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Credit derivatives probe: new aggressiveness at the DOJ

                 The DOJ confirmed yesterday that its Antitrust Division is investigating possible anti-competitive practices involving credit derivatives.  The statement read:  “The

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A Reference Guide To The Financial Crisis Rescue Efforts

Paul Weiss has published a reference guide to the principal regulatory programs and initiatives that have been announced to date. The guide summarizes the U.S. Treasury programs implemented under the

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Simpson Thacher Nails TARP contract

As we reported last November (click here), Simpson Thatcher was selected by the Treasury Department to advise the government on the $700 billion bailout plan.  It’s fee was capped at $300,000. Now

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Now, about that Treasury space on 18th and L we reported yesterday ….

Yesterday we posted a report provided us by our friends in Treasury about a large space on 18th and L Street.  If you missed our story (short but the pic is cool) you can click here. We are highly reluctant

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And Treasury lays in for a siege …. TARP opens offices in the heart of law firms and Contract Attorney “Temp Town”

Treasury’s TARP Office is leasing space on the same block as where Ajilon and Hudson have satellite work space:  18th and L streets NW. It’s a 10-year lease. The department, through the General

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How to Ride the Federal Hiring Wave: finding Federal Government jobs

There is one — and only one — nationwide employer that will continue to annually fill hundreds of thousands of high-paying, secure, dynamic jobs no matter how bad the economy may get.  Who

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The Treasury is hiring contract attorneys for TARP positions

We spoke to our contacts at the Treasury Department regarding positions related to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to implement the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). A number of contract attorneys

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TARP Creates Staffing Headaches for Treasury

The Government Accountability Office has released its latest progress report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Treasury Department’s new Office of Financial Stability (OFS).   It’s

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Meanwhile, the Credit Crisis Litigation Wave Churns On

It seems as if the plaintiffs’ lawyers have kicked it into high gear as the year end approaches. There has been a flood of new securities lawsuit filings so far in December.  Posse List members

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Treasury Hires Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, LLP under bailout program

The U.S. Treasury Department today announced that Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, LLP will assist the Department with its investments in the Federal Reserve’s Term Asset Backed Securities Loan Facility

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