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Entries tagged "legal action"The search for good and evil in the Lehman prosecutionIf you didn't think the coming prosecutions on Wall Street would delve into some very weird territory, Wednesday's story in The Wall Street Journal effectively dispelled that. The Journal is reporting that a scrum of federal prosecutors chasing a pack of former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. execs may ask analysts whether Lehmanites did, or did not lie about the condition of that now-vaporized firm. For those of you with a still-functioning memory, this creates a little frisson of irony. Wasn't it just yesterday that analysts were the biggest liars, dissemblers, sophists this side of Enron? Wasn't it just a few... FTC continues battle with Whole FoodsThe Federal Trade Commission's legal battle over the consummated $700 million merger of Whole Foods Market Inc. and rival organic grocer Wild Oats Markets Inc. continued on Wednesday, even though the deal closed more than a year ago. ... The little bank that forced TD to do the right thingA little bank in central Massachusetts has forced the hand of Canada's second-largest bank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, into unifying its entire U.S. branding strategy. Last year, Toronto-Dominion acquired Commerce Bancorp, a Cherry Hill, N.J.-based bank with branches from New York to Washington, with a beachhead in South Florida. With the acquisition, TD's U.S. moniker, TD Banknorth, began to seem inappropriate, and the firm announced a rebranding around the Commerce name.... InBev moves to oust Anheuser-Busch boardAfter Belgian brewer InBev SA went to court Thursday to allow the removal of the Anheuser-Busch Cos.'s directors without cause, the St. Louis-based brewer finally issued a formal refusal letter.... Little Mass. bank challenges TD in courtToronto-Dominion Bank closed its largest U.S. purchase to date by buying Commerce Bancorp Inc. on Monday, and already the Canadian banking giant is facing a lawsuit concerning its post-merger integration plans.... Banks ask for dismissal in Clear Channel suitRather than proceed with litigation brought by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital LLC in New York, banks involved in the $25 billion Clear Channel Communications Inc. leveraged buyout said the court should set an expedited schedule to consider dismissing the matter altogether. ... Litigation shouldn't upset BCE buyoutBCE Inc. said Tuesday an appeals court schedule for litigation over its C$52 billion ($52 billion) leveraged buyout should allow the privatization to close by the end of the second quarter.... Bear Stearns lawsuits start rolling inThe blowback from the $2 per share acquisition of Bear Stearns Cos. is building fast. Before the end of trade Monday, multiple lawsuits had been filed in the Manhattan courts, and there looks to be plenty more on the way.... IAC attorneys testify ahead of DillerTwo lawyers for IAC/InterActiveCorp testified Thursday morning in the Delaware Chancery Court that Liberty Media Corp. has no veto right over IAC's supposed restructuring.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "legal action." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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