Southern District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald (See Profile) in Manhattan ruled Monday that she has jurisdiction over two high-profile investor lawsuits filed against banks that set the LIBOR interest rate.

On first glance, the ruling is a win for the banks, since Buchwald is the judge that gutted LIBOR class action litigation back in March. But one of the plaintiff lawyers, Daniel Brockett of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, said the banks are far from in the clear.