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26 May 2009, 5:25 pm
For example, she penned the Second Circuit's relatively recent shareholder-friendly opinion in Merrill Lynch v. [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]
24 Apr 2009, 10:00 am
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24 Apr 2009, 6:32 am
The minutes of that December 30th meeting show that Lewis reported he had told federal regulators "were it not for the serious concerns regarding the status of the United States financial services system and the adverse consequences of that situation to the Corporation articulated by the federal regulators, the Corporation would, in light of the deterioration of the operating results and capital position of Merrill Lynch, assert the material… [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 3:04 am
Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch went through, so we will (fortunately) never know what would have happened if the deal had collapsed. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 5:33 pm
Along with the disclosure on Thursday that the government appears to have strong-armed Bank of America into completing its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, corporate records state that the government pressed the bank to slash the dividend on [...] [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 1:47 pm
According to a letter from New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo released this afternoon, a more subtle variation occurred last December when then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pressured Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis into closing the latter's disastrous acquisition of Merrill Lynch, despite massive deterioration in Merrill's value, of which Lewis was keenly aware but did not disclose to B of A shareholders. [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]
1 Apr 2009, 7:38 am
Bear Stearns, Lehman and Merrill Lynch not only still existed, they were venerable names on Wall Street. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 2:21 pm
Merrill Lynch vigorously contested the case. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 1:14 pm
According to the article, Hyatt, Cigna, General Electric, Motorola, Merrill Lynch and Yahoo! [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 5:07 am
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 396 F.3d 161, 173 (2d Cir. 2005) (loss can be caused by “materialization of the concealed risk”), any theory of loss causation would still have to identify when the materialization occurred and link it to a corresponding loss. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 1:00 pm
Here are a few stories and items that caught my eye, but I have not had time to build-out to a full post: Reminder to Review Insider Trading Compliance by Melissa Klein Aguilar for Compliance Week The SEC settled an administrative proceeding this month involving Merrill Lynch based on the firm's failure to have adequate procedures regarding its "squawk box" to prevent day traders from overhearing and using material non-public information regarding unexecuted… [read post]
19 Mar 2009, 1:57 am
Cuomo called the decision a "victory for taxpayers" that would "lift the shroud of secrecy surrounding the $3.6 billion in premature bonuses Merrill Lynch rushed out in early December. [read post]
