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AIG Sues Bank Of America For $10 Billion Over Mortgages
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) More trouble piled up for Bank of America Corp. on Monday, as American International Group Inc. sued it for more than $10 billion, saying the bank cheated it by selling residential mortgage-backed securities that were overvalued. The suit... Read More

Bank Of America's $8.5 Billion Settlement Won't Be Its Last
Posted on 1 Jul 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) Bank of America's $8.5 billion settlement with investors is the largest any bank has ever paid. It might help assuage worries about how deep the bank's mortgage problems might be and how long it might take to settle them. But for... Read More

$624 Million Proposed Settlement Announced In Countrywide Securities Class Action
Posted on 7 May 2010 by Dylan McGuire

LOS ANGELES — (Mealey’s) The lead plaintiffs in a consolidated class action complaint against former subprime mortgage lending giant Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC) and others for alleged violations of federal securities laws announced a... Read More

Phenomenon Of Securities Class Action Opt-Out Cases May Be Back
Posted on 5 Aug 2011 by Kevin M. LaCroix

Settlement opt-outs have been always been a feature of securities class action litigation. However, as part of the settlements of the huge cases filed during the era of corporate scandals at the beginning of the last decade, opt outs became more prevalent... Read More

Bank Of America To Set Aside $14 Billion To Settle RMBS Claims
Posted on 29 Jun 2011 by Timothy Raub

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - (Mealey's) Bank of America Corp. will pay $8.5 billion to settle claims regarding "nearly all of the legacy Countrywide-issued first-lien residential mortgage-backed securitization (RMBS) repurchase exposure, representing 530... Read More