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    Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse reach combined $12.5B settlements

    2017-01-18T14:00:00Z

    Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse last month agreed to pay a combined $12.5 billion in penalties related to the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale, and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities, whereas Barclays and several of its U.S. affiliates are battling a civil complaint over similar claims. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.

  • Article

    FCA’s Reach, Power Only Get Bigger

    2015-01-21T15:00:00Z

    Image: 2014 was a banner year for enforcement of the False Claims Act, with more civil fines and damages than ever before—but the penalty amounts aren’t what should alarm companies; the growing list of industries in the government’s crosshairs is. “Virtually any industry that does business with the federal government ...