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Focus of MF Global Probes Turns to Civil Cases; Insurance Dwindling

Prosecutors investigating the collapse of failed commodities brokerage MF Global are close to wrapping up their criminal probe and are unlikely to file criminal charges, a move that could pave the way for regulators to bring civil cases, according to …

Claims Against MF Global’s Corzine, Other Executives May Depend on Insurance

Jon Corzine failed to address MF Global Holdings Ltd.’s growing liquidity needs as he tried to build the commodities broker into a global investment powerhouse, helping create the conditions that led to its downfall, a trustee in MF’s bankruptcy said …

MF Global Trustee May Sue Company Employees

The trustee liquidating MF Global’s broker-dealer said he may bring civil lawsuits against some of the company’s employees in connection with a massive shortfall in customer funds created in the days leading up to its collapse. Trustee James Giddens said …

MF Global Executives Win Access to Insurance Monies for Defense

Former MF Global Holdings Ltd. Chief Executive Jon Corzine and other company officials won court permission to tap as much as $30 million of insurance money to defend lawsuits over the futures brokerage’s collapse. Tuesday’s decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge …

MF Global Judge to Examine Insurance Payments for Former Executives

The U.S. judge overseeing MF Global’s bankruptcy plans a closer review before deciding whether any of an estimated $190 million of insurance coverage for former company executives should instead go to customers. Opponents of the plan to cover former executives, …

Lawyers, Firms Line Up as MF Global Crumbles

Just days after the collapse of MF Global, a healthcare plaintiffs’ lawyer registered the domain mfglobal-lawsuit.com — a sign of the legal business the brokerage’s failure is expected to generate. Timothy Butler of Darien, Connecticut, said he is hoping for …