The global financial markets have been rocked in recent years by revelations of market manipulations involving personnel from some of the world’s largest financial institutions. The scandals have included alleged manipulation of the Libor benchmark rates, of the foreign exchange benchmark rates, and of the metals trading markets. Relatedly, there have also
Second Circuit Reinstates Barclays Libor Scandal Securities Suit
While claimants continue to fie private civil actions seeking to recover damages they claim to have sustained as a result of the Libor manipulation scandal, the fact is that at least up to this point, the plaintiffs have not fared particularly well in the Libor-related civil litigation.
As noted here, on March 29, 2013,
FDIC Files Libor Manipulation Lawsuit for Alleged Harm to Failed Banks
On March 14, 2014, In the latest development in the long-running saga of the Libor scandal, the FDIC in its capacity as receiver of 38 banking institutions that failed between 2008 and 2011, has filed a massive new lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the U.S. dollar Libor rate-setting banks and
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NCUA Files Libor Manipulatoin Antitrust Suit: Even though the federal judge presiding over the consolidated Libor antitrust litigation has granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the antitrust claims, the federal credit union regulatory agency has filed a new action against Libor rate-setting banks alleging violation of the Sherman Act. As described in the National Credit
Despite Setbacks, Libor-Scandal Claimants Press Ahead
The early returns in the Libor-scandal related litigation have not been favorable for the claimants. As noted here, on March 29, 2013, Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald substantially granted the motion to dismiss in the consolidated Libor-scandal antitrust litigation, and as discussed here, on May 13, 2013, Southern District
Motion to Dismiss Granted in Barclays Libor-Scandal Securities Suit
In a May 13, 2013 order (here), Southern District of New York Judge Shira Scheindlin granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the Libor-scandal related securities suit that had been filed against Barclays and two of its former executives following the company’s entry into a massive Libor-related settlement last summer. The suit’s dismissal is just
Libor-Scandal Antitrust Plaintiffs Allowed to Seek Leave to Amend Their Allegations
Citing the “obvious magnitude” of the Libor-related antitrust litigation, Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald has given the plaintiffs leave to attempt to amend their complaints to address the shortcomings that previously led her to grant the defendants’ motion to dismiss. Judge Buchwald granted the plaintiffs’ request for leave to file a motion
Libor-Scandal Litigation: After Federal Court Dismissal, Schwab Pursues State Court Suit
When Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald entered her order in the consolidated Libor litigation on March 29, 2013, she dismissed the plaintiffs’ antitrust and RICO claims against the Libor rate-setting banks, and she also declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ state law claims, which she dismissed without prejudice. The upshot of
Big News: Consolidated Libor-Scandal Antitrust and RICO Claims Dismissed
On March 29, 2013, in a ruling that she acknowledged some might find to be “unexpected” in light of the substantial regulatory fines and penalties that some of the defendants have paid, Southern District of New York Naomi Reice Buchwald granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the antitrust and RICO claims in the consolidated Libor-based
UBS’s Massive Libor-Related Settlements: What Do They Signify?
Swiss banking giant UBS has become the second global financial institution to enter a series of massive regulatory settlements in connection with the ongoing Libor scandal investigation. As detailed in its December 19, 2012 press release (here), UBS has agreed to pay a total of about 1.4 billion Swiss francs (about $1.54 billion