"But, unlike other recent settlements, will DOJ provide the public with the key information on investor losses, Bank of America profits, the names of involved executives, specific laws broken and the actual systemic illegal schemes and activities?
This study draws on data from recent settlement surveys and new demographic data derived from repatriation-related assessments of human remains in museums to examine the circumstances of the 1878 1880 famine on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska.
FINANCIAL TIMES A Light Touch in Citigroup Settlement | The Securities and Exchange Commission again went easy on Citigroup in its recent settlement with the bank, even though the S.E.C. had already placed two cease-and-desist orders on the unit that it accused of fraud, Jonathan Weil writes in a column in Bloomberg News.
LONDON – John W. Peace, chairman of the British bank Standard Chartered, on Thursday retracted statements about the bank's recent settlement with American authorities over violations of sanctions laws.
NEW YORK TIMES Standard Chartered Chairman Retracts Comments on Sanctions Settlement With U.S. | John W. Peace, chairman of the British bank Standard Chartered, on Thursday retracted statements about the bank's recent settlement with American authorities over violations of sanctions laws, saying his earlier comments were "wrong".
In a recent settlement conference that I attended, one spouse sat in a corner, did not participate and relied on her attorney for the outcome.
Unlike JPMorgan's recent settlement with WorldCom, which was concluded on the eve of trial, in the Enron settlements there are no imminent court dates forcing the banks' or the plaintiffs' hands.
Federal prosecutors announced the most recent settlement at a news conference at Cleveland city hall on Tuesday afternoon.
"This restructuring and the recent settlement of the U.S.-E.U.
Israel has taken initiatives for peace on several occasions in recent years — the unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon, the Camp David offer of a Palestinian state to Yasir Arafat, the unilateral withdrawal from and dismantling of settlements in Gaza, and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's recent settlement proposal to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.
