One of the more unusual trials to come out of the 2008 financial crisis is set to begin on Monday,...
Articles by Aruna Viswanatha
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last Wednesday called for Congress to take steps to help prosecutors build criminal cases against...
Two U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a new bill that would force enforcement agencies to provide more details about deals...

The U.S. Department of Justice appeared to have struck gold last week with the law it wielded against one of...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke does not have to testify in the multibillion-dollar lawsuit by the former chief of American...
A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the United States can pursue parts of a civil lawsuit against Bank of...
A federal judge handed a legal defeat to Standard & Poor’s, ruling that a lawsuit in which Connecticut accused it...
Standard & Poor’s asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss a U.S. Justice Department civil suit against the rating...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is experimenting with punishments that more closely fit the wrongdoing at issue in a...
A top U.S. bank regulator on Tuesday offered a lengthy defense of entering into settlements with banks, taking a swipe...