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SINCLAIR v. HAWKE

Banking Law, Civil Rights
The comprehensive statutory scheme, establishing the Office of the Comptroller of Currency's ability to regulate bank operations and declare an...

US v. THOMAS

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Insufficient evidence supported a bank fraud conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 1344, where no proof existed that defendant intended to victimize...

PEOPLE v. FIRST FED. CREDIT CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In imposing civil penalties under the Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code sections 17206 and 17536), evidence of a defendant's financial...

THOMPSON v. MASTERCARD INT'L, INC.

Banking Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Debt Collection
A lawsuit, alleging RICO violations by credit card companies and web sites arising from online gambling operations, was properly dismissed where...

CAPITOL INDEMNITY CORP. v. AULAKH

Banking Law, Contracts
The issuance of surety bonds does not constitute a credit transaction as defined under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and its Virginia counterpart.

SEC. & EXCH. COMM'N v. J.T. WALLENBROCK & ASSOCS.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, International Trade, Securities Law
Promissory notes purportedly secured by accounts receivable of Malaysian manufacturers constituted securities regulated under the Securities Act of...

TELEMARK DEV. GROUP, INC. v. MENGELT

Banking Law, Contracts, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action for breach of contract on a promissory note, defendant's statements and conduct excused plaintiff from its obligation to tender actual...

KARAHA BODAS CO., L.L.C. v. PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN MINYAK DAN GAS BUMI NEGARA

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, International Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
New York choice of law rules would mandate application of Indonesian law to determine the relative property interests of funds in trust accounts,...

NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA NAT'L ASS'N v. FED. DEPOSIT INS. CORP.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
An action alleging overpayment of insurance premiums to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is barred because the complaint was filed after the...

VIRGIN ISLANDS BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK

Banking Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
A bank must honor a notice of levy on property on which it holds an unexercised right of setoff, but has limited the property owner's access, because...