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New York Appellate Court Decision Provides Guidance for Lenders in Foreclosure Actions

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The New York Appellate Division for the Second Department recently issued a ruling that makes it more difficult for mortgage holders to foreclose on certain properties. ...more

The Volkov Law Group

Financial Institutions and the Glaring Absence of an Ethical Culture

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Federal prosecutors and regulators have been active in tackling US banks. In the last few weeks, the Federal Reserve took the extraordinary step of blocking Wells Fargo’s ability to grow its business until it improves its...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Deutsche Bank and the DOJ have put the finishing touches on the deal to resolve the investigation into DB’s role in its sale of toxic RMBS. The bank will fork over $7.2 billion in total, including a $3.1 billion civil penalty...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending July 10, 17 & 24, 2015

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REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Eviction/Summary Judgment: Error to grant summary judgment where plaintiff failed to refute multiple affirmative defenses including an assertion that the eviction would cause an inequitable...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act: 2014 Year In Review

In what is becoming an annual refrain, 2014 marked another year of robust False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and mushrooming qui tam lawsuits by whistleblowers. Indeed, fiscal year 2014...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Insurance Recovery Law -- January 2015

Insured v. Insured Exclusion Ambiguous When Applied to FDIC, 11th Circuit Rules - Why it matters: In the continuing split among courts considering insured v. insured exclusions, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Phoenix Light Sues Five RMBS Trustees Over $2.4 Billion in RMBS

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On December 23 and 24, Phoenix Light SF Limited and other RMBS certificateholders filed suit against HSBC, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York Mellon, U.S. Bank, and Bank of America in the United States District...more

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U.S. Bank Sues Citigroup in Connection with $528 Million of RMBS

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On December 22 and 23, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for three RMBS trusts, filed three separate summonses with notice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. U.S. Bank alleges that Citigroup...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - September 2014 #3

Court Permits Customer and IB Claims to Proceed Against U.S. Bank Over Peregrine Collapse - A US federal court in Illinois authorized two lawsuits arising from the collapse of Peregrine Financial Group to proceed...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Are Distressed Loan Fund Investors “Financial Institutions” And Why Does It Matter?

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Once again, those of us in the commercial finance world are reminded of the age-old adage caveat emptor. This time the warning is directed at hedge funds and other investors with a penchant for purchasing distressed debt from...more

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New Jersey Federal Judge Partially Dismisses Claims Against RMBS Trustee

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On April 23, Judge William J. Martini of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted in part U.S. Bank’s motion to dismiss investor VNB Realty, Inc.’s claims against the bank as trustee of two RMBS trusts....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Protection Against Discovery of SARs and Related Internal Investigation Documents Given Resounding Endorsement by Washington State...

The Bank Secrecy Act prohibits financial institutions from producing Suspicious Activity Reports and documents related to internal monitoring and investigations that are intended to “detect fraud and money laundering.” The...more

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