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Tuesday, 11/18/2008 1:49:35 PM

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:49:35 PM

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Lehman against JPM !!

Another front for JPM.. they better settle WM soon.

from yahoo's board ..

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http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_W/threadview?m=tm&bn=86316&tid=31343&mid=31343&tof=2&rt=2&frt=2&off=1

I dont know if this has been posted, but WMI isnt the only banking institution there going to have trouble with. apparently they stuck it to Lehman Brothers and are about to be sued.
From Times Online:

JP Morgan has been accused by its Wall Street rivals of dealing the final hammer blow that forced Lehman Brothers into collapse in a sensational claim that threatens to spark a colossal legal battle.

The giant American bank is alleged to have frozen $17 billion (£9.6 billion) of cash and securities belonging to Lehman on the Friday night before its failure.

According to Lehman’s biggest creditors, this was what precipitated the liquidity crisis that embroiled the firm, forcing it into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the morning of Monday, September 15....

The funding lines provided to Lehman to finance its everyday operations amount to $188 billion, according to court filings.

The creditors are now demanding that JP Morgan open up its books to the bankruptcy court to allow the transactions to be assessed.

“The creditors’ committee understands that LBHI [Lehman Brothers Holding Inc] had at least $17 billion in excess assets which were held at JPMC [JP Morgan Chase] on the Friday going into the weekend before its bankruptcy filing,” the documents said.

“The creditors’ committee further understands that, on September 12, 2008, JPMC refused to allow LBHI access to its excess assets and instead ‘froze’ LBHI’s account. In freezing LBHI’s assets, JPMC was purportedly

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