More details about a massive False Claims Act settlement that prosecutors reached with Bank of America earlier this month spilled into the public domain on Friday, when a federal judge in Brooklyn unsealed a whistleblower complaint against Countrywide Financial that sources confirm is related to the deal.

Bank of America's battle with the SEC may be dominating the headlines, but the bank's other Merrill Lynch merger litigation grinds on. On Monday, a Delaware judge refused to dismiss a shareholder derivative suit against BofA directors over the merger, possibly paving the way for a trial.

The litigation between the U.S. and the Swiss bank UBS is beginning to take on the feel of a high-stakes diplomatic summit. A hearing had been set for today in Miami federal court, where the Internal Revenue Service is trying to force UBS to reveal the names of wealthy Americans with offshore accounts suspected of cheating on their taxes. But on Monday, a federal judge gave the parties more time to negotiate.

Shareholders filed a wave of suits after the Dodd Frank Act's "say-on-pay" provisions were enacted last year, but they can't seem to catch a break. On Tuesday a judge in Los Angeles dismissed a derivative suit against Jacobs Engineering following a shareholder vote on the company's 2010 bonuses, marking the third time the courts have rejected say-on-pay claims since Dodd Frank.

The ruling overturns a controversial decision that permitted an Air Products-sponsored shareholder amendment to push the Airgas annual meeting up by eight months. The amendment would have permitted Air Products to gain control of the Airgas board--but the Supreme Court found it invalid.