The Government Giveth and It Taketh Away: The Significance of the Game...
It is no stretch to say that Friday, September 2 was the most significant day for mortgage crisis litigation since the onset of the crisis in 2007. That Friday, the Federal Housing Finance Agency...
View ArticleThe Top 5 RMBS Cases to Watch this Summer: No. 4 – Retirement Board v. Bank...
Yesterday, I kicked off a countdown of the top 5 RMBS cases to watch this summer with a post about Syncora v. EMC and the impending summary judgment decision on loss causation. Today, I’d like to talk...
View ArticleThe Top 5 RMBS Cases to Watch this Summer: No. 1 – MBIA v. Countrywide, BofA
After a week-long build-up (I’m sure the suspense is killing you), we’ve reached the No. 1 case in our countdown of RMBS Cases to Watch this Summer. You may wish to catch up with parts I, II, III, and...
View ArticleMonoline End Games: String of Legal Wins Will Snowball Until Settlement
Last week, I wrote about a few developments that should boost RMBS litigation recoveries, especially for bond insurers – Judge Crotty’s summary judgment decision in Syncora v. EMC (JPMorgan) and...
View ArticleInvestor End Games: All Is Not Well in the Garden
“As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.” - Chance the Gardener, Being There (1979) With Judge Barbara Kapnick announcing earlier this month that the...
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