Bear Stearns News

JPMorgan Beats Insurers in Appeal Over $140M Bear Stearns Settlement

New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is entitled to insurance coverage for $140 million of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settlement with the former Bear Stearns Cos. over improper mutual fund trading. Reversing …

Banks Say Settlements Aren’t Slowing Financial Crisis Liability Suits

As U.S. authorities seek to make Wall Street pay for its role in triggering the financial crisis more than four years ago, banks are starting to fight back, frustrated that they are being asked to pay more than once for …

Last Loans Used to Buy AIG, Bear Stearns Assets Repaid: Fed Reserve

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday the last of its loans made to acquire risky assets from AIG and Bear Stearns during the financial crisis have been paid off with interest. The Fed bank acquired the …

Bear Stearns $275 Million Claims Settlement Reached

A $275 million settlement has been reached in a nationwide shareholder lawsuit stemming from the near-collapse of the former Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns Cos, court papers show. The settlement resolves claims that Bear, and several officials including former …

SEC, Ex-Bear Stearns Managers Settle

Two former Bear Stearns fund managers agreed to pay more than $1 million combined to resolve a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over allegations they lied about the health of two mortgage-laden hedge funds they managed, lawyers said on …

Judge Tosses JPMorgan Lawsuit Against Insurers

A JPMorgan unit cannot force insurers to pay a $250 million settlement between failed investment bank Bear Stearns and government regulators, a state appeals court in New York ruled on Tuesday. Reversing a trial court, the appeals court threw out …

Investor Suit Against Bear Stearns, Auditor to Proceed

Plaintiffs in one of the biggest U.S. investor lawsuits stemming from the financial crisis got a boost from a judge, who said a case against fallen investment bank Bear Stearns and its outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, can go forward. …