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The Week In Securities Litigation: $600 Million Insider Trading Settlement Reached

The Second Circuit's pending decision in the Commission's Citigroup market crisis case continues to loom as Judge Marreno approved the over $600 million insider trading settlement involving SAC Capital - conditioned on the outcome of Citigroup...

Published Sun, Apr 21 2013 8:42 PM by Thomas O. Gorman

Filed under: litigation, securities, SEC, Thomas Gorman, settlement, securities litigation, Second Circuit, FCPA, insider trading, SEC Actions, DOJ, citigroup, SAC Capital, Mary Jo White, market crisis, Andrew Ceresney
Fifth Third Agrees To Pay $16M To Settle Federal Securities Law Claims

CINCINNATI - (Mealey's) Fifth Third Bancorp and a number of other defendants agreed to pay $16 million to settle claims that Fifth Third misrepresented its involvement in the subprime securities market in violation of federal securities laws, according...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 4:50 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, securities, settlement, financial services, securities litigation, The Eshe Fund v. Fifth Third Bancorp, Edwin B. Shelton, District No. 9, Local 295/Local 851 IBT Employer Group Pension Trust and Welfare Funds, I.A. of M. & A.W. Pension Trust, subprime securities, Fifth Third Bancorp
Countrywide Financial Corp. Reaches $500 Million Settlement In 3 Mortgage-Backed Securities Class Actions

LOS ANGELES - (Mealey's) Countrywide Financial Corp. will pay $500 million to shareholders in three related securities class action lawsuits to settle claims that it misrepresented the investment quality of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in what...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 3:57 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, class action, settlement, Countrywide Financial Corp., financial services, securities litigation, Securities Act of 1933, mortgage-backed securities, CAFA, Class Action Fairness Act, Maine State Retirement System v. Countrywide Financial Corp., David H. Luther v. Countrywide Financial Corp., Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan v. Countrywide Financial Corp., MBS
Final Approval Of $2.4Billion Settlement Granted In Bank Of America Securities Suit

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A federal judge in New York on April 5 granted final approval of a $2.4 billion settlement between shareholders and Bank of America Corp. (BoA) to settle claims that it and certain of its executive officers and directors misrepresented...

Published Mon, Apr 8 2013 4:45 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, securities, class action, derivative, settlement, ERISA, securities litigation, Bank of America, and ERISA Litigation, Merrill, In re: Bank of America Corp. Securities, Lynch & Co.
Florida Federal Judge Approves TD Bank's $62 Million Settlement In MDL Overdraft Fees Litigation

MIAMI - (Mealey's) A federal judge in Florida on March 18 approved TD Bank NA's $62 million settlement that will allow the bank to exit a multidistrict litigation in which class members allege that several banks manipulated the order of debit...

Published Tue, Mar 19 2013 12:08 PM by Michael J. Lello

Filed under: litigation, settlement, multidistrict litigation, financial services, banks, TD Bank, overdraft fees, overdraft litigation, banking fees, In Re: Checking Account Overdraft Litigation
Yasmin, Yaz Gallbladder Cases Settled For $24 Million By Bayer; Payouts Are $2,000-$3,000

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — (Mealey’s) Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $24 million to resolve claims of plaintiffs who allege that they developed gallbladder disease or underwent gallbladder surgery as a result of using Yasmin or...

Published Mon, Mar 18 2013 5:20 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: litigation, settlement, multidistrict litigation, YAZ, drospirenone, Yasmin, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, drugs and medical devices, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, birth control pills, Gallbladder Resolution Program, gallbladder disease, In Re: Yasmin and Yaz [Drospirenone] Marketing
Federal Judge Issues Order Approving 5 Defective Drywall Settlements

NEW ORLEANS - (Mealey's) The federal judge in Louisiana presiding over the massive Chinese-manufactured defective drywall litigation issued an order Feb. 7 approving five class action settlements with manufacturers, builders, suppliers and installers...

Published Fri, Feb 8 2013 3:54 PM by Christopher Bauer

Filed under: litigation, Louisiana, Chinese drywall, Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, class action, KPT, settlement, toxic torts, Banner Supply Co., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin, Eldon E. Fallon, MDL 2047, L&W Supply Corp., Interior/Exterior Building Supply LP, In re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation
Toyota Agrees To Fund Settlement Of Unintended Acceleration Cases Worth Up To $1.4 Billion

Attorney representing Toyota owners calls settlement "extraordinarily hard-fought, exceptionally far-reaching" LOS ANGELES - The attorneys representing Toyota owners who claim that their vehicles are prone to sudden, unexplained acceleration...

Published Fri, Dec 28 2012 4:29 PM by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

Filed under: litigation, Toyota, settlement, Hagens Berman, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, unexplained acceleration, In Re: Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing
Former IndyMac CEO Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With FDIC

LOS ANGELES - (Mealey's) Former IndyMac FSB CEO Michael Perry on Dec. 14 agreed to a $12 million settlement to resolve the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s $600 million suit over his alleged role in the bank's failure, according to a stipulation...

