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The Department of Justice, in conjunction with 19 states and the District of Columbia, resolved market crisis era suits in a $1.375 billion settlement. The DOJ suit named as defendants rating agency Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) Bank of America Corp. will pay nearly $17 billion to settle claims that it and its current and former subsidiaries, Countrywide Financial Corp. and Merrill Lynch, engaged in fraudulent activity with regard to...

LOS ANGELES - (Mealey's) The U.S. government on Feb. 5 announced the filing of a lawsuit in California federal court against Standard & Poor's Ratings Services alleging that the ratings agency lied about its objectivity and independence...

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A federal judge in New York on Aug. 29 granted preliminary approval of a $590 million settlement between shareholders, Citigroup Inc. and certain of its current and former executive officers and directors on claims that the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) Bank of America Corp. will pay nearly $17 billion to settle claims that it and its current and former subsidiaries, Countrywide Financial Corp. and Merrill Lynch, engaged in fraudulent activity with regard to...

Don't look now public company directors, but the next financial crisis may be upon us and it looks a lot like the 2008 crisis that was borne out of the housing bubble. Apparently, the underlying cause of the collapse of the mortgage-backed securities...

By now you will have heard that the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a securities class action lawsuit against S&P and its corporate parent, McGraw-Hill, about the rating agency's ratings of collateralized debt obligations as the subprime...

Don't look now public company directors, but the next financial crisis may be upon us and it looks a lot like the 2008 crisis that was borne out of the housing bubble. Apparently, the underlying cause of the collapse of the mortgage-backed securities...

Don't look now public company directors, but the next financial crisis may be upon us and it looks a lot like the 2008 crisis that was borne out of the housing bubble. Apparently, the underlying cause of the collapse of the mortgage-backed securities...

Rating agencies assigned credit ratings to subprime Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs). In making investment decisions, many investors relied on these credit ratings. However, the accuracy and integrity...

Don't look now public company directors, but the next financial crisis may be upon us and it looks a lot like the 2008 crisis that was borne out of the housing bubble. Apparently, the underlying cause of the collapse of the mortgage-backed securities...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) Under-fire investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has been hit with six shareholder derivative lawsuits in connection with its sale of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and its marketing...

The Commission filed two new market crisis cases, one in conjunction with the Department of Justice. Once action is against Bank of America, N.A. centered on the sale of interests in an entity known as BOAMS 2008-A. SEC v. Bank of America, N.A., Civil...

SEATTLE - (Mealey's) Lead plaintiffs and defendants in a securities class action lawsuit against two subsidiaries of Washington Mutual Bank and certain of its officers and directors have agreed to a $26 million settlement on claims that the defendants...

NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) Fannie Mae will pay $170 million to settle claims that it misrepresented its exposure to subprime loans in violation of federal securities laws, according to a motion for preliminary approval of settlement filed Friday...