Court Sides With Wall Street Banks
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Wall Street banks that allegedly conspired to drive up prices on 900 newly issued stocks.
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The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival networks of American Express Co.  and Morgan Stanley. .
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U.S. Supreme Court tosses out charges against banks that helped tech companies go public in the late '90s. But thwarted investors still have options.
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The US Supreme Court, siding with the financial services industry, tightened the limits on damages consumers can get from companies that violate the federal Truth in Lending Act.
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Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday amid fears of bigger-than-expected writedowns and loan-losses at financial companies and as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) agreed to absorb Countrywide Financial, the troubled mortgage lender.
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The Supreme Court yesterday accepted a case that could hurt medical device manufacturers, turned down another that could have harmed pharmaceutical companies, and put off deciding on the Enron scandal.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to curb fund companies from steering stock trades to brokerage firms that agree to sell their funds.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court dealt a blow Tuesday to Enron investors who sued major investment banks to recover money lost when the Texas energy giant collapsed amid a massive accounting fraud.
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The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival networks of
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Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan gave final approval to a $50 million partial settlement by Banca Nazionale del Lavoro of Italy and units of the Credit Suisse Group in an investor lawsuit over the collapse of the Italian dairy company Parmalat in 2003. Banca Nazionale and units of Credit Suisse each will pay $25 million and make corporate governance changes. The judge also approved expenses of $6 million for lawyers of the plaintiffs.
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New York State prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks posed by investments linked to subprime mortgages.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc. , should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 5 (Bloomberg News) â Two investment banks, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, asked a federal appeals court yesterday to end a class-action lawsuit by Enron investors seeking $40 billion that they lost when the energy trader collapsed in 2001.
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Wall Street brokerage house Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to reaching a deal to pay about $220 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it and other big brokerage firms participated in a scheme with Enron Corp.
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New York prosecutors are investigating  whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks  stemming from subprime loan-linked investments, The New York  Times reported on Saturday.
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The Supreme Court let stand on Monday a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card networks violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival networks of American
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Thursday it would hear an appeal by leading Wall Street  underwriters and institutional investors of a ruling that a  lawsuit accusing them of illegally manipulating the price of  stocks in initial public offerings can proceed.