02/07/2013

Advisor Gets Over 12 Years For $16M Fraud

The SEC and federal prosecutors racked up another win on Tuesday after an Illinois federal judge threw the book at a shady financial advisor who pilfered $16 million in mutual fund shares from clients.

02/07/2013

UBS wins end to 'travesty' of lawsuit over tax evasion

Thursday's decision arose from a July 2011 lawsuit by three customers who had held Swiss bank accounts at UBS, and joined an Internal Revenue Service amnesty program that required them to pay back taxes on balances plus 20 percent penalties.

02/06/2013

Merrill wins dismissal of CDO lawsuit by South Korea's Woori

A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit from South Korea's Woori Bank accusing Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch unit of misleading investors about the riskiness of collateralized debt obligations, saying the suit had missed a deadline under South K