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LBHI administrators push for settlement of derivatives claims
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 led to a number of disputes over the valuation of trades with swap counterparties. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has proposed settling all outstanding...
Lehman Brothers Holding Inc (LBHI) confirmed yesterday in its bankruptcy disclosure statement that there are doubts over the validity of third-party and affiliate guarantee claims that cite a pledge by...
The FSA fined RSM Tenon Financial Services Limited at the end of last month, in the first enforcement case to come out of its review of the marketing and sales of structured products. But many individuals...
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No guarantee from Lehman?
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is expected to challenge an apparent pledge to its subsidiaries to guarantee their liabilities and obligations. If successful, the bankrupt estate could render hundreds of billions of dollars worth of claims invalid, and even...
"No intellectual rights for market data," says Citi lawyer
Data is not covered by intellectual property rights, but vendors are increasingly claiming rights and adding usage rights in contracts with clients, according to a panel at the FISD World Financial Information Conference in Athens. "There are no intellectual...
Legal Spotlight: Rating agency exemption from litigation
Rating agencies’ exemption from litigation under securities law is under threat as claimants argue that the agencies acted more like underwriters than raters. There has been a flurry of class action and derivative lawsuits filed against credit rating...
Calpers lawsuit to test rating agency liability on SIV defaults
A lawsuit filed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) against rating agencies over "wildly inaccurate" ratings of now-defunct structured investment vehicles (SIVs) has the potential to become a landmark case, litigators have...
Calpers lawsuit tests ratings agency liability in defaults
A lawsuit filed by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) against ratings agencies over "wildly inaccurate" ratings of now-defunct structured investment vehicles (SIVs) has the potential to become a landmark case, securities litigators...
Information asymmetry
As corporate derivatives litigation activity intensifies in the region, with cases flaring up from India through to South Korea, a number of common themes are starting to emerge. Perhaps the most striking is the expectation that hedging, which is designed...
Court ruling buoys dealers in Korea
Decisions announced by the Seoul Central District Court on April 24 on attempts by local corporates to suspend the performance of knock-in knock-out (Kiko) currency option contracts may signal a change of tack that should provide some comfort for derivatives...
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