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Judge to Insurer: Pay Legal Fees in Pending Insider Trading Fraud Case

A federal judge said during a court hearing in New York on Thursday he is prepared to order an insurance company to keep paying the legal fees of several former hedge fund managers and traders caught up in an insider …

Judge Blocks $90 Million Insurance Settlement for Lehman Directors, Officers

With a nod to country singer Kenny Rogers, a federal judge has refused for now to allow insurers for former officers and directors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to pay $90 million to settle a fraud lawsuit brought by investors. …

D&O Liability Rates Firmed in First Quarter: Marsh

Rates for directors and officers’ (D&O) liability insurance appear to be firming, having risen only 1.5 percent in the first quarter. According to a benchmark report from insurance broker Marsh, that 1.5 percent increase compares to a 4.5 percent decline …

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 …

New Jobs Act Does Not Reduce Management Liability

Any U.S. corporate executives who think they can use the Jobs Act’s relaxed rules for public listing to cut corners on accounting and disclosure may want to think again. The Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama last Thursday, …

Judge Weighs Release of Insurance Monies for MF Global Defense

An MF Global bankruptcy trustee asked a judge on Monday to release $25 million in insurance money to pay defense costs for Jon Corzine and other former MF Global officers facing civil lawsuits over the broker’s October collapse. If paid …

Bond Insurer Ambac Sues JPMorgan Over Mortgage Losses

Ambac Financial Group Inc., the bond insurer that last month won court approval to emerge from bankruptcy, has sued JPMorgan Chase & Co. to recover losses on securities it insured that were made by a unit of the former Bear …

Appeals Court Hears Fraud Claim Against Goldman, TCW Over CDOs

A U.S. appeals court was asked on Friday to decide whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and TCW Asset Management Co. should have foreseen the housing market implosion that caused a $37 million loss for German state-owned Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg. A three-judge …

Washington Mutual Sues Its D&O Insurers, Seeks Up to $250M

Washington Mutual Inc. recently filed a lawsuit against a dozen insurance companies that had provided directors’ and officers’ coverage. The troubled bank holding company that just completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process says its insurers improperly denied D&O claims. Insurers …