Loan Modification

Major Bondholders seek BofA Mortgage Repurchases
From Bloomberg: Pimco, New York Fed Said to Seek BofA Repurchase of Mortgages Pacific Investment Management Co., BlackRock Inc. and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York are seeking to force Bank of America Corp...

Second Thoughts on Judge Rakoff's Rejection of the SEC-BofA Settlement
I continue to ponder Judge Rakoff's order refusing to approve the SEC-BofA consent judgment in connection with the alleged misstatements about the Merrill bonuses in the BofA proxy statement seeking approval of the merger...

Rakoff on BofA, SEC Settlement: Not So Fast, Fellas
Monday afternoon, we got word of a lawsuit SEC and Bank of America, followed quickly by word of a settlement. BofA agreed to pay a $33 million fine to settle a suit, in which the SEC had alleged that the bank failed to disclose to investors that it had agreed to pay $5 billion in bonuses at the time of its takeover of Merrill Lynch, last fall...

New York AG Subpoenas BofA Directors
The latest news today on the BofA-Merrill merger investigations is that the New York AG has issued subpoenas to 5 current or former directors of Bank of America, seeking to learn what they knew about Merrill's financial condition and the...

Lawyers in Discussions to Extend Cobell Deadline
Lawyers are "in discussion regarding possibly extending the deadline" to finalize a $1.41 billion settlement in long-running Indian trust litigation, a lawyer for lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell confirmed...

SEC and BofA Try to Convince Judge to Approve Settlement
Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and the top U.S. securities regulator sought to persuade a judge to approve their $33 million settlement of a civil lawsuit over the lack of disclosure of billions of dollars of bonuses at Merrill Lynch & Co...

Dumb New York Laws
Stupid Laws in the Empire State

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

New York Building Codes
Building and constructions laws in New York

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Asarco
To Pay $2.4 Billion to Settle Asbestos-Related Claims

Immigrant SSI
US Federal Government agrees to extend benefits in class action settlement.

New York Employment Law
alleged violations of New York employment law.

False Claims
Attorney Robert Arledge ordered to pay $5.8 million after making false Fen Phen settlement claims.

US Settles Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion
US Government Settles Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion

LINA - Cigna Life Insurance Company of North America Disability Claims
LINA Insurance alleging violations of disability insurance claims.