Sentences with phrase «litigation against a bank»

At the same time there were new disruptive entrants to market such as Quinn Emanuel, Stewarts Law, Signature Litigation, Enyo, etc. whose strategy was to provide a «conflict free» litigation service, enabling them to act for individuals, private equity houses and hedge funds in major pieces of litigation against the banks, work that the established elite firms in London could not touch.

Advising the central bank of a European state in relation to litigation against a bank which had become subject to its control as a result of the 2008 financial crisis.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Bank of America is considering a deal with state and federal officials to reduce the amounts owed by some troubled borrowers in exchange for protection of future litigation against the bank.

Not exact matches

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

The private litigation is separate from Libor rigging probes that have resulted in roughly $ 9 billion of sanctions worldwide, including $ 2.5 billion against Deutsche Bank in April 2015.

The FHA began developing a loan defect taxonomy several years ago in response to the False Claims Act litigation the Justice Department filed against FHA lenders, which resulted in large fines and prompted many banks to exit the FHA single - family mortgage program.

US litigation firm poised to file claims against banks for foreign exchange rate rigging as US settlements are confirmed

He is regularly instructed on disputes concerning civil fraud and asset tracing, banking and other financial litigation, and company law disputes of one sort of another (including shareholder disputes or claims against directors).

He has 12 years» experience of major commercial litigation in such diverse areas as bribery and corruption of senior executives and misappropriation of corporate assets (including the 24 - week Fiona Trust trial), international arbitration (typically LCIA, ICC, LMAA and UNCITRAL and frequently for or against states or state - owned companies), proceedings in the Commercial Court under the Arbitration Act 1996, banking litigation, offshore engineering, shipping and insurance.

Since our foundation in 2009, our work has included a wide range of notable cases, including some of the most high - profile litigation against major banks in the last decade.

Andy McGregor, banking litigation partner at RPC, says: «The banks will have been negotiating with the regulator for months trying to come to a settlement to reduce the size of their fine, but also trying to limit the extent to which the FCA's final penalty notice includes any admissions or evidence that could be used against them in a potential civil claim in the future.

It is defending Royal Bank of Canada Trust Company (Jersey) in litigation brought by two individuals relating to royalties arising out of a feature film; and is representing Manchester Airport in a claim against Ten Group under a guarantee arising out of the termination of an advertising contract with Airport Advertising UK.

The RBS Rights Issue Litigation is the collective name for numerous claims brought against the ailing bank by former and current shareholders who purchased shares in the # 12bn rights issue just months prior to the bank's # 45bn Government bail out in 2008.

As head of the consumer financial services enforcement and litigation practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, he's devoted much of the past year to defending banking and lending clients against litigation stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis.

Kasowitz Benson is also working alongside Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan on behalf of the Federal Housing Finance Agency in connection with litigation against 18 banks that sold the government entity billions in mortgage - backed securities.

Our legal team has defended litigation brought against directors and officers employed in all types of public and private companies, including banks and financial institutions.

Speaking at the Legal Week Banking Litigation and Regulation Forum today (14 June), former Herbert Smith Freehills litigator Tim Parkes said the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, which the FCA introduced in March, would «give greater clarity over an individual's responsibilities and increase accountability», leading to a likely rise in cases against individuals.

The firm is already engaged in Germany and has financed various significant cases, including sophisticated legal proceedings for the remuneration of infrastructure construction work against a foreign sovereign state pleading state immunity and a securities litigation against a major German bank.

The practice is largely conflict free and able to act against most banks in financial services - related litigation... key advisers include Simon Brew, Alexander Wildschütz, construction law expert David Weare, and Digby Hebbard, who pursues claims against construction project professionals.

Given the necessity to maintain the continuity of public services in PPP projects, intergovernmental bodies, sucn as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNCITRAL and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), have cautioned against the use of litigation as a primary means of resolving PPP - related disputes.

2015 saw the total value of claims funded by Therium break the $ 5 billion mark with litigation and arbitration cases in the UK, Europe, Asia - Pacific and in the Americas, including high profile cases such as the shareholder group action against Lloyds Banking Group over the acquisition of HBOS at the peak of the financial crisis.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribLitigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting triblitigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting triblitigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

In addition to heading the firm's litigation practice in the North, Sally Emerton heads the professional negligence team and has a substantial track record acting for banks and building societies in disputes against solicitors, valuers and other professionals.

