• Corporate charter revocation, a goofy cause, naturally enjoys support of RFK Jr. [Bainbridge, more]
• Jury finds Arab Bank liable in terror finance lawsuit [Daniel Fisher first, second, third posts; Kevin Funnell first, second posts]
• “And since most cases do settle, the scope of the law is actually being determined by the DOJ rather than the courts.” [Thomas Vartanian, American Banker] “Lloyds settlement latest example of the shadow regulatory state” [James Copland, City A.M.]
• Gideon Kanner is covering the AIG trial that just started;
• Do the benefits of mandatory investor disclosures outweigh the costs? [Elisabeth de Fontenay, Regulation (PDF) via Matthew Feeney]
• Albany lawprofs on board with scheme to expropriate underwater mortgages through eminent domain and compensate just 60 percent of face value [SSRN, earlier]
• Transparency in whistleblowing: we’ll see what the SEC wants us to see [Daniel Fisher]

Filed under: banks, corporate governance, Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, terrorism, whistleblowers