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ISS Discusses Largest Securities-Related Class Action Settlements of 2023

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After a decades-long history of alleged “reckless” and “unsound” practices, including the opening of millions of fake accounts, federal regulators imposed punitive consent orders on Wells Fargo, requiring a compliance and corporate oversight overhaul. in August 2019, wiping out about $36 billion in market capitalization.

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ISS Discusses the Largest Class Action Settlements of 2022

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Allegations relate to the financial crisis from over a decade ago where a number of financial institutions – including Deutsche Bank Securities, RBS Securities, and Wachovia Capital Markets – misled investors within offering documents on various securities issued by NovaStar. Granite Construction. The only top U.S.

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