Published Mon, Dec 17 2012 1:41 PM by Michael J. Lello

Filed under: litigation, verdict, settlement, financial services, banking, FDIC, IndyMac, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Michael Perry, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Michael Perry
Feeder Funds To Pay Nearly $220 Million To Settle Madoff Ponzi Scheme Fraud Claims

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Four Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC feeder funds and several of their current and former owners and officers have agreed to pay nearly $220 million to settle claims that they breached their fiduciary duties under...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2012 3:07 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, settlement, ERISA, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, financial services, Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Department of Labor, Ponzi scheme, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, BLMIS, Bernie Madoff, Paul Perry, Andover Associates Management Corp., J.P. Jeanneret Associates Inc., Beacon Associates Management Corp., Harris Markoff, In re: Beacon Associates Litigation, breach of fiduciary duties, John P. Jeanneret, Joel Danziger, Ivy Asset Management LLC
$7.25 Billion Antitrust Credit-Card-Fee Settlement Receives Approval

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A federal judge in New York on Nov. 9 granted preliminary approval to the $7.25 billion class action settlement between merchants and Visa, MasterCard and a large number of banks that the proposed class alleges fixed the prices...

Published Mon, Nov 12 2012 2:59 PM by Joan Grossman

Filed under: litigation, class action, settlement, antitrust, banks, Payless ShoeSource Inc., Discount Optics Inc., Credit-Card-Fee, Leon's Transmission Service Inc., In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MasterCard, Capital Audio Electronics Inc., Parkway Corp., Traditions Ltd., interchange fees, Crystal Rock LLC, Etc. Corp., CHS Inc., Judge John Gleeson, Visa, MasterCard International Inc.
Parties Seek Approval Of $80 Million Settlement In Madoff Feeder Fund Suit

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Investors on Nov. 6 asked a federal judge in New York to preliminarily approve a potential $80.25 million settlement of claims that defendants concealed that the investors' funds were being placed in accounts that were part...

Published Thu, Nov 8 2012 12:12 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, securities, settlement, securities litigation, Ponzi scheme, Madoff, class certification, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Brian Francoeur, PwC Accountants Netherlands N.V., et al. V. Fairfield Greenwich Ltd., Ian Pilgrim, Pasha S. Anwar, GlobeOp Financial Services LLC, International Ltd., PwC LLP, Citco Group Ltd.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pays $95 Million To Settle Off-Label, Kickback Claims In Civil Suit

BALTIMORE — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $95 million to the federal government to resolve civil allegations that it marketed three drugs for off-label uses, promoted high doses of two drugs and paid kickbacks to health care...

Published Sat, Oct 27 2012 1:27 PM by Tom Moylan

Filed under: lawsuit, litigation, settlement, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Laboratories, Medicaid, False Claims Act, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, kickbacks, Combivent, off-label uses, Micardis, United States of American v. Boehringer Ingelheim, bronchospasm, Atrovent, Aggrenox, Robert Heiden, hypertension
State Attorneys General Allowed To Sue Even After Nationwide Class Action Settlement

By the Consumer Financial Services Group When a defendant settles a nationwide class action suit, it hopes to gain global peace and finality. However, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida limited the finality afforded to...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 3:16 PM by Ballard Spahr LLP

Filed under: litigation, class action, settlement, state attorneys general, Capital One, Spinelli v. Capital One Bank, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, payment protection fees
Bank Of America To Pay $2.43 Billion To Settle Securities Class Action Lawsuit

NEW YORK - In what is being called the largest settlement of a credit-crisis-related securities class action lawsuit, Bank of America Corp. (BoA) has agreed to a $2.43 billion settlement on claims that it and certain of its executive officers and directors...

Published Mon, Oct 1 2012 6:52 PM by Timothy Raub

Filed under: litigation, securities, class action, settlement, ERISA, securities litigation, Credit Crisis, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, BofA, In re: Bank of America Corp. Securities Derivative and ERISA Litigation

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The Week In Securities Litigation: $600 Million Insider Trading Settlement Reached

Fifth Third Agrees To Pay $16M To Settle Federal Securities Law Claims

Countrywide Financial Corp. Reaches $500 Million Settlement In 3 Mortgage-Backed Securities Class Actions

Final Approval Of $2.4Billion Settlement Granted In Bank Of America Securities Suit

Florida Federal Judge Approves TD Bank's $62 Million Settlement In MDL Overdraft Fees Litigation

Yasmin, Yaz Gallbladder Cases Settled For $24 Million By Bayer; Payouts Are $2,000-$3,000

Federal Judge Issues Order Approving 5 Defective Drywall Settlements

Toyota Agrees To Fund Settlement Of Unintended Acceleration Cases Worth Up To $1.4 Billion

Former IndyMac CEO Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With FDIC

Feeder Funds To Pay Nearly $220 Million To Settle Madoff Ponzi Scheme Fraud Claims

$7.25 Billion Antitrust Credit-Card-Fee Settlement Receives Approval

Parties Seek Approval Of $80 Million Settlement In Madoff Feeder Fund Suit

Boehringer Ingelheim Pays $95 Million To Settle Off-Label, Kickback Claims In Civil Suit

State Attorneys General Allowed To Sue Even After Nationwide Class Action Settlement

Bank Of America To Pay $2.43 Billion To Settle Securities Class Action Lawsuit