Its definitely true as one of my customers hired another 100 people to support a big bank affected by the decision. I don’t have any specific case information.
I’ve tried doing a search but there are too many lawsuits against the specific bank.
Here is a link with some background on what they are doing - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704343104575033543886200942.html
And if these now Nationalized banks don't happen to have $2.7 billion dollars lying around?