The SEC nominee and her husband have amassed assets of at least $16 million, according to a financial disclosure form filed by the Debevoise & Plimpton partner. White also revealed that her husband, John White, plans to convert from equity to nonequity status at Cravath, Swaine & Moore upon her confirmation.

Barclays stood to earn double fees as the financial adviser to Del Monte and the source of financing for the private equity consortium that planned to buy the company. But there were a few things that the bank neglected to tell Del Monte's board along the way--and Vice-Chancellor Laster had a problem with that.

Bank of America announced Monday that it will pay $1.6 billion to the bond insurer MBIA Inc., bringing an end to one of the most vigorously contested disputes to grow out of the mortgage crisis.

Class action litigation is beginning to take shape over allegations that major banks manipulated Libor, the benchmark rate used to calculate interest on trillions of dollars in securities globally. On Monday the federal district court judge hearing the litigation consolidated 20 class complaints, and appointed interim class counsel.

Cite as: MBIA Inc., et al v. BN AMRO Bank, N.V. 601475/09, NYLJ 1202477729572, at *1 (App. Div., 1st , January 11, 2011)Before: Peter Tom, J.P.; Angela M. Mazza