Gordons LLP's «commercial and practical» professional negligence practice is led by James Laycock and includes Andrew Breckenridge, a banking litigation specialist who joined in January 2017 from DWF, and Stephen McVey, whose experience includes acting in a multimillion - pound claim against a firm of accountants relating to tax avoidance schemes.

Represented Amar Finance in Securities Litigation against Royal Bank of Scotland located in the United Kingdom and Dubai.

The practice is largely conflict free and able to act against most banks in financial services - related litigation.

Represented French bank and its US affiliate in federal and state litigation against purchasers of Romanian oil cargos

Represented a Canadian bank and affiliated entities in federal litigation asserting commercial tort claims against the originator of securitized lease assets

As a result, we have been free to pioneer actions against the world's largest banks, taking on essentially the entire financial industry To date, Quinn Emanuel's financial litigation practice has secured dozens of settlements from these global financial giants.

Our Sydney partners have represented clients in some of Australia's largest and most complex corporate collapses, crises, disasters, and class actions, including HIH, World Trade Center litigation, Ensham Resources, Babcock & Brown liquidation proceedings, the James Hardie Royal Commission, a class action against the Bank of Queensland and currently running six class actions in the Supreme Court of NSW against vehicle manufacturers arising out of the Takata airbags recalls; as well as presently (as a matter of public record): Arup Pty Ltd, Aurizon, Forge Group, ICICI Bank, NuCoal Ltd, South32, Macquarie Bank, Deloitte, and Viva Energy (amongst others).

Rupert is currently acting in two of The Lawyer's Top 20 Cases of 2017, namely Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (US$ 4bn Commercial Court claim against the UK Government for breach of A1P1 ECHR rights loss caused by unlawful sanctions) and Various Claimants v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc (high - value group litigation privacy / Data Protection Act claim against Morrisons following employee data breach).

Representation of the FDIC in a securities class action against subsidiaries of IndyMac Bank: In re IndyMac Mortgage - Backed Securities Litigation, No. 09 - cv - 04583 (S.D.N.Y.)

According to Nonaka, «it's a fair assumption» the Conference of State Bank Supervisors would continue to pursue litigation against the OCC if the case is thrown out,...

Banking litigation Commentary: Fladgate's banking litigation team continues to receive mandates against banks, often for claims of mis - selling and neglBanking litigation Commentary: Fladgate's banking litigation team continues to receive mandates against banks, often for claims of mis - selling and neglbanking litigation team continues to receive mandates against banks, often for claims of mis - selling and negligence.

With respect to corporate litigation, Dan has represented corporations and senior executives against claims of fraud, RICO, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraudulent transfer claims.With respect to white collar criminal defense matters, Dan has represented large companies, corporate executives and other individuals in cases of mail fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in addition to other complex crimes.

• Access Bank, Ecobank, Stanbic Bank, Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, SG - SSB: General litigation representation • Meridian Port Holdings Ltd: Ghana counsel in a dispute over a Concession Agreement over the lease, building and operation of Port Container Handling & Services Terminal at the nation's premier commercial harbour • AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited: General litigation representation • Bankswitch Ghana Limited (Ghana): Ghana counsel in international arbitration between Bankswitch and the Government of Ghana • Balkan Energy Company: Ghana counsel in international arbitration and local litigation against the Government of Ghana regarding a Power Purchase Agreement Key Clients: AngloGold Ashanti, Balkan Energy, Stanbic, Guinness Ghana Breweries, Kasapa Telecom, Exim Bank, Dechert LLP, ATC Towers Ghana Limited, University of Ghana and American International School.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving Pdbank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdBank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

Weil defended Merrill Lynch and Bank of America in a putative class action litigation alleging a nationwide pattern of race discrimination against Merrill Lynch and Bank of America based on Merrill Lynch's decision to pay retention bonuses based on production to financial advisors (FAs) who remained after the merger with Bank of America.

We represented the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in litigation against JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. concerning collateral JPMorgan obtained from Lehman pre-petition and the close out of derivatives transactions between the two institutions post-petition, resulting in a settlement that included a cash payment by JPMorgan to the Lehman estate of over $ 1.4 billion.

For example, both bills include a provision that would allow banks and other financial institutions to more easily challenge business method patents when those patents are asserted against them in litigation.