Can you say “precedent-setter”? In a move presaged by objections from politicians and some smaller EU financial institutions, Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg (or “L-Bank”, as its friends affectionately call it) is suing the ECB in a bid to avoid falling under the central bank’s direct supervision. L-Bank, a German development bank with some €71 billion in assets, argues that ECB supervision will subject it to onerous bureaucratic procedures and fees (imagine that), which it contends will prevent it from extending credit to local borrowers.