Criminal Law

Trouble for Freddie, Fannie
From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News: "Stocks fall sharply on Fannie, Freddie worries," by Tim Paradis-- Wall Street sank further into a bear market Friday, as investors dumped stocks on troubles at mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

SNSFE Investigating Funds And Other Investment Vehicles That Heavily Invested In Beaten-Down Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG And Merrill
Investors owning shares in mutual funds ought to know what their exposure is to Fannie and Freddie. According to MorningstarAdvisor report published recently, the top firms holding Fannie and Freddie are Fidelity Select Home, Touchstone, Morgan Stanley Financial Services and...

NY Attorney General Enters Agreements with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae
New York Attorney General Cuomo announced agreements with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and OFHEO that require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy loans only from banks that meet new standards designed to ensure independent and reliable appraisals....

Fannie, Freddie Failures -- Fiduciary
The fired CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be receiving the full amounts of their multi-million dollar separation payments, it is reported by Zachary A. Goldfarb, "No 'Golden Parachutes' for Fannie, Freddie's Ex-Chiefs" (Washington Post Online, Monday,...

Fannie and Freddie Nationalization:
For those looking for a nice summary of issues around Fannie and Freddie, I found this article in the NY Sun pretty informative....

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Well, the other shoe has finally dropped. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government sponsored entities, are essentially bankrupt and Paulson is trying to figure out how to keep them afloat...