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Dell'Oca v. Bank of NY Trust Co.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In suit over investment losses, orders granting new trial after verdict for plaintiffs unless plaintiffs consented to a substantial reduction in...

Tullis v. UMB Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The plain language and intent of ERISA permits an individual plan participant to seek recovery of losses due to a fiduciary breach. Consequently, two...

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Superior Ct. of San Francisco County

Banking Law, Securities Law
In an action brought by beneficiaries of personal trusts maintained by petitioner-bank alleging various violations of California law in relation to...

CashCall, Inc. v. Superior Ct. of San Diego County

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In the class action context, there is no bright-line rule that the original class representative plaintiffs must be members of the class to have...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Jones

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, International Law, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a civil enforcement action by the SEC, judgment of contempt for violating a freeze order and sanctions for failure to comply with discovery...

Rose v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a California Unfair Competition Law action brought on behalf of an ostensible class of California holders of credit cards issued by Chase, arising...

Krupa v. Landsafe, Inc.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving Countrywide under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, brought on behalf of class of borrowers who had paid a $35.00 credit...

Busby v. JRHBW Realty, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of certification to a class of plaintiffs seeking damages arising out of defendant's alleged violation of Section 8(b) of the Real Estate...

Nat'l Westminster Bank, PLC v. US

Banking Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
In a tax refund action brought by a United Kingdom corporation for the tax years 1981-1987, a judgment finding that the company was entitled to a...

US v. Jimenez

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A check kiting scheme involving only one bank, where the defendant moved funds between various accounts at that institution, still violates the bank...