It’s hard to tell who laughed the most when news broke that yet another major bank is being sued by the Libyan sovereign wealth fund. After all, a case involving a Goldman Sachs derivatives salesperson who told a Libyan finance official to “get divorced from your wife for a weekend” as he entertained his client was fodder enough for all watching. Now more news hits the tape as a bribery case involving Societe Generale is moving forward to trial.


