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&lt;p&gt;Kenny Lewis and the boys over at Bank of America just&amp;nbsp;cannot catch a break regarding that little Merrill Lynch acquisition. Following the blocking of its SEC settlement (regulators recently said, &amp;#8220;Not so fast, Kenny!&amp;#8221;), now it appears that superstar brokerage chief &quot;What About&quot; Bob McCann, who formerly led the once independent and mighty&amp;nbsp;but now simply sort of mighty Merrill Lynch wealth management business, is close to settling with BofA out of court, in effect winning his case against the firm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bob&amp;#8217;s case centers on a non-compete clause in his contract, and the law seems to be on his side. When BofA failed to accept Bob&amp;#8217;s resignation soon after swallowing Merrill,&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;bank&amp;nbsp;canned him&amp;nbsp;without reason, thus voiding his non-compete agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You might ask, who the heck cares? To which anyone close to the matter will answer: Ken Lewis and the boys at BofA, of course. Thing is, Bob is seconds away from signing his name to another contract: one with Bank of America&amp;nbsp;Merrill Lynch&amp;#8217;s largest wealth management competitor: UBS.&lt;/p&gt;

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Kenny Lewis and the boys over at Bank of America just cannot catch a break regarding that little Merrill Lynch acquisition. Following the blocking of its SEC settlement (regulators recently said, “Not so fast, Kenny!

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