With all eyes in the mortgage litigation world glued to the pending decision on Partial Summary Judgment in MBIA v. Countrywide, et al., commentators are beginning to speculate that a settlement may be in the offing between the two MBS … Continue reading
With interesting developments occurring almost daily in the proposed Bofa/Countrywide settlement with Bank of New York, it has been hard to focus on anything else. Indeed, since the last time I posted on the settlement (discussing New York AG Eric … Continue reading
After a few quiet months in the world of mortgage crisis litigation, we have seen a flurry of activity over the last six weeks that should put to rest speculation that mortgage derivative lawsuits are winding down. To recap these … Continue reading
Just when you thought the hubbub surrounding mortgage backed securities (MBS) was starting to subside, federal regulators have taken their most aggressive stance yet against the banks that sold toxic loans as investment grade securities, according to an article in … Continue reading
The complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles by United Guaranty Mortgage Indemnity Co., the mortgage insurer subsidiary of A.I.G., against Countrywide Financial Corp., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and the Bank of New York Trust Company is posted below. … Continue reading
The battle of the titans has begun. As reported by Reuters on Friday, both A.I.G. and Countrywide have now sued one another over who will bear the losses on a $1 billion pool of subprime mortgage loans. Countrywide fired the … Continue reading
Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI), a global consulting firm that releases quarterly reports on subprime mortgage and related case filings in the federal courts, released their newest study today, and the results are staggering (see MSN Money article here). The report, … Continue reading
Mortgage insurance company Ambac Assurance Corp. has become the latest plaintiff to bring a lawsuit against a mortgage originator for improper underwriting, suing Bear Stearns subsidiary EMC Mortgage Corp. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of … Continue reading
