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  • March 18, 2025

    BlackRock Calls Red States' Suit Over Coal Prices 'Farfetched'

    BlackRock Inc. and two other large asset managers have urged a Texas federal judge to toss claims brought by a coalition of Republican-led states alleging the firms ran a scheme to drive up coal prices as part of an "investment cartel," saying the case "spins a farfetched theory."

  • March 18, 2025

    Bancorp Downplayed CRE Bridge Loan Risks, Investor Claims

    An investor in The Bancorp Inc. is accusing the financial holding company in Delaware federal court of causing stock value to decline by misleading investors, including by not fully disclosing how its commercial real estate bridge loans were in danger of defaulting.

  • March 18, 2025

    The Revival Of Badie Arbitration Suits In Consumer Finance

    Plaintiffs have recently revived a California appellate court's almost 30-year-old decision in Badie v. Bank of America to challenge arbitration requirements under the Federal Arbitration Act, raising issues banks and credit unions in particular should address when amending arbitration provisions, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • March 18, 2025

    Convicted Insurance Mogul's Co. Liable For $57M Fraud

    A Malta-based advisory firm controlled by convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg violated the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 by helping facilitate his misappropriation of $57 million in client funds, a North Carolina federal court ruled, noting Lindberg and another firm executive already admitted to fraud in separate consent judgments.

  • March 18, 2025

    Bank Groups Push For Permanent Block On Ill. Swipe Fee Law

    Banking industry groups moved late Monday to deliver a final blow to an Illinois state law that bans swipe fees on tax and tip portions of payment card transactions, asking a Chicago federal judge to go ahead and finish off the ban before it takes effect this summer.

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