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8 Jun 2009, 10:18 am
Much like Merrill Lynch or General Motors, firms like White & Case, which still has more than 2,000 lawyers in 34 offices in 23 countries around the globe, are teetering on the beanstalk -- at a moment when their pool of associates is large as case volume dips and clients demand lower fees. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 9:10 pm
Broker-dealers that have reached preliminary settlements with federal and state regulators over their misrepresentation of ARS to clients include Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Suisse Group, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. [read post]
12 May 2009, 6:23 am
For example, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan acquired Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual, and Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia. [read post]
7 May 2009, 2:17 pm
As for a government-backed Godzilla such as Bank of America Corp., which kept investors in the dark about most of the losses at Merrill Lynch & Co. last year until after its purchase was completed, it's an open question if the SEC would dare lift a finger. [read post]
5 May 2009, 6:21 pm
The outsized Merrill Lynch settlement (about which refer here) is noteworthy for its sheer size, but otherwise may have relatively little to say about many of the other pending cases that involve relatively smaller companies, and relatively smaller investment losses. [read post]
1 May 2009, 6:44 am
Lewis (Mecklenburg)(Diaz): shareholder derivative action against Bank of America regarding the Bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. [read post]
1 May 2009, 1:14 am
Slater raises an interesting point, and the example of Merrill Lynch is particularly telling. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 8:12 am
Credit default swaps played a major role in the credit crisis that brought the downfall of Lehman Brothers Holdings, the bailout and restructuring of American International Group Inc., and Merrill Lynch & Co. being absorbed by Bank of America Corp. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 2:38 am
The bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch employees at year end just prior to the consummation of the company’s merger with Bank of America also features prominently in the shareholders’ litigation filed against Bank of America earlier this year, following the revelation of Merrill’s massive and previously unreported losses. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 1:26 pm
In September 2008, the government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was followed by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America and an $85 billion (and now $170 billion) government investment in American International Group. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 2:21 pm
Merrill Lynch vigorously contested the case. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 1:27 pm
., a registered broker-dealer, commenced an arbitration proceeding against Merrill Lynch to recover $140 million paid for auction rate securities sold to it by Merrill, according to a February 10, 2009 article by Mary Alice Robbins in LAW.COM. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 5:23 am
• New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has accused Merrill Lynch executives of acting irresponsibly in awarding employees $3.6 billion in bonuses at a time when the firm was receiving bailout funds from the federal government. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 8:06 pm
"Some of these guys, I was invoicing on corporate credit cards," she said. [read post]
5 Feb 2009, 1:39 am
There has really been only one significant settlement, the recent massive $550 million settlement involving Merrill Lynch (about which refer here). [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 7:44 am
Simple forms of securitised credit - corporate bonds - have of course existed for almost as long as modern banking. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 2:33 am
An increase of over 50,000, the majority of which were announced on "Black Monday," January 26th, by the following companies: Caterpillar (20,000)Pfizer (8,000)Sprint Nextel (8,000)Home Depot (7,000)General Motors (2,000)Microsoft/Intel (10,000)Two corporate legal departments that have been in the news recently, Wyeth and Merrill Lynch, have been going forward with legal department layoffs - cutting into the highest levels, including GC's.As reported by… [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 1:54 am
Commentators have questioned, for example, whether Citigroup should be nationalized (refer here) or if the Merrill Lynch-related losses might cost Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis his job (refer here). [read post]
20 Jan 2009, 9:58 am
However, this defense is simply not justified, because sophisticated people can't bring their sophistication to bear when they are lied to - as Merrill Lynch apparently recognized when it paid the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System $550 million. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:01 pm
The major creditors of the fund included Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, all of which went on to lend and invest recklessly and, to one degree or another, pay the consequences. [read post]
