corrected. Just as importantly, everyone interested in buying the product, or using the bank, can be confident in the strength of the security. A real-world example of this principle was the creation of AES, the government Advanced Encryption ...