"This is the first case that I know of where the U.S. trustee has actually filed an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court against a creditor of this type," said O. Max Gardner III, a consumer bankruptcy lawyer in North Carolina.
"I'm the only person on this stage who's actually filed applications under the Patriot Act..
The financial data in the report was taken from the companies' regulatory filings, which can differ from what is actually filed on a corporate tax return.
The agency had actually filed two cases.
In 2014, Public Citizen actually filed a petition with the US Food and Drug Administration FDAA) requesting a strong health warning on all drugs containing testosterone.
California has not only chosen not to appeal, but has actually filed a brief supporting its law's challengers.
The largest companies (market caps of $750 million or more), by contrast, actually filed fewer restatements through the third quarter compared with the period last year.
Bear never actually filed for bankruptcy, of course — because of how brokerages are dealt with under bankruptcy law, such a move would have amounted to self-immolation.
We expect that GOI officials will remain reticent until charges are actually filed, a step that may also be delayed by continuing investigations into the Northern Bank robbery itself.
