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Schwarcz on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Steven L. Schwarcz (Duke University School of Law) has posted Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis (Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2008) on SSRN...

Schwarcz on Risk and the Subprime Crisis
Steven L. Schwarcz (Duke) has posted Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis on SSRN. Here's the abstract: The subprime mortgage crisis is undermining financial market stability and has the potential to cause a true systemic breakdown...

Schwarcz on Disclosure and the Subprime Crisis
Steven L. Schwarcz (Duke) has posted Disclosure's Failure in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This symposium article examines how disclosure, the regulatory focus of the federal securities laws, has failed to achieve transparency in the subprime...

Call for Papers on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
We've received a call for papers on the subprime mortgage meltdown: The Albany Government Law Review is planning an issue dedicated to the pressing topic of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis...

Zoning and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis:
Randal O'Toole has an interesting post rounding up evidence showing that zoning and other government land-use restrictions have played a major role in causing the subprime mortgage crisis...

SEC, FBI And SNSFE Step Up Investigations Relating To Subprime-Mortgage Crisis
The SEC's docket of probes stemming from the subprime-mortgage crisis has grown at least 40 percent since January amid mounting investor losses and the collapse of Bear Stearns. The SEC has more than 50 open inquiries relating to the credit-market...

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National City Mortgage
$4.6 million payout resolves mortgage suit.

SunTrust Mortgage Faces Class Action over Alleged HAMP Breach of Contract
SunTrust Mortgage Faces Class Action over Mortgage Restructuring

Goldman Sachs
Agrees $60 Million Subprime Settlement in Massachusetts

Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action
Seattle Mortgage Co Faces California Class Action

Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices
Bank of America Faces Class Action over Mortgage Foreclosure Practices

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services